U-pick
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A U-pick or pick your own farm is a type of farm
where customers are allowed to harvest their own produce. Since customers are allowed and often encouraged to eat while picking, the entry fee usually covers any produce customers may eat. Despite this, the produce at U-pick farms often cost lower since the cost of hiring farmers to harvest the produce is precluded.
In the UK, the public is actively encouraged to pick their own. The farmer can still pick for the market, while the public can enjoy themselves in the same field. This was very popular in the 1970s and 1980s, when there was a season for fruit, but has declined in popularity now that the global market can provide the same fruit for most of the year.
Pick-your-own strawberries were pioneered in the UK by Ted Moult
in 1961.
Farm
A farm is an area of land, or, for aquaculture, lake, river or sea, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibres and, increasingly, fuel. It is the basic production facility in food production. Farms may be owned and operated by a single...
where customers are allowed to harvest their own produce. Since customers are allowed and often encouraged to eat while picking, the entry fee usually covers any produce customers may eat. Despite this, the produce at U-pick farms often cost lower since the cost of hiring farmers to harvest the produce is precluded.
In the UK, the public is actively encouraged to pick their own. The farmer can still pick for the market, while the public can enjoy themselves in the same field. This was very popular in the 1970s and 1980s, when there was a season for fruit, but has declined in popularity now that the global market can provide the same fruit for most of the year.
Pick-your-own strawberries were pioneered in the UK by Ted Moult
Ted Moult
Edward Walker "Ted" Moult was a British farmer at Scaddows Farm near Ticknall, Derbyshire, who became a radio and television personality.- Early life :...
in 1961.