{"id":1587,"date":"2018-08-16T10:15:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T14:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2018-08-21T09:14:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T13:14:05","slug":"a-better-way-to-pick-strawberries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/2018\/08\/16\/a-better-way-to-pick-strawberries\/","title":{"rendered":"A Better Way to Pick Strawberries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tried and tested, the Picking Assistant by Crop Care works great for picking strawberries! Using both hands to &#8220;swim&#8221; through the plants helps you become efficient and thorough at picking. This machine is also great for weeding or planting other crops as well. More information about their new model can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cropcareequipment.com\/vegetable_equip\/picking_assistant.php\">https:\/\/cropcareequipment.com\/vegetable_equip\/picking_assistant.php<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/files\/2018\/08\/G0160126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1588 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/files\/2018\/08\/G0160126-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/files\/2018\/08\/G0160126-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/files\/2018\/08\/G0160126-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/files\/2018\/08\/G0160126-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a>I have experience using a Picking Assistant, and it has been a game changer on the farm! Here is a video of it in action.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Strawberry Picking with the Picking Assistant\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VdH0Uf9xmGk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tried and tested, the Picking Assistant by Crop Care works great for picking strawberries! Using both hands to &#8220;swim&#8221; through the plants helps you become efficient and thorough at picking. This machine is also great for weeding or planting other crops as well. More information about their new model can be found here:\u00a0https:\/\/cropcareequipment.com\/vegetable_equip\/picking_assistant.phpI have experience &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/2018\/08\/16\/a-better-way-to-pick-strawberries\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Better Way to Pick Strawberries&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4505,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6522],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-equipment","post_format-post-format-video","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Andy","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/author\/achambe4\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4505"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1587"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1596,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587\/revisions\/1596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}