Three months he turns throughout the department. Its customers, restaurateurs and school canteens in Beauvais, Méru or Compiègne. Martin Legoyhe tours from Godenvillers, a village on the Picard Plateau, located in the north of the Oise. What does this 27 -year -old young farmer offer? His own fresh wastelandprepared, cut and conditioned on its exploitation.
“I have been working on this project for over two years,” explains this fourth generation cultivator. “And for three months, I have opened a potato processing workshop in fresh fries. I was able to quickly acquire a transformation line. This also made it possible to accelerate all the creation procedures. Especially with banks. Martin Legoy also benefited from the aid of Oise is initiative.
Fries of different kinds
The process is relatively simple. Potatoes barely cultivate part in a first basin. A first washing to remove the earth. They then cross a peeler with its huge abrasive rolls. “We then go into the white room,” continues Martin Legoy.
The continuous work line. After a new cleaning, “one to two people sort the potatoes to remove shocks and blackheads,” continues the farmer. Third wash and the tubers then go through the cutter. Depending on the setting, the device can create conventional fries or the match type.
Potatoes and hires
A second operator then checks if the cut potatoes comply and eliminate those that are not. All that remains is to put them in standardized bags weigh them and seal the bag. The day after the packaging, the fries go on delivery.
“The goal is to be able to shoot every day of the week,” continues Martin Legoy. “For the moment, I produce three tonnes of fries per week. I wish to be able to go up to 20 tonnes with two deliveries per week. ” He also wishes to hire additional staff, for delivery, as well as for the work line.
Return to premises
The operation of Godenvillers produces more than 3,000 tonnes of potatoes in reasoned agriculture. So, with the minimum of chemicals. They work with companies like Vico or McCain.
“I wanted to bring diversification to the farm with a more local sale,” continues the farmer in Godenvillers. “A large part of our potatoes go into conditioning in Belgium to then return to France for consumption. Make raw fries, there are not many that do it in the Oise. And this makes it possible to manage the production of A to Z. ”
Legoy house. Contact: 07.88.09.21.34.
