People harvesting sweet potatoes
This illustration depicts sweet potato farmers harvesting sweet potatoes by digging them up with shovels. It shows a man holding a shovel loosening the surrounding soil, while an elderly man searches for sweet potatoes by hand.
The scene of the mishap where sweet potatoes were damaged during harvest
This illustration shows the moment when, while trying to dig up a sweet potato with a shovel, the shovel accidentally pierced the potato itself and split it open. You can see the look of panic on the face that says, “Oh no, I did it!” Yet the man working nearby continues his task with a gentle expression, as if to say, “Well, it can't be helped.”
People unloading containers of harvested sweet potatoes from a pickup truck
An illustration showing someone preparing for harvest by unloading sweet potatoes from the bed of a pickup truck into harvest containers.
Workers sorting and adjusting the dug-up sweet potatoes
This illustration shows the initial sorting process before placing harvested sweet potatoes into containers. The woman in the foreground gathers and piles up excess vines, while the man is in the act of separating the connected sweet potatoes into individual ones. The man in the background is cleaning the scissors he will use, preparing for the task. It captures a scene from the harvest sorting process at a sweet potato farm.
A woman inspecting the quality of harvested sweet potatoes
While touching the harvested sweet potatoes and visually inspecting them, she checks their quality. A photo showing a faintly warm expression, as if she feels grateful that they were carefully cultivated and grew well.
