Cork crisp company 'blown away' as people turn up to hand pick 20 tonnes of beetroot

“We were thinking we’d be lucky if we got 10 or 20 people, but three times that amount turned up"

Over 60 people from across Munster travelled to Joe's Farm Crisps in Killeagh, Co Cork on Saturday to help hand pick an acre of beetroot. Picture: Joe's Farm Crisps/Facebook

More than 60 people from across Munster travelled to Joe’s Farm Crisps in Killeagh, Co Cork on Saturday to help hand pick an acre of beetroot before incoming frost hit and destroyed the crop.

Due to "constant rain" and a waterlogged field, the team had been unable to "travel the land" and harvest the beetroot in the usual manner.