How a Top American Peanut Company Produces Millions of Nuts per Year — Dan Does

On this episode of ‘Dan Does,’ host Daniel Geneen observes how Hubs Peanuts harvests and roasts it’s peanuts. He starts with the only commercial farmer in the country who harvests peanuts using 100-year-old methods, then heads to the de-shelling company, and finally to Hubs Peanuts themselves, to see how the product is fried in oil, salted and packaged.

Credits:
Host/Producer: Daniel Geneen
Directors: Daniel Geneen, Murilo Ferreira
Camera: Murilo Ferreira, Connor Reid
Editor: Josh Dion

Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Development Producer: Ian Stroud
Supervising Producer: Stefania Orrù
Audience Development: Terri Ciccone, Frances Dumlao, Avery Dalal
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[MarkusLP]

Love the guy who comes in to shot 9:22 and scratches his back on a pole like bear.🤣

[YouFightLikeACow]

This last standing peanut farmer is a legend.

[chuckjones]

Really hit me when he said he was the descendant of share cropers. I hope everything good in this world to this man

[tinker]

Elijah is a true inspiration and one of the most realistic videos I've seen on YouTube in a very long time. He should be commended for keeping tradition alive...

[travislankford]

It's not everyday you come across a video about Virginia peanuts. It's not everyday you come across a video about a peanut farmer not far from where I grew up in the middle of nowhere VA. Not only that, he's wearing a hat for the insurance company my grandfather used to work for and may have even been in business with him years ago. Small world.

[stanleyharrell]

My Granddad taught me how to use stackpoles to dry peanuts. You make sure all the roots and peanuts are on the inside next to the pole. Then you cover the top with just vines facing up or a tarp if you only have 3 or 4 poles. The vines will repel rain water and make sure the peanuts don't get soaked by rain while you are waiting for them to dry. That is the old, fashioned way of peanut harvesting. So surprised when Elijah broke out the stationary combine. Wow, that is a blast from the past. He is either a good machinist or he knows one. There are no parts for that machine. You have to make your own parts. Kudos to him for keeping tradition alive.

[hs_sushislinger]

The guy at 9:20 in the back scratching his back on the pillar... He's exuding dad energy.

[nlyCF]

Wow the farmer has one hell of a voice!

[nexusly]

That peanut farmer is a piece of treasure

[davegoldspink]

Great knowing that there are still great people out there like Elisha the farmer at the beginning of this video who know the value of working hard, wisely and traditionally. He really should be seen as a role model of what we can do if we want to.

[kaylandixon]

My brother is the last guy he works with 💕 the one who was canning the chocolate covered peanuts . I must say they are delicious!

[DEVILDOG]

Such a well-spoken farmer very intellectual also

[cynthiamgrooms]

As a born & raised Virginian, who’s had the Privilege of growing up on the Hubs peanuts, mostly only during Thanksgiving through New Years, who’s now in her 60’s, I have to say it’s been a lot of fun gifting people through the years, with these Amazing peanuts!!! Sometimes it’s just about impossible to find a gift for someone, for many different reasons we’ve All had to deal with. The Look on the First Time Recipient’s face, is Priceless when they open their present, & see it’s a stupid can of peanuts🙄, & they Try to act thankful for such a crud gift, as they’re probably thinking even a McDonald’s Gift card would have been Waaaay better!!! Some Will open them soon after receiving them, while others may take a month or two, to finally open them when they’re in desperate need of a quick & easy snack, but the end result has Always been the same-“OMGOSH!!! These peanuts are the Best peanuts I’ve Ever tasted!!! They look a little weird with those blisters, & I was thinking maybe they’d gone bad or something, but they smelled sooo good, so I tried one, & now I can’t stop eating them!!! Where can I get more?!?”…& then there’s the Next conversation about them finding out how pricey a can of these nuts are, meaning they’ve actually realized it Wasn’t a cheap or stupid gift after all!!! They are Worth Every single dollar to penny, & can be bought directly from the company, can be found in major grocery stores during the Holiday Season, & are easily found on Amazon.
Thank you for making this awesome video!!!🥰

[jimmyhooper]

My maternal grandfather was a peanut farmer in Gorman Texas from the 1930’s until the late 1970’s. Both my parents were raised in this peanut farming area. My mother and three brothers and two sisters worked the fields. An uncle raised peanuts two miles down the road. Visiting my grandparents on their farm is still some of my happiest memories.

[JP-smzv]

I love the old skool peanut farmer gentleman doing it the old fashioned way

[tbtb]

An old lady offers the bus driver some peanuts, the driver happily munches on them. Every five minutes she gives the driver another handful and the driver accepts with a smile and keeps munching. The driver askes the old lady, why don't you eat them yourself? She replies, I can't chew, I have no teeth. The driver then asks, why do you buy them? The old lady replies, ooh, I just love the *chocolate* around them. 😃
Kudos to you for reading this whole thing.

[jstewlly]

I love Dan Does!!! As someone who works industrial industry I love watching other factories and how operators work

[Ssups]

Hubs peanuts are truely delicious! Glad we live within an hours drive of them. I use to go to the Hubs house in Sedley and buy 3 or 4 tins of peanuts. Being that they were only open M-F, I'd take a Friday afternoon off and drive over there. Now they have the Vine store in Franklin so we go over on Saturday when our supply gets low.

[curbyourshi]

8:40 Absolutely love the attitude of a person who's never worked on a continuous production line. 🤣🤣🤣🤣😓😓😓😓 Also love that old school Peanut Farmer.

[EEVENEEVEN-vbqy]

I like this guy. What a great voice and personality.