A method for tracking hand-harvested field crops (10) includes outfitting each worker (12) that is working in the field (10) with a corresponding first wireless (22), communication device S100; associating with each produce crate (18) that is actively used in the field (10) a corresponding second wireless communication device (24, S102); generating localization data to define each field region (16) contributing to a filling of a particular produce crate (18) with produce (S104); and generating tracking information for tracking a crop flow from a particular worker (12) to the particular produce crate (18) using information provided by the corresponding first wireless communication device (22), the corresponding second wireless communication device (24), and the localization data (S106).
