Interest Survey - Emerging Postharvest Technologies for California Agriculture

Interest Survey

Welcome to the UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center's website!

The UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center has the opportunity to develop a new condensed short course for 2012 that will look at "Emerging Postharvest Technologies for California Agriculture."

Please help us establish the course curriculum by taking a few minutes to let us know about your company's biggest postharvest handling challenges, and the technologies about which you would like to know more.

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My produce area:

In my opinion the biggest postharvest challenges facing produce handlers today, in the following categories are:
Facility & Operations Issues (list topics, i.e. safety practices, etc.)
Quality Control issues (list topices, i.e. flavor, disorders, etc.)
Commodity Specific Issues (list topics, i.e. maturity, damage, etc.)

Specific Postharvest Topics of Interest
Check 7-10 of the following topics that are most interesting to you	Cold chain management Insect management Disease management Special challenges of organic produce Energy and sustainability issues Produce safety Quality factors/maturity Ethylene and modified atmospheres Flavor and aroma Harvest systems Packaging systems Conditioning and ripening Transportation Floral products Good agricultural practices Future of postharvest handling Non-destructive sortion options Export market access Local market access Employee compliance Traceability and logistics Rapid quality evaluation
Additional topic that is interesting to me
Additional topic that is interesting to me

General Course Planning Topics
I think the course should be	1-2 Days 2-3 Days 3-4 Days 4-5 Days
The best location for the course to be held is
I recommend another location
I think the best time to schedule this new course is
I would be interested in a field tour	Yes No
I think the tour should be	1 Day 1.5 Days 2 Days I'm not interested in a field tour
If you're interested in a field tour, what types of postharvest operations would be most interesting to visit	Distribution Center/Regional Distribution Facility Packing & Handling Operations Cooling, Conditioning, and Storage Operations Floral Operations Organic Operations Transportation
Additional field tour suggestion
I think a reasonable enrollment fee for the proposed course would be	$200 $400 $600 $800 $1000
(Optional) My name is
(Optional) My email, so you can let me know when you get the course organized.
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