'Postharvest Postings' Blog
Unripe cantaloupe? Could be, the electronic nose knows
You know how it works: You stand in the grocery aisle, surreptitiously sniffing the cantaloupes, hoping your nose will lead you to a nice, ripe selection. But when you slice it open in your kitchen, it’s just not as ripe as you had hoped. Lucky for you...
California's Delicious Harvest Season Unfolds
Early spring can be an invigorating time of year, with lengthening days, blooming daffodils and fruit trees (and ski season still in full force). One of the best perks of the season is the availability of luscious strawberries, and tasty artichokes and...
F. Gordon Mitchell's Impact on Postharvest Technology and California Agriculture
By Mary Lu ArpaiaMy association with Gordon goes back nearly 35 years to some of the very earliest days as a new graduate student here in Davis. Sometimes the best things that happen to you are unplanned. That is how I first met Gordon. I had been...
Feedback Sought for Development of new Short Course
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...
Successful Balkans Regional Postharvest Training held October 24-28 in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Four Postharvest Specialists from the UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center traveled to Sarajevo, October 24-28, to present a week-long Postharvest Technology training. Drs. Beth Mitcham, Marita Cantwell, Mary Lu Arpaia and Michael Reid presented 39...








