Postharvest Technology for Fruit & Vegetable Produce Marketers

This manual^1/ provides recommendations for harvesting, handling, storing and marketing a variety of crops in small market conditions in California, other states and other countries. It may be downloaded, free, in pdf format. The larger files require lengthy download times.

Postharvest Technology for Fruit & Vegetable Produce Marketers: Economic Opportunities, Quality & Food Safety Lisa Kitinoja and James Gorny Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
Cover, Preface, & Table of Contents (11.2 MB)
Part I	Chapter 1: Introduction to Fresh Handling Technologies (11.4 MB) Chapter 2: Pre-harvest Practices (25.1 MB) Chapter 3: Harvesting and Preparation for Market (38.8 MB) Chapter 4: Packinghouse Operations and Packing Practices (22.2 MB) Chapter 5: Containers and Packaging Materials (7.9 MB) Chapter 6: Temperature and Relative Humidity Management (3.9 MB) Chapter 7: Storage Practices and Structures (3.2 MB) Chapter 8: Produce Transportation (1.7 MB) Chapter 9: Pest Management (1.9 MB) Chapter 10: Food Safety for Fresh Horticultural Produce (1.8 MB)
	Worksheets for Part I (676 KB)
Part II	Chapter 11: Introduction to Small-Scale Processing Technologies (888 KB) Chapter 12: Fresh-cut Produce (1.9 MB) Chapter 13: Produce Drying (2.3 MB) Chapter 14: Canning and Bottling Specialty Products (2.3 MB) Chapter 15: Food Safety for Processing Horticultural Products (1.6 MB)
	Worksheets for Part II (772 KB)
Part III	Chapter 16: Introduction to Small-scale Marketing Strategies (984 KB) Chapter 17: Destination Handling (1.9 MB) Chapter 18: Wholesale Produce Marketing (1.6 MB) Chapter 19: Direct Retail Produce Marketing (2 MB) Chapter 20: Alternative Marketing Strategies (656 KB)
Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D	(1.2 MB) (816 KB) (588 KB) (720 KB)
^1/A joint publication of the UC Postharvest Outreach Program, Punjab Horticulture Postharvest Technology Center and USAID/ACE Project. 1998.