Harvest to Sale Vegetable Handling
Related Resource:
Lisa Baker, Bakers' Acres LLC
Laura Frerichs, Loon Organics, Inc.
Joan Olson, Prairie Drifter Farm
Download Presentation:
The Short Version (56 slides)
(PDF, 5.6 Mb)
The Long Version (106 slides)
(PDF, 9.2 Mb)
The Slide Notes
(PDF, 1.4 Mb)
Topics covered:
Respiration
Harvest
Cleaning & Cooling
Packing Area Infrastructure
Sorting & Grading
Storage
Packing & Packaging
Transport
Display & Point-of-sale
Companion Handouts to the Harvest-to-Sale Vegetable Handling Presentation:
Harvest-to-Sale Vegetable Handling: Food Safety (PDF, 210 kb)
Harvest-to-Sale Vegetable Handling: Respiration (PDF, 187 kb)
Harvest-to-Sale Vegetable Handling: Resources (PDF, 185 kb)
Harvest and Postharvest Needs of Fall/Winter Storage Crops (PDF, 118 kb)
Fair Use of materials:
You are welcome to download, print, and distribute any portion of the above fact sheets or presentation, but do not charge recipients more than the cost of printing. Please give the following credit: "This publication was a collaborative effort of the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture; Bakers' Acres LLC; Loon Organics, Inc.; and Prairie Drifter Farm."
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