- Author: Christine Huang
The importance of fresh-cut produce as a vital and expanding food category is not lost on us at the UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center. We understand that consumers today demand increasingly safe and high quality products, which require
- Author: Mary E. Reed
We are delighted to announce that Stefan Jan Michel Droogendijk from the Netherlands is the first person to complete the UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center's Produce Professional Certificate Program. He completed the entire program of 120 points (hours) in just ten months. Despite his speedy completion of the program, Stefan will continue to have access to the online site, including videos of lectures and updated course handouts for the full four years.
Stefan initially attended the 2013 Postharvest Technology Short Course and was inspired by what he learned. In October he enrolled in the Produce Professional Certificate program, and a month later attended the Produce Safety Workshop, one of the required...
- Author: Christine Huang
- Editor: Mary E. Reed
At the UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center, we are excited to announce that our 19th annual Fresh Cut Products: Maintaining Quality and Safety Workshop is right around the corner! This year, the workshop will be held at the beautiful Buehler Alumni and Visitor's Center from September 23rd-25th. Our team of instructors understands that fresh-cut standards have become increasingly rigorous as consumers demand high quality, fresh, nutritious, safe, and long lasting produce. Our specialists are provide cutting-edge information that allow workshop participants to achieve this goal of high quality fruits and vegetables. Over the years, our fresh cut workshops have proven to be extremely...
- Author: Pam Devine
I first tasted a feijoa (fay-zho-uh, or pineapple guava) as a student here at UC Davis many years ago. A friend showed me her secret trees (south side of Wellman in Davis — tons on the ground right now!), and I was hooked. I didn’t think much of it at the time, other than thinking this is one of the best things I have ever eaten in my life. It tastes better than candy, and ripens right around Halloween - sweet! I had never seen or heard of a feijoa. You likely haven’t either, so I’m writing to introduce you.
First a little history. This subtropical plant originated in the higher altitude regions of central South America, but has since been introduced and grown...
- Author: Mary E. Reed
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. You can use the linked survey to provide us with your feedback.
If you give us your contact information at the end of the survey, you will be entered in a...