- Author: Mary E. Reed
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 instructional sessions over a three-and-a-half day period. Zdenec Svec from the Czech Republic also presented a talk focusing on regional marketing and trade issues. The training session was followed by a 1-1/2 day field tour visiting a number of postharvest processing facilities. The training was the result of a herculean effort led by Filip Stoyanovic, Director of a USAID Regional Competitiveness Initiative, and supported by eleven USAID projects as well as funding from the governments...
- Author: Mary E. Reed
There was a heightened sense of camaraderie and interaction amongst the participants who attended the September 2011 workshop. The workshop, coordinated and facilitated by Dr. Marita Cantwell, was structured so that there were many opportunities for sharing challenging fresh-cut situations, and brainstorming solutions.
One dynamic session was the "Fresh-cut Products Shelf Life" demonstration, in which the storage time and temperature for more than 20 fresh-cut products was evaluated. Considering color, general appearance, smell, and texture, participants ranked each item to see if they could detect the differences.
Because the content for this workshop is significantly updated each...
- Author: Mary E. Reed
Every seat was filled for the 17th Annual Fruit Ripening & Ethylene Management workshop, held April 26-27 at UC Davis. Course Organizer Dr. Carlos Crisosto was very enthusiastic about the positive response to the workshop and said, “Everyone was very excited about both the content and excellent interactive aspects of this workshop. I think next year we will add on another day to cover retail components as well as adding more hands on demonstrations to the agenda”.
Participants also offered favorable comments including, “Had a great time, speakers were informative and friendly”, and “The course provided very useful and practical ready-to-use information, I enjoyed it very much!”
Plans for the 2012...