Post Harvest Handling
Central Valley Post Harvest newsletter
Good Agricultural Practices for Food Safety – a quick overview
Postharvest Handling Guidelines – a quick overview (from the Small Farm Newsletter, Vol 1, 2007)
Postharvest Handling of Organic Crops, UC ANR #7254, 2000, FREE
Produce Fact Sheets (a series of fact sheets published by the UC Postharvest Technology Research and Information Center summarizing the latest recommendations for maintaining postharvest quality of specific fruits, vegetables, ornamentals)
Properties and Recommended Conditions for Storage of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Charts
Sanitation
Chlorination and Organic Produce, UC ANR #8198, 2006, FREE
Postharvest Chlorination: Basic Properties & Key Points, UC ANR #8003, 1997, FREE
Water Disinfection: A Practical Approach to Calculating Dose Values for Preharvest and Postharvest Applications, UC ANR #7256, 2001, FREE
UC Post Harvest Research & Information Center
UC Good Agricultural Practices Website
UC Postharvest Manuals (online preview available for most manuals):
Commercial Cooling of Fruits & Vegetables Manual (from UCD Postharvest Research & Information Center ) $10
Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops, UC ANR #3311, 2002, $65
Postharvest Transport Series, UC ANR #21621, 2004, $36
Small Scale Postharvest Practices Manuals (from UCD Postharvest Research & Information Center )