Have you ever wondered how to select the best fruits and vegetables at the grocery store, but you weren't what you were looking for? This colorful handbook will help you select good quality, healthy fruits and vegetables that are a vital part of your daily diet. You will learn why there is more to fruit and vegetable quality than meets the eye and how to handle your fresh produce at home to maintain quality and safety. You will also learn how growing and harvesting factors can effect quality and the effect of growing locations, produce handling methods. Handy tables show you the steps between the field and your table, which fruits and vegetables should be stored in the refrigerator and which should be stored on the counter, and what to look for when selecting produce at the market. After reading this guide you will feel confident picking out your favorite produce items at your local store or farmers market.

From the Farm to Your Table: A Consumer's Guide to Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Adel Kader

JAMES THOMPSON

Univ. of California Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources

<p>The Third Edition of the University of California's definitive manual on postharvest technology has been completely updated and expanded. Five new chapters cover consumer issues in quality and safety, preharvest factors affecting fruit and vegetable quality, waste management and cull utilization, safety factors, and processing methods. A new appendix presents a summary of optimal conditions and the potential storage life of 200 fruits and vegetables. Edited by Adel Kader and written by 22 authors, including UC researchers, specialists, and faculty along with leading industry experts, the third edition weighs in at 535 pages. This is an invaluable resource for research professionals, quality control personnel, and postharvest biology students anyone involved in the technology for handling and storing fresh fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals. The information in the manual is applicable worldwide. Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Cropsis illustrated with 154 color photos, 184 black-and-white photos, and 111 graphs and illustrations.</p>

Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops, 3rd Ed

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Univ of California Agriculture & Natural Resources

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