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January 22, 2020
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CPMA launches online tool to help manage waste

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association has launched an online resource to help their members manage their waste, from food waste to lost efficiency in packaging, more efficiently.


Ontario invests in accelerator program to grow agri-food sector

Ontario Agri-Food Technologies will receive up to $100,000 in cost-share funding to design and launch a pilot project called the Commercial Deal Accelerator.


Survey released on trade offs between on-farm food safety and conservation practices

A group of U.S. researchers is working on a project to understand and model trade-offs between food safety and conservation practices used on fresh produce farms.
 
 
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Color Atlas of Postharvest Quality of Fruits and Vegetables

The effects of time and temperature on the postharvest quality of fruits and vegetables are visually depicted in the Color Atlas of Postharvest Quality of Fruits and Vegetables. Through hundreds of vibrant color photographs, this unique resource illustrates how the appearance (e.g., color, shape, defects and injuries) of fruits and vegetables changes throughout their postharvest life and how storage temperature greatly contributes to critical quality changes.

The book’s extensive coverage describes 37 different fruits and vegetables from different groups that were stored at five specific temperatures and photographed daily after specified elapsed periods of time. » Learn more
 
Featured Articles 
 
Fruit Packing

Fruit packing: then and now

Fruit and vegetable sorting and packing have come a long way from when human eyes and hands first started pulling culls and loading boxes many decades ago. From today’s perspective, the earliest dip tanks, the conveyor belts lined by dozens of sorters, all seem quaint and old fashioned. Here is a fascinating “then-and-now” snapshot of peach packing through the generations. » Read more...
 
Drones

Research digs into using drones for fruit trees

Olga Walsh, a researcher at the University of Idaho, is researching the use of drones for fruit trees. Drones can be used to take inventory of tree height and canopy volume, monitor tree health, estimate fruit production, and even create promotional videos of an orchard. » Read more...
 
Events 
 

Guelph Organic Conference

Jan. 23-26
Location: Guelph, Ont.
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Manitoba Potato Production Days

Jan. 28-30
Location: Brandon, Man.
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Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention

Feb. 19-20
Location: Niagara Falls, Ont.
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