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This chapter of the North Carolina Organic Commodities Production Guide covers key management practices for organic sweet potato tobacco production.
Intensive Vegetable Production refers to a system of marketing and producing vegetable crops in which great attention is placed on detail and optimization of resources such as land, capital, labor, equipment, transportation to market and management time. The objective of such a system is maximum profit for the farm. The system you choose should take into account your location, availability of markets, production seasons and personal interest. This publication covers irrigation, plastic mulch, pest management, precision seeding, market preparation and many other facets of intensive vegetable production.
This is chapter 8 of a comprehensive guide to postharvest engineering topics for the proper harvest and handling of fresh produce. This section provides recommendations for harvesting, handling, and packing produce.
This is chapter 9 of a comprehensive guide to postharvest engineering topics for the proper harvest and handling of fresh produce. This section discusses a variety of produce packaging materials and lists common produce packages by commodity.
This publication presents plans and instructions for an easily constructed greenhouse that costs approximately $100 and may be used for many purposes.
This is chapter one of a comprehensive guide to postharvest engineering topics for the proper harvest and handling of fresh produce. This section covers the physiological factors that impact postharvest outcomes.
This is chapter 3b of a comprehensive guide to postharvest engineering topics for the proper harvest and handling of fresh produce. This section covers hydrocooling systems, including different types of hydrocoolers, determining hydrocooling rates, and disease control and wastewater disposal.
This is chapter 4 of a comprehensive guide to postharvest engineering topics for the proper harvest and handling of fresh produce. This section provides background information on refrigeration.
This is chapter 2 in a comprehensive guide to postharvest engineering topics for the proper harvest and handling of fresh produce. This section provides an overview of produce cooling principals and methods.
This is chapter 3a of a comprehensive guide to postharvest engineering topics for the proper harvest and handling of fresh produce. This section covers forced-air cooling systems.
This is chapter 3c of a comprehensive guide to postharvest engineering topics for the proper harvest and handling of fresh produce. This section covers cooling with ice and associated food safety concerns.
This is chapter 3d of a comprehensive guide to postharvest engineering topics for the proper harvest and handling of fresh produce. This section covers vacuum cooling methods.
This is chapter 3e of a comprehensive guide to postharvest engineering topics for the proper harvest and handling of fresh produce. This section covers the use of refrigerated rooms for cooling produce.
This publication discusses how to find information about frost and freeze probability data in North Carolina and how to use these resources to make planting and harvesting decisions.
This is chapter 5 in a comprehensive guide to postharvest engineering topics for the proper harvest and handling of fresh produce. This section provides engineering recommendations for refrigeration systems.
This is chapter 6 of a comprehensive guide to postharvest engineering topics for the proper harvest and handling of fresh produce. This section covers the proper selection and use of air moving equipment for cooling produce.
This is the postscript to a comprehensive guide to postharvest engineering topics for the proper harvest and handling of fresh produce. This section tools and techniques for data collection and data analytics
This is chapter 7 of a comprehensive guide to postharvest engineering topics for the proper harvest and handling of fresh produce. This section gives an overview of design considerations for postharvest facilities.
This publication has been prepared to acquaint growers, packers, and shippers with the most current information and recommendations for proper postharvest handling of sweetpotatoes.
