Description
For your assigned crop, create an outline in MS Word addressing the areas of importance for post-harvest quality and food safety:
1. Storage temperatures and times2. Transportation
3. Packaging
4. Harvest and handling considerations
5. Cooling method(s)
6. Market overview (especially California and/or Monterey County)
7. Products (commodity vs. value-added)
8. Crop family, genus and species
9. Related crops (biologically related, economically related, handling related)
10. Food safety concerns
11. Quality issues
BE SURE TO FIND ARTICLES related to your specific area of interest or focus!
This outline will be expanded as the semester proceeds. Eventually this will become a term paper.
Your outline should include the following:
1. Your name, ABT-93 and date in the upper right corner
2. A descriptive title that includes the name of your assigned crop and the specific area of focus that you have chosen.
3. In text citations for almost every line in your outline!
4. At least 3 citations in a WORKS CITED section at the end of the outline (separate page).
SLO's
Students will create a model cold chain and critique the effectiveness of the process.
Students will identify the strengths and weaknesses of post harvest handling operations.
Explanation & Answer
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1. Storage temperatures and times
Broccoli does well when stored under very low temperatures. It is a cold weather crop, and
hence it is recommended to be stored at temperatures close to 32 degrees Fahrenheit. This
should, however, be done without the crop being frozen. It can last up to 28 days under this
temperature if airflow and humidity are ideal. At the temperatures of 50F, it can only take
five days (Domínguez-Perles, Martínez-Ballesta and García-Viguera).
2. Transportation
Before transportation, broccoli curds must be cleaned of leaves and wrapped in newspapers.
At times, the leaves can be left without detaching them so as to minimize damage during
transportation. It is packed mainly in plastic or bamboo baskets. However, ...