Post-Harvest and Storage Resources
General Resources
USDA Agriculture Handbook 66: The Commercial Storage of Fruits, Vegetables, and Florist and Nursery Stocks. An excellent resource for storage of a wide variety of fruits and vegetables.
Vegetable Harvest and Storage. University of Missouri Extension fact sheet (#g6226).
Harvesting and Storing Vegetables. University of Iowa Extension fact sheet for home gardeners by Richard Jauron (#PM-731).
Storage Engineering
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture – Winter Crop Storage Resources, February 2010
- Walk-in Cooler: New Construction, Stand-alone Cold Storage with Free Air Case Study
- Walk-in Cooler & Squash Storage: Existing Structure Retrofit Case Study
Fact Sheets
Alliums
Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes
Pumpkin and Squash
UMass Carrot Storage Trials
A major goal of this project is to improve the quality and longevity of storage crops. We are researching varieties, harvest dates, post-harvest handling and storage methods using carrots as a model crop for long-term storage. Click the links to get methods and results from our trials.
Expanding Winter Harvest and Sales for New England Vegetable Crops is a three-year project (2010-2013) funded by USDA/Northeast SARE.