Project Type: Partnership
Funds awarded in 2015: $15,000.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2016
Region: Northeast
State: Massachusetts
Project Leader:
Jennifer Hashley
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
Description:
A Plain Language guide to crop quality focused on tomatoes, cucurbits (cucumbers, summer squash, winter squash, and melons), and greens (bunching greens, greens by the head, leafy greens, and cut mixes). The guide provides photos of good and poor crop quality and covers best practices for harvesting, washing, cooling, storing, and packing, with special attention given to instructions for wholesale outlets.
Type:
Book/Handbook
File:
Download file (PDF)
Target audience:
Farmers/Ranchers
Ordering info:
http://www.nesfp.org
Janel Wright
janel.wright@tufts.edu
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
45 Merrimack Street, Suite 500
Lowell, Massachusetts 01852
http://www.nesfp.org
(978) 654-6745
Janel Wright
janel.wright@tufts.edu
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
45 Merrimack Street, Suite 500
Lowell, Massachusetts 01852
http://www.nesfp.org
(978) 654-6745
This product is associated with the project "Crop quality and food safety support for World PEAS Food Hub participants"
Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy.