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Postharvest Produce Guide for Food Hubs and Farmers

Updated: November 28, 2022

How to Use this Guide

Purple/white eggplant — Introduction

Crop Index

Click the photo to go to the specific crop page. If users are interested in submitting more photos, have questions or concerns, or would like additional crops added, please contact Paige Burns, lpburns@ncsu.edu.

Vegetables

Calliope variety of eggplant — Eggplant

green beans — Green beans

green kale — Leafy Greens

Basket of okra — Okra

white new potatoes — Potato

Yellow and zucchini squash in 1 gallon baskets. — Summer squash

An ear of white sweet corn. — Sweet corn

A box of red slicer tomatoes — Tomato

Fruits

Upclose shot of blueberries — Blueberries

Ripe peaches — Peaches

Ripe strawberries in gallon buckets. — Strawberries

Additional Resources

Blueberry clamshell pack — Blueberry pack

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