Happy Holiday Season and a Prosperous 2023!

The holiday season is coming up and The Postharvest Team would like to thank you for your trust and continued support throughout this year. With increasing consumer demands for safer and healthier food, Postharvest.biz is a reference source of information on the fresh produce industry. We will come back on January 9th, with daily information about storage technology, processing, packaging, and marketing of fruit and vegetable through our website Postharvest.biz and the weekly newsletter Postharvest News. On the other hand, in this last newsletter of the year, we would like to share with you all the news planned for 2023. Open registration for the VI Postharvest Technology Course - Citrus and emerging crops in the Mediterranean regionOne of the main objectives of Poscosecha.com is to provide students and professionals with the necessary technical knowledge to face the current challenges of the fresh or processed fruit and vegetable market. Therefore, the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural (ETSIAMN), and Poscosecha.com are organising the VI Curso Tecnología Poscosecha - Cítricos y cultivos emergentes en la región mediterránea, which will take place from 26 January to 10 March 2023 at the UPV (Valencia, Spain). As in the previous edition, the course will be available in two modalities: face-to-face and online. The latter modality will allow real-time access to the classes and send live comments. In addition, the videos will be uploaded for easy viewing. If you would like to receive more information, please do not hesitate to contact us at poscosecha@poscosecha.com or call us at +34 687 29 18 46. I Pistachio ForumCurrently, the European demand for nuts and, specifically, pistachio is increasing due to its benefits for human health. On the other hand, the number of pistachio orchards is increasing exponentially and its surface area already exceeds 55,000 ha in Spain. Moreover, 80% of the orchards are located in the Castilla-La Mancha region thanks to its favorable edophoclimatic conditions. Therefore, it is expected that the European demand will be satisfied by Spanish production in the coming years. In this context, Naandanjain, Compo Expert, AGQ Labs, TecnologíaHortícola.com, and Poscosecha.com organize the I Pistachio Forum to be held on February 22, 2023 in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). The objective of this event is to share knowledge to support future investments, improve its management and point out the way for the technological, commercial and industrial development of this crop. Thus, recognized experts will discuss the most outstanding aspects of this crop, around four round tables: Technology, Innovation, Market and, Investment. We will provide more information in the coming days. 2nd Citrus Postharvest ConferencePoscosecha.com and el Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA) will organize the 2nd Citrus Postharvest Conference next September. The objective of this event is to present a technical analysis of the previous campaign and the commercial news in the market. The 1st edition was a great success with more than 470 attendees. Publication of two open-access booksMoreover, we would like to remind you that this year we have presented two digital and open-access books in Spanish:     - "Cultivo, poscosecha, procesado y comercio de berries" deals with growing, trading, storage, and processing technologies of strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and other berries. It brings together 30 chapters written by 50 international researchers and worldwide specialists. The book is divided into four thematic blocks: 1) General overview, 2) Species and cultivation, 3) Postharvest and industrialization, and 4) Information sources.    - "Tecnología Hortícola Mediterránea – Evolución y Futuro" analyzes the state of the art of growing technologies, market changes, and the most important Mediterranean crops. The book is structured into 48 chapters divided into three sections: General Panorama, Production Technology and Crops. In its writing, 87 authors of great international prestige participated, exceeding 1000 pages of content. Finally, We wish you, your family, and your colleagues a great Holiday Season and a prosperous New Year! We look forward to keeping you informed on the latest postharvest technologies throughout 2023. Season’s Greetings!