Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

At the end of another year marked by the uncertainty of the pandemic, the Postharvest Team thanks you for the trust you have placed in us and we hope to continue bringing you the latest news in preservation, packaging, processing and marketing technology for fruit, vegetables and ornamentals. We will be back with you next year through our website Postharvest.biz and the two weekly electronic newsletters Postharvest News (Tuesday and Friday). On the other hand, in this last release of the year, we would like to share with you all the news planned for 2022. Registration open for the V Curso Tecnología Poscosecha - Cítricos y cultivos emergentes en la región mediterráneaOne of the main objectives of Poscosecha.com is to provide students and professionals in the sector with the necessary technical knowledge to face the current challenges of the fresh or processed fruit and vegetable market. For this reason, together with the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural (ETSIAMN), we are organising the V Curso Tecnología Poscosecha - Cítricos y cultivos emergentes en la región mediterránea, which will take place from 27 January to 11 March 2022 at the UPV. As in the previous edition, the course will be available in two modalities: face-to-face and on-line. The latter modality will allow access to the classes in real time and to send live comments. In addition, the videos will be uploaded for easy viewing. At the end of this information, you will find a video with information and testimonials from former students of the course. If you would like to receive more information, please do not hesitate to contact us at poscosecha@poscosecha.com or call us on +34 687 29 18 46. Charlas en la Biblioteca HorticulturaFrom the 18th of January the Charlas en la Biblioteca de Horticultura will be back, a weekly online meeting to disseminate information and technical news related to production, post-harvest and healthy eating based on fruit and vegetables. The talks take place every Tuesday at 4.30 pm and are broadcast live on the Poscosecha Youtube channel. In this way, attendees can actively participate in the talks and ask their questions to the speakers via chat. We also remind you that you can access the contents of all the talks through our YouTube and Podcast. Working on the publication of books of relevance to the sectorDuring 2022, we will publish two digital and open access books. The first, "Cultivo, poscosecha, procesado y comercio de berries", is planned for the beginning of the year and aims to become a reference for growers, processors, packers and marketers of berries and other small fleshy fruits. The book "Tecnología Hortícola Mediterránea" will deal with the current state and future of equipment and materials for the production of fruit, vegetables and nursery plants in the open air or in greenhouses. We update the website of the Horticultural LibraryWe are launching the new Biblioteca Horticultura website, with a more modern, intuitive and attractive design, and new functions, among which we would like to highlight: - Publicaciones: free download of more than 500 technical documents on the fruit and vegetable sector. - Autores: access the profiles of more than 230 prestigious professors, researchers and technicians who collaborate with us. - Agenda: discover all the events in the sector and, if you are organising one, you can send it to us at the following link: https://bibliotecahorticultura.com/agenda-de-eventos/anadir-un-evento/  - Direct access to more information about the  Charlas en Biblioteca Horticultura - Web del Curso Poscosecha We would like to take this opportunity to say goodbye to our colleague Paula Navarro who has accompanied us throughout the year and who is now continuing her studies. Thank you Paula for all your dedication, joy and company! We wish you all the best! Finally, we would like to inform you that little Carmen has arrived in our life and she fills the whole team with happiness. Be very happy, take care of yourselves and see you in 2022!