
University of California
Small Farms
Specialty Crops Conference, 2007
The UC Small Farm Program hosted the 2007 Specialty Crops Conference on Dec. 12-13, 2007. The event consisted of a day of conference presentations at UC Davis, followed by a limited-seats bus tour of Bay Area markets.
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Presentations:
Below are pdf copies of each PowerPoint presentation given by speakers at the Specialty Crops Conference.
- Specialty Fruits and Vegetables (2.37 MB)
Richard Molinar, Small Farm advisor for Fresno County, and Michael Yang, program representative for Small Farm Program - Produce Food Safety and Postharvest Handling (4.1 MB)
James Gorny, executive director of UC Postharvest Technology Research and Information Center - Grower Returns in Alternative Marketing Channels (113 kb)
Shermain Hardesty, director of UC Small Farm Program - Pitahaya/Dragon Fruit (4.1 MB)
Ramiro Lobo, Small Farm advisor for San Diego County - Consumer Preferences: Colors & Flavors (7.46 MB)
Aziz Baameur, Small Farm advisor for Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties - Reinventing the "Tasting of Summer Produce" (2.85 MB)
Sibella Kraus, preident of Sustainable Agriculture Education - Specialty Crops (32.5 MB)
Manuel Jimenez, Small Farm advisor for Tulare County - Market for US-grown Botanicals (1.3 MB)
Josef Brinckmann, vice president of research & development for Traditional Medicinals - New Enterprise Screening Tool (481 kb)
Ramiro Lobo, Small Farm advisor for San Diego County - Determining What to Grow: Looking at Markets (1.8 MB)
Mark Gaskell, Small Farm advisor for Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties