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The Postharvest Education Foundation (PEF) is a non-profit public charity, established in Oregon in 2011, and granted 501 (3)(c) tax exemption status by the IRS in the USA (FEIN 45-1240017).

About Us

OUR TEAM and QUARTERLY NEWSLETTERS

The Postharvest Education Foundation (PEF) is a non-profit organization, established to provide motivation, training and mentoring for young postharvest professionals around the world. As volunteers for the Foundation, we currently work with a wide range of clientele including trainers in NGOs, horticulture companies, extension workers, research scientists, postharvest professionals and graduate students in Africa, South Asia, SE Asia and the Middle East. You can find our discussion group “Postharvest Training” on LinkedIn, where more than 14,000 members interact and assist one another with a wide variety of postharvest research activities, educational programs and outreach/extension work. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3770124/

FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS (2011)

Dr. Lisa Kitinoja (Founder)

Dr. Diane M. Barrett

Dr. Adel A. Kader

Dr. Devon Zagory

Ms Cathy Kitinoja

Mr. Patrick D. Brown

Dr. Symantha Holben

Founding Board (2011). Adel A. Kader, Diane M. Barrett, Lisa Kitinoja, Devon Zagory and Patrick Brown.

PRESENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS (2024-25)

Dr. Vijay Yadav Tokala (President) – India

Dr. Diane M. Barrett (Secretary) – USA

Dr. Lisa Kitinoja (Treasurer) – USA

Mr. Gurbinder Singh Gill – USA

QUARTERLY NEWSLETTERS and ARCHIVES


Past Board Members:

Mr. Guy Kodjogbe (Benin),

Dr. Olubukola Odeyemi (Nigeria),

Dr. Aditya Parmar (Malaysia),

Dr Deirdre Holcroft (France),

Dr Majeed Mohammed (Trinidad & Tobago),

Dr Hala Chahine-Tsouvalakis (Lebanon),

Ms. Lizanne Wheeler (USA, Ecuador),

Dr E.V.D. Sastry (India),

Dr Md. Wasim Siddiqui (India), 

Ms. Bertha Mjawa (Tanzania), 

Mr. Edoh Ognakossan Kukom (Togo and Mali).

 We thank all of our past and present board members, representing postharvest training efforts in more than 10 countries, who continue to provide advice, support and mentoring.