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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
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.
2024 Newsletters:
___October 2024 (Issue 32)__________July 2024 (Issue 31)________________January 2024 (Issue 30)__
Past issues:
2023: Number 29 November 2023 ; Number 28 July 2023 ; Number 27 April 2023 ; Number 26 January 2023 ;
2022 Number 25 October 2022 : Number 24 July 2022 : Number 23 April 2022 : Number 22 January 2022
2021 Number 21 October 2021 ; Number 20 July 2021 : Number 19 April 2021 : Number 18 January 2021 :
2020 Number 17 November 2020 : Number 16 September 2020 : Number 15 July 2020 : Number 14 April 2020 : Number 13 January 2020
2019 Number 12 November 2019 : Number 11 October 2019 : Number 10 July 2019 : Number 9 April 2019 : Number 8 January 2019
2018 Number 7 October 2018 : Number 6 July 2018 : Number 5 April 2018 : Number 4 January 2018