Please join us for a full-day dual workshop with sessions focusing on the ingenious Cool-Bot device and optimal Post-Harvest Handling practices. The Cool-Bot is a device that allows the user to take a well-insulated room and digital air conditioner unit and create a walk-in refrigerator at a fraction of the cost of purchasing a conventional model.

The Introduction to the Cool-Bot Session will cover an overview of the instillation process, appropriate air conditioner selection, insulation and power requirements, and a demonstration of a mobile refrigeration unit. In the Post-Harvest Handling Session, workshop attendees will learn about growing long shelf-life vegetables as well as harvest and postharvest activities that impact product quality and actions that can be taken to minimize food safety risks on the farm. The Post-Harvest Handling Session will include a lecture as well as a grading exercise.

This workshop is designed for farmers, homesteaders, gardeners, and those generally interested in community food systems. Lunch will be provided to attendees. This workshop is co-sponsored by EmPOWERing Mountain Food Systems