This handbook is a comprehensive reference for engineers who design and build farm machinery, processing equipment, shipping containers and packaging, as well as storage equipment. The book is written by the world's leading engineers and gives both a broad and technically detailed look at these critical aspects of any farm-to-fork operation. It addresses food, chemical, mechanical, and packaging engineers directly or indirectly involved with the food industry.

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Myer Kutz is an independent publishing and information services consultant whose clients include universities, publishers, secondary information services, and Fortune 500 companies. He served as vice president of scientific and technical publishing at John Wiley & Sons. He has written eight books and edited a number of handbooks, including the Mechanical Engineers' Handbook (Wiley, 3rd edition), the Handbook of Transportation Engineering, the Handbook of Materials Selection, the Handbook of Environmental Degradation of Materials, and the Standard Handbook of Biomedical Engineering and Design, which received the 2003 Best Engineering Book award from the Association of American Publishers.