WEISER, ID — Where some food production industries will talk about keeping the quality of food they grow or handle uppermost in importance, shippers in the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Treasure Valley put their mouth where their money is.

Haun Packing in Weiser, ID, is a perfect example of walking the talk, and General Manager Herb Haun explained the reason his company maintains the “All-American Winners” attitude about their onions.

Fiesta Farms Vice President Marc Bybee, onion grower Dan Corn and Fiesta Chief Executive Officer Garry Bybee in an onion field near Nyssa, OR.

NYSSA, OR — From the s

The International Chili Society and National Onion Association turned the heat up this past March following the announcement that the organizations were partnering to promote onions during cookoff events during 2011. The culmination of the partnership took place at the annual World’s Championship Chili Cookoff which took place in Manchester, NH, from Sept. 30 through Oct. 2.