Peri & Sons launches major California onion facility
Peri & Sons launches major California onion facility
LAS VEGAS, NV -- With more than 1,000 acres planted in its trademark SCS- certified, pesticide-free white, red, yellow and sweet onions, Peri & Sons has begun shipping product from a new, multi-million-dollar packing facility just outside Firebaugh, CA.
The shipment represents a sizable investment for Yerington, NV-based Peri & Sons, which grows onions on more than 2,000 acres in its home state and will now offer its customers a longer supply of its own product.
Tim Cummings, marketing director for Peri & Sons, said that the expansion into neighboring California represents part of the company's long-range plan to "emulate what we're doing in Nevada. We now have 11 months covered with our own pesticide/residue free crop, all of which is certified by Scientific Certification Services."
The crop is more or less equally divided among Peri's onion varieties, with a few more whites grown in Nevada and a few more sweets grown in California. Mr. Cummings said that organics make up approximately 10 percent of production in both regions.
"We just built this state-of-the-art facility, which has 14 lines and capacity to run between 25 and 30 loads a day," he said, adding that the Yerington packinghouse can run between 50 and 60 loads a day during peak production.
"The new facility was built to meet David Peri specs," Mr. Cummings said in reference to the company's president and veteran onion grower.
He also said that the additional volume extends Peri & Sons' reach into East Coast markets with the summer onions shipping from May through September, and the Nevada crop shipping from September into April.
As part of its sustainability program, Peri & Sons is rotating onions with sweet corn, broccoli, cantaloupe, grains and tomatoes in California, and in Nevada the rotation crops are lettuce and baby greens. Mr. Cummings said that the rotation products are packed and shipped by outside companies.
The company is also taking a proactive stance in water conservation with a drip line, which Mr. Cummings said cuts down on water usage in general.
Its packaging is eco-friendly, with recyclable-material consumer packs available from the Giro Pack. Five-, four- and three-pound Giro packs bear the "Mother's Love Organics" label as well as the "Sweetie Sweet" onion and "Peri & Sons Farms" labels. Recipes are included in the labeling.
Peri & Sons has developed two high-graphic, 600-pound bins bearing the labels of "Sweetie Sweet" and "Peri & Sons Farms."
The shipment represents a sizable investment for Yerington, NV-based Peri & Sons, which grows onions on more than 2,000 acres in its home state and will now offer its customers a longer supply of its own product.
Tim Cummings, marketing director for Peri & Sons, said that the expansion into neighboring California represents part of the company's long-range plan to "emulate what we're doing in Nevada. We now have 11 months covered with our own pesticide/residue free crop, all of which is certified by Scientific Certification Services."
The crop is more or less equally divided among Peri's onion varieties, with a few more whites grown in Nevada and a few more sweets grown in California. Mr. Cummings said that organics make up approximately 10 percent of production in both regions.
"We just built this state-of-the-art facility, which has 14 lines and capacity to run between 25 and 30 loads a day," he said, adding that the Yerington packinghouse can run between 50 and 60 loads a day during peak production.
"The new facility was built to meet David Peri specs," Mr. Cummings said in reference to the company's president and veteran onion grower.
He also said that the additional volume extends Peri & Sons' reach into East Coast markets with the summer onions shipping from May through September, and the Nevada crop shipping from September into April.
As part of its sustainability program, Peri & Sons is rotating onions with sweet corn, broccoli, cantaloupe, grains and tomatoes in California, and in Nevada the rotation crops are lettuce and baby greens. Mr. Cummings said that the rotation products are packed and shipped by outside companies.
The company is also taking a proactive stance in water conservation with a drip line, which Mr. Cummings said cuts down on water usage in general.
Its packaging is eco-friendly, with recyclable-material consumer packs available from the Giro Pack. Five-, four- and three-pound Giro packs bear the "Mother's Love Organics" label as well as the "Sweetie Sweet" onion and "Peri & Sons Farms" labels. Recipes are included in the labeling.
Peri & Sons has developed two high-graphic, 600-pound bins bearing the labels of "Sweetie Sweet" and "Peri & Sons Farms."
