Latest News From Green Onions

Baja Son Growers, Salinas, Calif., which ships organic green onions year-round, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa, Calif., border entry found 614 pounds of methamphetamine in a shipment of green onions.

Baja Son Growers, Salinas, will have expanded supplies of asparagus from Central Mexico this summer.

Green onions took over as the top item on Produce Market Guide the week of Feb. 24, while oranges slipped to second place.

More than one-quarter of green onion buyers (26%) said they selected organic product at least some of the time, a number up six percentage points from Organic Fresh Trends 2019.

Baja Son Growers LLC, Salinas, Calif., is offering a year-round organic green onion program under the Baja Son Growers label.

Church Brothers Farms and its processing company, True Leaf Farms, is building a processing/packing facility just across the U.S. border in Mexico to increase year-round supplies.