G&R Farms’ new website offers history, recipes

(Courtesy G&R Farms)

Onion grower-shipper G&R Farms, Glennville, Ga., has a new user-friendly website that showcases the company’s history, including its role in introducing Vidalia onions.

G&R Farms celebrated its 75th anniversary last year, updating its logo and brand image as part of a new strategic direction, according to a news release.

“We’re very pleased with the new website because it better reflects our values as a third-generation family farm,” Walt Dasher, vice president of G&R Farms, said in the release. “This includes our dedication to sustainability and how we perfect the consistent, premium quality of our sweet onions, year-round.”

The website, GRFarmsOnions.com, features drone footage of the company’s sweet onion acreage in Georgia and Peru. Consumers can download “Taste the Memories,” an e-booklet featuring Dasher family recipes; other recipes are featured on the site.

The site highlights seasonal promotions and the company’s Growing America’s Farmers campaign, which has raised more than $150,000 for college scholarships in partnership with Future Farmers of America.

Cliff Riner, G&R Farms’ research and development manager, is featured in a new blog, with a series of videos on growing Vidalia onions.

“Cliff is a natural when it comes to being a really good educator and his passion for growing sweet onions is evident in these videos,” Dasher said in the e-mail. “He served as the coordinator of the Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center and prior to that, spent over a decade with the University of Georgia’s Cooperative Extension Service so he has lots of experience and is well-versed on the sweet onion production process.”
 

 

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