Buyer onions tour brings virtual and in-person elements
The Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee is bringing buyers to onion country.
The event will include both in-person and virtual components.
According to the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee’s website, the two VIP Onion Buyers Tours will be held:
In-Person tour, Sept. 30 and Oct. 1-2
Virtual: Oct. 15-31
For the in-person event, the committee is taking applications from buyers. Buyers selected for the trip will receive airfare, lodging, meals, ground transportation and entertainment during the event, according to the committee website.
The event will include stops at onion packing operations, harvest in the fields, meetings with the area salespeople, and meal functions to network with many of the area’s shippers and staff.
Buyers also are invited to apply to be part of a select group of onion buyers that will have a virtual tour page built especially for them that can be viewed from their office, home, or on the go, according to the committee website.
The virtual experience will include tour videos, imagery and detailed information about the participating shippers, according to the committee.
More information about the buyer tours is available online at the committee website, bit.ly/onion-tours.
Joe Ange, director of business development for Eagle Eye Produce, Idaho Falls, Idaho, said Eagle Eye is participating in both the in-person and virtual elements.
The event was entirely virtual last year, and Ange said the concept worked. “We actually found really good success with the (virtual) element, “ he said. “It's always great to show people our operations and to meet them face to face, if even just over video,” he said. “It's fun to show people (the operation) and be part of their experiences.”
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