Onions
Onions recalled from ProSource Produce LLC and Keeler Family Farms
The FDA, along with Centers for Disease Control and state and local partners, is investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg infections linked to whole, fresh onions. FDA’s traceback investigation is ongoing but has identified ProSource Produce,... more »
Salmonella in whole onions from Mexico cited in CDC food safety alert
A Centers For Disease Control and Prevention food safety alert regarding a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg infections linked to onions was posted Oct. 21. https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/oranienburg-09-21/index.html Key points to the alert: 652 people have been reported sick from 37 states, and 129 people have been hospitalized. No deaths have... more »
Kroger, G&R Farms raise $9,000 for agriculture students
Kroger partnered with produce supplier G&R Farms of Glennville, Georgia, in May and June to raise $9,000 for scholarship and grant funds for FFA students in Georgia through the Growing America’s Farmer’s promotional program. The... more »
Fall emergence of allium leafminer on schedule
The fall emergence of allium leafminer adults seems to be right on time in Lancaster County – the last week of September. This makes two years in a row that the fall allium leafminer (ALM) emergence... more »
G&R Farms hires Jon Ellis to serve as operations manager
Glennville, Georgia-based G&R Farms has welcomed new hire Jon Ellis, who will be serving in the role of operations manager. Ellis, a long-time resident of Glenville, brings an array of skills to the G&R Farms... more »
Onion growers overcome weather, navigate marketing
The Mike Davis family and dozens of other South Texas families who grow sweet onions recently finished a dynamic season of farm operations and marketing. Despite a baffling freeze, and complications brought on by COVID-19,... more »
G&R Farms expands Growing America’s Farmers with new efforts
During the months of May and June, G&R Farms in southeast Georgia partnered with 13 regional and national retail operators throughout the United States to raise nearly $90,000 in scholarship and grant funds for FFA... more »
Onion grower G&R Farms continues commitment to sustainability
Glennville, Georgia-based G&R Farms has reaffirmed its commitment to sustainability with its participation in the How2Recycle program. Today many businesses, including G&R, have placed sustainability top of mind due to changing consumer mindsets and increasing environmental... more »
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