PARMA, Idaho — J.C. Watson Company — a fourth generation grower, packer, shipper in Parma and Wilder — is projected to pack around 200 million pounds of raw onions this season. We take you behind the scenes on the final days of onion harvest to show you how it all works.
- J.C. Watson ships millions of Idaho onions all over the United States and Canada.
- J.C. Watson received a $1.55 million grant from the USDA through the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program — which aims to strengthen the food supply chain— to upgrade infrastructure for their rail shipping operation.
(Below is the transcript from the broadcast story)
Onion harvest is coming to a close, but the folks at J.C. Watson are still hard at work.
“The machines we’re using are Top Air onion loaders,” says Brad Watson, the President of J.C. Watson Company.
He tells me the Treasure Valley is the perfect place to grow onions because of …