Hermiston’s Onion Empire
The watermelon may be the official symbol of Hermiston, but the onion also deserves its place at the Northeast Oregon dinner table. Before they’re sliced, diced, battered or crunched, onions are grown commercially in more than 20 states. According to the National Onion Association, U.S. farmers plant about 125,000 acres of onions each year, and 20 percent of those hit the soil in Idaho and Eastern
