Each year, Chattooga Young Farmers have a Vidalia Onion fundraiser.  Orders are taken earlier in the year for the Georgia-grown onions.  Chattooga County Young Farmers headed down to Georgia’s onion country yesterday to pick up the onions and they will be distributed today and tomorrow to those who placed orders.

Vidalia onions are available for a limited time each year between April through early September. As America’s favorite sweet onion, many look forward to this time of year. The pack date is determined by soil and weather conditions during the growing season, contributing to high quality Vidalia onions. The Vidalia Onion Advisory Panel voted to recommend April 17th as the 2024 pack date – or the earliest Vidalia onions could be sold to grocery outlets, restaurants and other distributors.

If you ordered onions for this year’s Young Farmer fundraiser, you may pick them up at the Chattooga County Ag Center today from 2 PM – 6 PM.  Tomorrow, the onions will be available at Pine Ridge Outdoor Supply in Lyerly from 2- 5 PM.  The onion distribution will be at the Pine Ridge Hay Shed on Thursday.