ʻO nā mea komo honua o ka Onion Study Tour, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka hui hoʻohua Hazera, i kipa aku ai i ke kaʻina hana ʻOkiʻoniʻoni. Hoʻopuka ka hui ʻo Oxnard, Kaleponi ma lalo o 500 tons o ka ihi ʻia a ʻoki ʻia nā huahana aniani no nā hale kūʻai ʻAmelika, ʻoihana a me ka lawelawe meaʻai.
ʻO ka hui hana ʻo Gills Onions i hoʻokumu ʻia mai ka hui mahiʻai ʻo Rio Farms i ka makahiki 1982. ʻO kēia hui mahiʻai, me kāna 7,000 mau ʻeka o ka spinach, (romaine) letus, celery, broccoli, kāpeti, cauliflower, bele pepa a me nā tōmato, no ka mea kanu mea kanu nui loa mai ' ke Komohana,' e like me ka hoʻopuka nūhou. Aia ma kahi o 1,200 ʻeka ka mahi ʻai ʻala me ka mahi ʻana i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma Fresno, Imperial, Kern a me Monterey.
No nā makahiki, ʻo ka pilikia ʻo ka ʻōpala aniani, no ka mea ʻoi aku ma mua o kanakolu pākēneka o nā aniani nui ʻaʻole kūpono no ka hana ʻana i ka huahana hope. Ua loaʻa i ka hui ʻo David lāua ʻo Steve Gill kahi hopena i kēia. E hoʻololi ʻia nā wai aniani i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i uila. ʻO ka pulp ka mea hānai pipi, a ma muli o ka nele o ka mauʻu ma muli o ka maloʻo ma Kaleponi, nui ke koi no ia mea.
Ua hoʻolako ʻia nā mīkini ʻili ma ka hale hana ʻo Gills Onions e Dofra/FTNON, a no laila no Dutch.
"Hāʻawi mākou i nā huahana kiʻekiʻe loa, a noi i ke kumu kūʻai ʻoi aku ka maʻamau no kā mākou huahana premium," i ʻōlelo ai ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka luna ʻo Steve Gill i ka hui noiʻi honua.
Ma ke ʻano o kēia hoʻolālā o ka hōʻemi ʻana i kona kapuaʻi CO2 a i ka manawa like e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i ka palekana a me ka maikaʻi kiʻekiʻe loa, ua hoʻolauna ʻo Gills Onions i ka pahuhopu nui o ka 'zero waste' i ka makahiki 2009. Mai ia manawa ua hoʻololi ʻia nā wai aniani mai ka ʻōpala i biogas ma 'Advanced Energy Recovery System' no ka uila ma'ema'e loa e ho'olako ana i ka hale hana i kona mau pono uila. ʻAʻole i emi iho kēia kumukūʻai ma mua o 11 miliona mau kālā, wahi a ka hui.