The National Onion Association
A Voice for the U.S. Onion Industry
Founded in 1913, the National Onion Association (NOA) is the official organization representing growers, shippers, brokers, and commercial representatives of the U.S. onion industry. The NOA is comprised of over 500 members from the United States and abroad.
The NOA is a multi-faceted organization with five major objectives:
- Compiling and disseminating onion industry information
- Increasing the visibility and consumption of onions
- Tracking federal legislative and regulatory issues
- Monitoring international trade
- Conducting industry wide educational conventions
All About Onions
Onions are a staple in the kitchen.
The amazing onion provides layers of flavor, color, and texture to a wide variety of dishes and cuisines. But, their appeal goes beyond flavor when you consider their role in history and our health. On the surface they seem like a simple vegetable, but underneath they have an interesting story, and the National Onion Association would like to share all that and more with you on these pages.
Banish (the onion) from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it. Its presence lends color and enchantment to the most modest dish; its absence reduces the rarest delicacy to hopeless insipidity, and dinner to despair.
Elizabeth Robbins PennellAmerican columnist