Bill Gates Runs Afoul Of the Vidalia Cartel

摘要

The squat, sweet Vidalia onion is the Champagne of the allium family. By federal law, an onion bulb can be marketed as a Vidalia only if it's grown and packed in the region surrounding its namesake Georgia town. Growers have built a market worth as much as $168 million a year, and they're vigilant about protecting it. "If we let issues fall through the cracks, the Vidalia onion will be just another sweet onion," says Jason Herndon, chairman of die Vidalia Onion Committee, a growers' group.