"Onion Power: Tops, Tails and Skins Become Electricity"

"Tops and tails are becoming much more than garbage at Gills Onions, an onion processor in Oxnard, Calif. Today marks the unveiling of the company's onion-powered electrical system, a first-of-its-kind initiative to turn onion waste into energy."

Matthew Wheeland reports for Reuters July 22, 2009.