On May 15th, Bland Farms was honored to be one of a few selected hosts for the 2019 Georgia Grown Farm Tour. Georgia Grown, the marketing and economic development program of the Georgia Department of Agriculture, hosted international and national media guests, grocery buyer executives, state officials and culinary experts on this first-ever, invitation-only culinary tour of Southern and Coastal Georgia.
Introducing our high-impact merchandiser, made compact for any produce department. Designed to communicate the authentic Vidalia Brands® story that shoppers have come to know and trust.
We are projecting to start shipments of our Georgia sweet onions around April 8th. Good weather conditions over the month of March has helped this crop progress and mature nicely. “It couldn’t come at a better time since the overall onion market is strong and in short supplies.” according to Jeff Rhoden.
GLENNVILLE, GA – Bland Farms is celebrating its 70th anniversary of farming, ringing in another year of expanding its family tradition of farming. While Bland Farms started operations with only five acres, the company has since grown to be one of the largest packers of Vidalia® onions annually.
Glennville, Georgia, October 16, 2018 – Bland Farms, located in Glennville, Georgia is celebrating their 70th anniversary of farming this year and for Delbert Bland and his family, farming is a way of life. In 1982 Delbert Bland and his late father Raymond began growing Vidalia® sweet onions on just five acres at Bland Farms in Glenville, Georgia. Today, Bland Farms is the largest packer of Vidalia® onions annually.
Glennville, Georgia, September 19, 2018 – Bland Farms, located in Glennville, Georgia and one of the largest growers and shippers of sweet onions, continues to lead innovation in the farming industry. For Delbert Bland and his family, farming is a way of life. Bland Farms has been instrumental in growing the Vidalia® brand including being the first to successfully incorporate Vidalia® sweet onions into processed foods and a mail order business in the late 1980’s introduced the Vidalia® name to markets west of the Mississippi River.
Glennville, Georgia, September 4, 2018 – Bland Farms, located in Glennville, Georgia is celebrating their 70th anniversary of farming this year. For Delbert and his family, farming is a way of life. He and his wife Sandra have honored and grown the family business that was passed down to them from Delbert’s parents. Bland Farms has also been instrumental in growing the Vidalia® brand including being the first to successfully incorporate Vidalia® sweet onions into processed foods and a mail order business in the late 1980’s introduced the Vidalia® name to markets west of the Mississippi River.
Delbert Bland and Omar Cruz inspecting our Vidalia onions. Good news! The official start date is April 20th. Our crop is in great shape, nice green tops, bulb development on schedule. Now is the time to plan for your promotions for the upcoming Vidalia season!
We are now in the middle of Mexican Sweet Onion Season. Quality continues to remain great with many size options available.
Being based in Glennville, GA allows Bland Farms to be at the root of the Vidalia sweet onion industry, and the company currently represents half of the entire Vidalia volume and has the biggest controlled-environment storage capacity in the industry. It’s a long way from its humble beginnings of 50 acres.
GLENNVILLE, GA: It was a joyous and unexpected surprise for Omar Cruz when he was named “Grower of the Year” during the 2018 Vidalia Onion Committee awards banquet on February 10.