<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Glennville, GA -</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By ANUK Staff<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">12.10.12 </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Bland Farms is welcoming Bryce Edmonson as the company's new CEO. The sweet onion category leader announced the news Friday. Mr. Edmonson's appointment will take effect on January 13, 2013. He replaces Bruce Peterson who has served as interim CEO since July 1, 2011. Mr. Peterson will remain on the company's Board of Advisors.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/bryce.jpg" alt="images120712" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Mr. Edmonson brings over twenty-five years of industry experience to his new role, spending 18 years with Del Monte Fresh Produce in charge of leading the North American organization, before starting an agribusiness consulting company in 2005. The industry veteran has served on the Bland Farms board for the last three years. Currently he serves on several other food company boards as well.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Delbert Bland, Bland Farms Owner and President, believes that Mr. Edmonson is a perfect fit for the company, “Our family business has grown in 30 years from a small farm in Georgia to a farm that has sites across the US and internationally. Bryce has a great deal of experience helping multi-site farms like ours grow and we’re excited to have his leadership.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">It is important to Mr. Bland that the business remains a family farm and serves its customers well. With the guidance and leadership of Mr. Edmonson, the company's hope is to continue growing the business steadily while remaining completely customer focused. “Bryce understands that the success we’ve had over the years is due to the fact that we’re a small family farm at heart”, said Bland. “Our customers are like family and that won’t change because that’s who we are.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.blandfarms.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1" target="_new">Bland Farms</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
