CATO, NY - With Vidalia Onion season winding down as we move into early Fall, Bland Farms is making the transition to Peruvian Onions. Although some unseasonably cool summer weather has depressed volumes a bit coming out of Peru, Delbert Bland, President and Owner of Bland Farms, is more than confident that his company will be able to make the transition effectively, ensuring that consumers continue to get the same great quality of produce they have come to count on Bland Farms for.
“Vidalia Onion season may be winding down, but with Peruvian Onions on their way, there shouldn't be any interruption in supply at all,” Delbert explained to me. “Because they come from the same seed as the Vidalia, the flavor profile and texture of the Peruvian Onion is almost identical to its counterpart. This is very important to us, because Bland Farms is dedicated to bringing our retail partners a consistent, great product throughout the growing season.”
Bland Farms is also in the middle of its first ever commercial sweet potato harvest this season. With October 1st pegged as the estimated shipping date for these sweet tubers, Bland is already well underway in the harvest and curing process. Because the sweet potatoes share the same customer base as Bland Farms' Peruvian Onions, Delbert tells me that it will be able to ship out both crops together.
“Between our Peruvian Onions and our new sweet potatoes, I'm excited to see how this season's crop does in the market,” he shared. “If we do well this year, I could certainly see us expanding production in the future.”
If the grower's sweet potatoes meet with anything approaching the kind of success Bland Farms has enjoyed with the rest of its produce, I am sure this will become a necessity sooner rather than later.
