Headquartered in the center of the Vidalia® growing region in Southeast Georgia, family-owned Shuman Farms has been in the sweet onion industry for three generations. Our legacy began in the mid-1980s with a small family farm in Reidsville, GA. Today, we are an industry-leading, year-round grower and shipper of premium sweet onions.
Learn more about farming sweet onions with John & Mark Shuman
Shuman Farms' President and CEO John Shuman, along with his brother Mark Shuman, our Director of Operations, talk about their commitment to farming and bringing only the sweetest onions to market.
At Shuman Farms, integrity and humility shape our mission to serve, sustain, innovate, and give back.
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The history of Shuman Farms
1986
Buck Shuman's 80-acre farm of Vidalia® sweet onions is featured in Onion World Magazine as growing the sweetest in the entire industry, as judged by the University of Georgia.
Early 1990's
John Shuman restarts the family farm and begins to rebuild it into what it is today.
1998
Shuman Farms begins growing Peruvian sweet onions, developing what will become a vertically integrated program to ship sweet onions Sep - Mar
2001
The RealSweet® brand is launched at retail
2002
John Shuman creates Healthy Family Project®, a charitable organization that was the first of its kind in the produce department
2013
Buck Shuman is inducted into the Vidalia Onion Hall of Fame for his efforts to protect and promote the name and reputation of the Vidalia onion
2015
Shuman Farms is recognized for the second time as the winner of UGA's Sweetest Vidalia Onion Contest
2017
Shuman Farms acquires a new facility in Cobbtown, GA, expanding its footprint and operations to become the largest grower and shipper of sweet onions in the US
2019
Shuman Farms debuts its specially-marked Feeding America bags and point of sale materials for retail
2020
To honor Mr. Buck Shuman, the Mr. Buck's Farm Fresh® brand is created, giving Shuman Farms an additional brand under which to market its sweet onions
2021
Shuman Farms introduces RealSweet® Rubies®, a new, innovative brand in the sweet onion category
2022
Shuman Farms' Healthy Family Project celebrates 20 years of giving back, donating more than$7.5 million & 16 million meals
2024
Shuman Farms acquisition adds 5 facilities and 2,600 acres to operation.
