Black Gold Farms has hired Kerwin Bradley as its chief production officer. His role will be to implement best practices, lead variety selection and development, drive the adaption of new and innovative technologies that will improve agronomic decision making and build an aggressive production strategy for Black Gold Farms.
Bradley brings 20 years of potato production experience. Previously, he spent more than a decade with Frito Lay, working on potato variety commercialization, agronomy and storage best practice development, as well as supply chain innovation. He then worked at the J.R. Simplot Company, where he spent six years helping lead the commercialization of the genetically engineered Innate potatoes.
Black Gold Farms has a network of farm locations throughout the U.S. and is headquartered in Grand Forks, North Dakota.