In 1911, T.
H. Birdsong founded Birdsong Peanuts. Birdsong was
originally a storage company, but it began milling peanuts in the
mid-thirties. Birdsong Peanuts became a division of the
Birdsong Corporation in 1974, when Birdsong Storage Company and
American Cold Storage, Inc. merged under the name of Birdsong
Corporation.
In 1985, Birdsong Peanuts expanded into the Southeast by
purchasing Farmers Gin & Warehouse Company in Blakely, GA.
In 1992 the company purchased Blakely Peanut Company.
Birdsong Corporation's home office is located in Suffolk,
Virginia. The president and chief executive officer is Jeff
Johnson.
In Blakely, Birdsong Peanuts buys peanuts from local peanut
farmers. There peanuts are shelled and then distributed
worldwide. Birdsong Peanuts currently employs 125 people in
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