Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(c) On September 17, 2008, the Board of Directors of Eden Bioscience Corporation appointed Nathaniel T. "Buster" Brown as its President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, effective as of October 1, 2008. Mr. Brown will fill the principal executive and principal financial and accounting officer positions at the Company and will be succeeding Bradley S. Powell, whose resignation from those positions, effective as of September 30, 2008, previously was announced. The Board has agreed to pay Mr. Brown a monthly salary of $12,500 for his services.

From September 2000 to December 2007, Mr. Brown (age 57) served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vulcan Inc., a multi-billion dollar asset management company in Seattle, Washington. Prior to joining Vulcan, Mr. Brown served as Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and/or Director of Accounting of a number of private companies with operations in the Pacific Northwest and was a Senior Manager at KPMG LLP. Mr. Brown currently holds board positions and serves on the finance and compensation committees of several privately held and not-for-profit organizations. Mr. Brown is a certified public accountant. He received a Masters of Business Administration and Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration from the University of Puget Sound.