Stewart & Jasper Orchards (S&J) shakes trees, bringing down nutty treasures. The company is a California nut and fruit grower and operates a state-of-the-art nut-hulling, -shelling, -processing, and -packing facility. In addition to bulk almonds and walnuts, it offers packaged foods such as chocolate-covered nuts, dried fruit, fruit preserves, and nut butters. S&J also grows and packs stone fruits, including peaches, nectarines, pluots, plumcots, and apricots, which are marketed under the Suprema Brand and J.J.'s Jackpot labels. While its 500 acres yield 2 to 3 million pounds of marketable products a year, S&J also contracts with local growers to meet customer demand. The company ships its products worldwide.

Schulze and Burch Biscuit Co. which invented the saltine cracker in 1949, was founded by German immigrant Paul Schulze, Sr., in 1896. Schulze and Burch Biscuit company makes and markets toaster pastries under its Toast'em Pop-ups brand, as well as for private- and branded-label customers. It also makes Snackin' Fruits pastry bars, and it offers contract manufacturing for such food items as cereal bars, granola bars, breakfast cereal, crackers, and fruit snacks for other food companies. Schulze and Burch Biscuit operates two manufacturing facilities in the Chicago area.

For over one hundred years, the Foppianos have been involved in the American wine industry from their home ranch in Sonoma County's Russian River Valley. The story of Foppiano Vineyards is a family epic and full of industry history. It is a tale which confirms the value of perseverance and commitment.The Foppiano Vineyards brand remains the best known and most admired by the industry and consumers. Petite Sirah, the family's favorite wine, has become the winery's signature wine, and is known nationwide as one of the country's top Petites year-in and year-out. The 100-year history of Foppiano Vineyards confirms that through the strength of the family and a commitment to quality, tradition can be maintained and can thrive.Now in 2009, Foppiano Vineyards has added to their team industry veteran and current COO Todd Arterburn, winemaker Natalie West and direct sales manager Darci Feigel. It's their dedication to carry on the tradition that the family has fostered over the generations and continue to be lead the California wine industry in the production of world class Petite Sirah.

North Central Farmers Elevator's mission is to give its members a lift. The full-service member-owned agricultural cooperative located in South Dakota offers farm-support goods and services, including feed, seed and other farm supplies, along with agronomy, energy, and marketing services. In conjunction with LOL Farmland Feeds and South Dakota Wheat Growers, North Central Farmers Elevator owns Dakotaland Feeds, which makes and markets feed to producers. It also has a marketing alliance with South Dakota Oilseed Processors to sell its member/farmer's soybean crops.

Hodgson Mill company touts its use of grinding stones (rather than the steel blades that the big companies use) to mill a variety of grains, including wheat, oats, rye, and corn. The Missouri mill was built in 1837; company founder Alva Hodgson purchased the mill after its second rebuilding in 1882. Hodgson Mill products include flours, flax seed, couscous, cereals, bread and baking mixes, batters, and non-gluten and soy products. It has added wholewheat and veggie dried pastas to its offerings, which are available at retail food outlets nationwide.

Brioche Pasquier is France's leading pastry and bread maker. Its fresh and frozen pastries are available to the masses through supermarkets in Europe. Along with its specialty breads (or Viennese breads) and breakfast pastries, Brioche makes tarts, biscotti, crackers, croutons, and desserts like petit fours and nougat glace. Acquisitions have provided leavening for Brioche Pasquier; Brioche Pasquier company expanded to Spain, where it acquired baking company Productos Recondo. Brioche Pasquier also has subsidiaries in Belgium, Germany, and the UK.

Grain Processing Corporation (GPC) is a major manufacturer of an excellent array of grain-based products including food, pharmaceutical and personal care starches, maltodextrins and corn syrup solids, grain neutral spirits, industrial starches and animal nutrition ingredients. The Company, a subsidiary of Kent Corporation, markets its products worldwide.

Seafood Resources company provides frozen shellfish, including lobster, crayfish, crab, and scallops, as well as some finfish. The seafood importer/exporter sells lobsters from North America and China; crayfish and sea scallops from China; bay scallops from New England; and snow crab, perch, haddock, cod, and pollock from Canada. Its brands include China Blue, Mersey, Royal Fundy, and Seasource.

Located in the Magic Valley region of the Gem State, Seapac of Idaho processes seafood into value-added fish products. SeaPac of Idaho company processes farm-raised fish into smoked rainbow trout, trout and salmon jerky, and salmon sausages. It packages and sells its products under the IdaSea brand. Seapac of Idaho's seafood items are available through food distribution companies and at retail grocery stores across the US.

Founded in 1984 by Robert and Carlene Hamaty, Tortuga Rum company is owned by their daughter, Monique Hamaty-Simmonds, and her husband Marcus. Tortuga Rum makes goodies approved by pirates of the Caribbean. Despite its name, the Cayman Island company does not focus on the liquid libation favored by pirates, but rather on rum cakes, including chocolate-, coconut-, coffee-, and banana-flavored varieties -- all made with five-year-old premium Tortuga rum. The company's other delectables include rum fudge, rum truffles, gourmet coffees, jellies, and sauces. It also operates a mail-order cake-of-the-month club. Tortuga Rum products are distributed by sister company Miami-based Tortuga Imports.

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