Steinbeck County Produce is owned and operated by the Huntington Family. The Huntington’s family’s roots run deep in the Salinas Valley soil, and Steinbeck company is one of the few remaining family-run agricultural businesses in the Salinas Valley. In 1949 Lou Huntington, Sr. began farming tomatoes, potatoes, sugar beets and onions in Soledad, CA. His son, Lou Jr. joined him in 1963 after graduating from California Polytechnic University-San Luis Obispo with a degree in Ag Business. The business grew and the products grown changed, with asparagus, lettuce and mixed vegetables added to the deal. Land along the Salinas River from Salinas to Soledad was acquired over time, and the third generation of Huntington’s graduated from college and began working for the company.

Societe Internationale de Plantation d'Heveas (SIPH) never gets "tired" of rubber. The company owns rubber plantations in West Africa and supplies Michelin (which owns 20% of the company) with natural rubber to make tires. SIPH owns about 125,000 acres of plantation land mostly in Ivory Coast, but also in Nigeria, Ghana, and Liberia. However, about half of the 128,000 tons of rubber it produces comes from independent planters in those countries. SIPH also owns eight production sites in West Africa to market the rubber latex for export to Europe. The French/African agribusiness firm SIFCA Group owns more than 55% of the company.

Springfield Creamery, Inc makes and markets organic cultured dairy and soy products under the Nancy's brand name. Springfield Creamery sells its natural yogurt, cottage cheese, kefir, sour cream, cream cheese, and other products through natural foods retailers such as Whole Foods and Wild Oats, nationwide. President Chuck Kesey and his wife Sue started the family-run company in 1960.

ince 1980, Galaxy Nutritional Foods has been dedicated to developing tasty and nutritious food offerings made with only the highest quality, natural ingredients. Our daily mission is to exceed the high expectations of health conscious consumers everywhere by offering smarter and more sensible eating alternatives. We here at Galaxy are also committed to reducing our environmental impact as part of our Eat Green for Body & Earth ™ program. Like you, we’re all about smarter choices.

The Strauss Group, Israel’s second-largest food & beverage company, is today an international corporation with around 13,000 global employees operating twenty two production sites in twenty countries. In the last six years the Group has consistently achieved growth, generating around $1.62 billion in turnover at the end of 2009, of which 47% came from international activities. The Strauss Group is comprised of four core business units: Strauss Israel, Strauss Coffee, Strauss North America and Strauss Water. The Group is a leading player in coffee markets in Central and Eastern Europe, Brazil and Israel for roast & ground (R&G) coffee and other coffee related products and services. The Strauss Group is traded on the Tel Aviv 25 Index, which lists the largest public companies in Israel, and has achieved a top AA+ credit rating from Maalot, an affiliate of Standard and Poor’s. The Strauss Group is in partnership with leading multinationals Danone and PepsiCo; and Strauss Coffee recently entered into a partnership with TPG Capital, a leading private equity investment fund.

Meridian Nut Growers is the sales and marketing arm for a group of California growers and processors of almonds, walnuts, pistachios as well as a variety of other nuts and dried fruits. In addition, we work with South African growers and processors to supply the highest quality Macadamia nuts in the world.We supply large volumes of high quality nuts and dried fruit products to customers worldwide for use in the snacking, baking, confectionery and manufacturing industries. We understand the needs of customers and match that need with the right product and the right supplier. No matter what the customer's needs; from Hong Kong to Hamburg, Meridian Nut Growers is here to serve them. Our primary focus is on users that need the services of a major nut producer but like a more personal touch. We also specialize in high quality specifications and use every tool at our disposal to give the customer the product they desire.We strive to be the bridge between growers and users of dried fruits and nuts. While we are customer oriented, we never forget that without growers, we would not exist. We believe that while looking out for our customers, we can look out for our growers best interests as well.

Ben & Jerry's is still Ben & Jerry's Homemade: a top maker of super premium ice cream (along with rival Nestl�'s H�agen-Dazs). The quirky company was bought by consumer products giant Unilever in 2000, but it still marches to the beat of its own ice cream scoops on its drums of ice cream. The company sells its colorfully named ice cream, ice-cream novelties, and frozen yogurt ("FroYo") under such monikers as Chunky Monkey, Phish Food, and Cherry Garcia. It also franchises some 750 Ben & Jerry's SCOOP SHOPS worldwide. Ben & Jerry's donates a minimum of $1.1 million of pretax profits to philanthropic causes yearly.

Fresh Del Monte Produce expects to be squeezed and sniffed. Sniff and squeeze away -- the success of the company's Del Monte Gold Extra Sweet-branded pineapples have made it one of the world's largest fresh pineapple producers and marketers; it is also one of the world's top banana producers, and offers a full array of vegetables and other fruits. Fresh Del Monte's brand names include Del Monte, Rosy, and UTC. Its prepared and fresh-cut foods include potato salad, cole slaw, bagged sliced products, and fruit juices and fruit drinks; it also makes industrial fruit products (purees, pulps, and concentrates) for food manufacturing companies. Fresh Del Monte sells its fruit and vegetables in more than 90 countries.

Starting in 1945 with "the miracle cream from the soya bean," Rich Products has grown from a niche maker of soy-based whipped toppings and frozen desserts to a major US frozen foods manufacturer. Rich Products Corporation company has developed other products, such as Coffee Rich (non-dairy coffee creamer). It has expanded its product line to include frozen bakery and pizza doughs and ingredients for the foodservice and in-store bakery markets, plus appetizers, baked goods, seafood, and barbecue meat. Rich Products markets more than 2,000 frozen food items that are available in 100 countries; it has manufacturing facilities throughout the US and around the world.

Caspian Trading Company, Inc., is an international trading company established in 1986 with offices, warehouses and cold storage facilities in the United States, the United Arab Emirates and the Islamic Republic of Iran. The company has been actively involved in imports, exports and processing of seafood products since 1988. It is presently processing and exporting fresh, frozen, canned and dried seafood to and from more than 15 different destinations worldwide.In addition to seafood, Caspian Trading Company, Inc., through its commercial division, has been involved in providing variety of commercial and industrial products to customers worldwide. The Commercial division of Caspian Trading Co., Inc. with its experienced staff and reliable sources is ready and eager to provide you with every type product from raw material to finished goods of various types and forms from all corners of the world. Please feel free to contact any one of our offices at any time with your requirements. You will discover experienced team members eager to provide you with products and service in accordance with the highest standards in quality and integrity. We are looking forward to developing long term business relationship based on mutual benefit.

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