Nutreco tames the hunger of both man and beast. Its agriculture division breeds and processes poultry in Spain though its Sada operations, where it is the #1 poultry producer. The company's Trouw Nutrition International division is one of Europe's largest animal-feed makers and also sells feed in Asia and North America. Its Skretting fish feed business offers feed for some 50 species of farmed fish. Founded in 1994, the Netherlands-based company has grown on a steady diet of acquisitions in Europe and abroad. Its focus is on animal-nutrition products, offering premixes and compound and specialty feeds.

Miss Meringue is the leading company in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Australia for over 12 years. We've been in business since 1997 with a manufacturing facility in San Marcos, California and 15 restaurants stretching from San Diego to San Francisco. We pride ourselves on producing the most delicious and authentic French inspired desserts. From Meringue Cookies, Specialty Cookies, Madeleines, and Food Service Desserts, we manufacture for all major U.S retailers, club stores, restaurants, hotel chains and key accounts.

American Rice, Inc. (ARI) one of the world's foremost marketing and milling companies, supplies USA origin rice in familiar, trusted brands to consumers worldwide. ARI has long been recognized as an industry leader and innovator. Beginning as an agricultural marketing cooperative, it was ARI that first developed a standardized rough rice grading system for US rice farmers. Today, ARI markets about 10% of USA grown rice and offers a growing family of top quality rice products: white, brown, parboiled long grain and medium grain rice under established brand names that are favorites worldwide. With locations in the south and on the west coast, ARI services diverse markets in the USA and worldwide. Internationally, ARI markets rice in over 50 countries, including Saudi Arabia, Haiti, Mexico, the Caribbean and the European Union. ARI's ABU BINT brand rice, the most recognized food product in Saudi Arabia holds the dominant position in that large market.

Bimbo Bakeries USA (BBU) is serious about making breads, cakes, and cookies. The US subsidiary of Mexico's baking behemoth, Grupo Bimbo ("bimbo" is a shortened version of the Spanish word "bambino" or "small child"), BBU operates 35 bakeries and has more than 7,000 distribution routes. In addition to bread, the company also manufactures tortillas, bagels, snack cakes, muffins, and pizza crust, as well as sweet and salty snacks. It makes and distributes products under the Bimbo, Boboli, Mrs Baird's, Oroweat, Old Country, Weber's, Francisco, Tia Rosa, and Marinela brands.

Sakata Seed started out in 1913 with a few sacks of seeds; over the last 90 or so years it has sprouted an empire of growth. The company produces, distributes, and sells vegetable seeds (for both agriculture and home gardens), flower seeds, grass seeds, bulbs, vegetable seedlings, tree seedlings, garden trees, fruit tree seedlings, lilies, house plants, roses, cacti, gardening materials, agricultural chemicals, fertilizers, gardening literature, and landscaping materials such as sod. It also has a division that researches cultivation and horticultural engineering. Sakasta's products are distributed from production centers in more than 20 countries.

Athenix is a leader in agricultural and industrial biotechnology. We are a company of highly motivated, uniquely skilled people. We have rapidly built the infrastructure necessary to discover new genes and to develop them into products that meet real customer needs.Athenix is committed to improving crop productivity, to delivering innovative products to farmers and to securing a sufficient supply of food, feed, fiber and biofuel for a growing world population.Saying a type of corn is transgenic doesn't mean that it likes to dress up as a soybean, but Athenix can explain all that later. The company develops enhanced plants, microbes, enzymes, and processes. It produces genes and proteins with traits such as insect and nematode resistance and herbicide tolerance, as well as developing transgenic plants for increased crop production. Athenix sells its genes, proteins, transgenic organisms, and other biological goodies to scientists involved in other life-sciences sectors, including those who develop agricultural and specialty chemicals, feed and seed, and energy production. The company was acquired by Bayer CropScience in 2009.

Alaskan Leader Fisheries, LLC, located in Lynden, Washington and Anchorage, Alaska is owned by the Alaskan Leader Group (ALG) and Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation (BBEDC). Each of these groups consist of individuals who are lifelong fishing families that currently own and operate various fishing vessels in the salmon, longline and pot fisheries of Alaska. Alaskan Leader Fisheries manages three fishing vessels, the F/V Alaskan Leader, F/V Bristol Leader and the F/V Bering Leader, which are 50% owned by ALG and 50% by BBEDC.Each of the ALG members started in the 70's and 80's as crewmen in the Alaskan fishing industry and have independently worked their way up the ladder from deck, to wheelhouse, to eventually owning their own vessels.

Quantum Foods doesn't need physics to portion out its products. The company, founded in 1990, processes beef into individual steaks which are then sold to customers in the foodservice industry, such as restaurant chains, airlines, and the US military, as well as to retail outlets including supermarkets, general merchandisers, and convenience stores. Its products include ribeye, T-bone, skirt, strip, tenderloin, and porterhouse steaks. The company also provides fully cooked chicken-breast entrees. Its brands include Quantum Steakhouse (beef) and Simply Gourmet (chicken).

UniSea, Inc. produces an impressive variety of finished seafood products that are marketed and distributed throughout the world. UniSea company's Alaska operation consists of the state-of-the-art processing facilities, G1 and G2, in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. UniSea also operates a secondary processing facility in Redmond, Washington. UniSea produces seafood products from Pollock, Pollock Roe, Pacific Cod, Black Cod, Snow Crab, King Crab, Halibut, Whitefish Meal, Fish Oil.UniSea's quality surimi is produced for many special markets with specific characteristics desired by the customer. The company also produces a number of other co-products including quality fish meal, fish oil and bone. UniSea's fish meal is known for its consistent top quality. The fish oil is used as fuel in the fish meal production process and is also a popular product marketed in Taiwan and Japan.

So where did that steak you threw on the barbecue last night come from? Perhaps it was from Agri Beef, an Idaho-based company that raises cattle on its ranches and then fattens them up on its four feedlots in Idaho, Kansas, and Washington. Then its off to its processing plant in Washington. Offering both fresh and processed meats, Agri Beef's brands include St. Helens and Snake River Farms (premium meats including American Kobe beef and Kurobuta pork), and Double R Ranch Northwest Beef. The family-owned business also operates Performix, a cattle-feed and -supplement manufacturer.

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