In 1868, Henry K Webster rented a small grist mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and started the H.K. Webster Company, a business that would grow into one of the largest feed manufacturing companies in the Northeast, Blue Seal Feeds.In the early days, the emphasis of the business was on supplying horse feed. That product line has grown to include feeds for dairy cattle, beef cattle, horses, sheep , goats, llamas, pigs, deer, dogs, cats, rabbits, wild birds, caged birds, poultry, herbivore zoo animals, and fish as well as products for the lawn and garden. Today, Blue Seal is a subsidiary of Muscatine Foods Corporation of Muscatine, Iowa. Headquartered in Londonderry, New Hampshire, the company operates nine manufacturing facilities throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic United States. Blue Seal enjoys a well-earned reputation for high quality, consistent feed and outstanding customer service.

Chickens are always on the menu at this company. Perdue Incorporated is one of the largest poultry (chicken and turkey) producers in the US. The company operates live production and processing facilities in about 15 US states through its some 2,250 contracted poultry farmers. The Perdue Farms division processes and packs 3 billion pounds of chicken and 268 million pounds of turkey a year. Perdue sells poultry through retail food outlets and to foodservice customers, most of which are located in the eastern half of the US; the company also exports worldwide. Its Perdue Agribusiness unit processes grain for animal feed and pet food ingredients, makes vegetable oils, and manufactures fertilizer and renewable fuel.

JBS Five Rivers Ranch Cattle Feeding hopes to milk a profit from fattening up cows for market. One of the largest cattle feeding businesses in the US, the company operates with a capacity to feed more than 800,000 head of cattle. Five Rivers operates approximately about 10 feedlots located in Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The company, which takes care of the health and nutrition of the steer, also offers feed financing and marketing services for its customers. Five Rivers is owned by the giant Brazilian beef processor, JBS.

Oakshire Mushroom Farm has the right to dole out Dole products. The company is the exclusive grower of Dole's fresh mushrooms. Its mushroom varieties include white, portobello, and shiitake. Its subsidiary Oakshire Mushroom Sales markets and distributes the products to customers in the retail food and foodservice distribution sectors, as well as to food-manufacturing companies. Its other subsidiary, Golden Oak Spawn, produces a line of hybrid mushroom spawn for other commercial mushroom growers; it also offers shiitake home-growing kits for people perhaps looking for a new hobby. Oakshire Mushroom Farm was founded and is owned by president Gary Schroeder.

Plumrose USA is a manufacturer with over 75 years of experience in providing delicious, high quality meat products throughout the United States. What started out as a sliced ham company in 1932 has expanded into a business that offers a multitude of product lines including premium bacons, packaged deli meats, quality deli counter hams, cooked ribs and canned hams.Plumrose USA is committed to delivering optimum value to its customers and is dedicated to being one of the top suppliers of packaged deli meats, ribs and bacon to both the retail and food service trades.

Begun in 1914 when seven Missouri farmers got together to buy binder twine, the agricultural cooperative MFA today ties together 45,000 farmers in Missouri and adjacent states. It is one of the US's oldest regional co-ops, supplying its member/owners with agronomy, distribution, financing, and purchasing services. It runs some 100 retail farm supply centers and works with independent dealers. MFA supplies animal feeds, seed, fertilizer, and crop protection products. In addition to feed, fertilizer, and seed, the co-op also provides its members with agronomy services, animal-health products, and farm supplies. It also offers marketing services, and is the publisher of Today's Farmer.

WhiteWave Foods is a leading producer of dairy and dairy-related products, including coffee creamers, dairy toppings, and yogurt. The unit of Dean Foods is best known for its Silk brand milk-substitute soy beverages, as well as organic dairy products sold under the Horizon Organic label. It also makes International Delight coffee creamers and Rachel's yogurt products, in addition to LAND O' LAKES-branded coffee creamers and dessert toppings (sold under license from dairy co-op Land O'Lakes). WhiteWave's products are sold through natural food and grocery stores, as well as at major food chains across the US and Canada.

Kikkoman Corporation is a Japan-based company primarily engaged in the food manufacturing business. Kikkoman Company operates in four business segments. The Domestic Food Manufacturing and Sale segment offers soy sauce and soy sauce-related seasonings; processed tomato products under the brand name Del Monte; vegetable and fruit juice; cans; wine; mirin (sweet cooking rice wine); and other food products. This segment also offers soy milk drinks, commercial food materials and health food products, among others. The Domestic Others segment provides drugs, chemical products, as well as real estate, logistic and indirect services. The Overseas Food Manufacturing and Sale segment provides soy sauce; processed tomato products under the brand name Del Monte; cans; soy milk drinks and health food products, among others. The Overseas Food Wholesales segment provides oriental food products.

Sara Lee chose cheesecake over clothing. Jettisoning the apparel business, Sara Lee now peddles mostly food and drink, along with some household goods, although it's selling off that business too. Its North American Retail unit is a major packaged meat maker (Ball Park, Jimmy Dean), and a leading manufacturer of frozen bakery products, including Ms. Lee's famous raid-the-refrigerator-at-midnight frozen cheesecakes. The fresh bakery segment supplies North America with prepackaged bread and other baked goods. Sara Lee International oversees coffee, tea, and bakery in Europe, Australia, and Brazil. The North American Foodservice unit supplies coffee, meat, and bakery to foodservice operators across the continent.

Dover Industries is a leading supplier of flour to the foodservice and baking industries with flour mills operating in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Saskatchewan. In addition to commercial flour products, it also makes private-label and retail flour as well as baking mixes. Dover's cone division makes ice cream cones under the Robinson brand name, Carousel straws and stir stix, and paper take-out food containers. Dover Industries company's cup division manufactures a wide variety of paper cups and cup-shaped containers for hot and cold food and beverages.

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