Founded in 1919 as a Dutch sugar manufacturer, CSM makes and distributes food products and ingredients for food processors, food retailers, and institutional foodservice operations worldwide, although half of its sales are in the US. CSM is a leading producer of bakery products and ingredients, including bread and pastry mixes, margarines and emulsifiers, fruit- and non-dairy-based fillings, icings, glazes, and frozen dough. Its biochemical division, PURAC, makes lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives, and lactides, which it distributes to food, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies. CSM has operations in 25 countries.

Founded in 1933 by Francesco Illy, illycaffè produces and sells a unique blend of high quality coffee made from 9 types of pure Arabica beans A careful balance of ingredients from South and Central America, India and Africa creates the unmistakable illy flavor: always identical in any espresso cup, wherever it is drunk around the world. The illy blend is destined for the Ho.Re.Ca. (hotel, restaurant and catering) sector, household and office consumption. It is now marketed in 140 countries worldwide, covering all 5 continents, and is served in more than 50,000 of the finest restaurants and coffee bars in the world.

Netafim knows how to rein in water and then disperse it ...slowly. Serving agricultural and landscaping companies around the globe, the company designs drip irrigation systems (enabling the slow-release of water) for farming and landscaping, as well as specialized systems for greenhouses and bio-energy crops. It also manufactures products such as dripperlines, sprinklers, mist emitters, valves, and water meters, as well as various farming machinery used to maximize irrigation efficiency. The company, which operates in about 110 countries, manufactures its products at more than a dozen factories located around the world. Netafim was founded in 1965.

BelleHarvest Sales company sells fresh vegetables and fruits to global customers; it primarily operates in the eastern US. BelleHarvest Sales, formed by a group of Michigan growers in 1957, provides storage, packing, delivery, and marketing services. Its products include apples, peaches, plums, and asparagus. BelleHarvest Sales is the sales and marketing arm of parent Belding Fruit Storage. It is also the exclusive marketer of produce from Umlor Orchards, Roossinck Fruit Storage, Gavin Orchards, and Timpson Orchards.

Our mission is to be the world's premier consumer products company focused on convenient foods and beverages. We seek to produce financial rewards to investors as we provide opportunities for growth and enrichment to our employees, our business partners and the communities in which we operate. And in everything we do, we strive for honesty, fairness and integrity. "PepsiCo's responsibility is to continually improve all aspects of the world in which we operate - environment, social, economic - creating a better tomorrow than today." Our vision is put into action through programs and a focus on environmental stewardship, activities to benefit society, and a commitment to build shareholder value by making PepsiCo a truly sustainable company.

Golden Peanut Company, LLC, is a leading sheller and processor of peanuts and peanut products with headquarters in Alpharetta, Georgia. Golden Peanut's primary product lines include raw shelled and inshell peanuts, peanut flours, peanut extracts, roasted aromatic and refined various peanut oils, and peanut seed. Golden Peanut serves peanut growers and operates plants in all major peanut growing areas of the United States and Argentina. Golden Peanut are proud to be a leading supplier of peanut products to manufacturers worldwide.

L&H Packing Company disassembles beef. The company's San Antonio, Texas, facilities produce boneless beef, preserved hides, tripe and other offal products, rendered blood and bone meal, as well as tallow for wholesale distribution. It has the capacity to process more than 260,000 cows per year. L&H Packing was founded in 1963 by Al Leonard and Dwayne Harral and is still owned and operated by the Leonard family. In business since 1979, L&H's sister company, Surlean Foods, provides chicken, pork, and beef entrees along with soups, sauces, marinades, and rubs to the foodservice industry.

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.

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.

Empire Kosher Poultry, the world's largest kosher poultry processor, was founded on the principle of producing premium-quality poultry while observing the Jewish Dietary Laws, collectively known as kashrus, which require a natural cleansing and preparation process.What do you get when you combine Jewish rabbis and a chicken farm? You get Empire Kosher Poultry. The company is the world's largest processors of kosher poultry and has 65 rabbis on staff. Empire processes and distributes fresh, frozen, and prepared chicken and turkey, as well as value-added chicken and turkey products such as turkey pastrami, breaded chicken tenders, and pizza. Its processing facilities have a capacity to handle 225,000 chickens per week. Empire sells its poultry to butcher shops, delis, supermarkets, and club stores across the US and throughout the rest of the world. In 2010 the company acquired Kosher Valley, a New York-based kosher poultry processor, from Hain Pure Protein.

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