Knouse Foods company is a growers' co-op made up of some 125 Appalachian Mountain and Midwestern grower/members. It processes its members' apples for sale as canned and bottled applesauce, juice, cider, vinegar, apple butter, pie fillings, and snack packs, all of which are available nationwide. In addition to stocking supermarket shelves, Knouse, founded in 1949, supplies foodservice operators and industrial-ingredient companies with apple products. It also offers private-label and co-packing services.

Casa Di Lisio Products Inc. was founded by Lou and Lucy DiLisio in 1973. Casa Di Lisio Products company manufactures and distributes frozen Italian-style tomato, cream, and pesto sauces. The family-owned firm only uses natural ingredients in its creations, which are sold to restaurants, hotels, and other clients through foodservice distributors including SYSCO and U.S. Foodservice, as well as redistributors and buying groups. Its sauces can also be shipped directly to customers. Casa Di Lisio products are sold throughout the US and the Caribbean.

E. & J. Gallo Winery brings merlot to the masses. The company is one of the world's largest winemakers, thanks in part to its low-end jug and box brands, including Carlo Rossi and Boone's Farm brands. The vintner owns seven wineries and some 15,000 acres of California vineyards; it also contracts with other growers to meet its supply demands. It is the leading US exporter of California wine, selling its some 60 brands in more than 90 countries across the globe. Among its premium wines and imports are those of Gallo Family Vineyards Sonoma Reserve and the Italian wine Ecco Domani. For those who prefer a little more kick to their imbibing, Gallo offers a number of distilled beverages, including brandy and gin.

A solid financial base isn’t an end result—it's a beginning. At FCS, we serve our customers well with resources responsibly built over generations. In 2007 we celebrated our cooperative's 100th anniversary, a tribute to strong financial management.We accept a second century's new challenges invigorated by the innovative spirit alive in today’s agriculture. Will the journey always be easy? No. Will we remain committed to the clear-headed focus that guided our forebearers? Absolutely!

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.

Ovations Food Services, L.P. was founded in 1996 and is based in Lutz, Florida. Ovations Food Services, L.P. operates as a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Ovations Food Services, L.P. operates as a food service contractor. It provides professional food, beverage, and related services to sports and recreational facilities in North America. Ovations Food Services company specializes in serving sit-down dinners, company picnics, family birthday parties, and private moonlit dinners. Ovations also offers professional, multi-disciplined, and merchandise management services. Its clients include convention and exposition centers, fairs and entertainment centers, and sports centers.

We believe the quality of our dairy products starts with the milk, and it's the care and treatment we give our cows that makes Rockview Farms milk a brand your family can trust.At our farms, everything is done naturally and with the animal's health in mind. Our cows have plenty of room to roam around in, sunshine to bask in, clean water to drink and fresh air to breathe. They are fed a nutritious diet of alfalfa hay and grains. Because we have our own farms, we have a consistent supply of delicious-tasting milk that we guarantee comes from cows that have never been given artificial growth hormones to stimulate milk production as most other dairies do.To maintain the high quality of Rockview Farms products, rigorous tests are performed at every step of the process to make certain milk is pure and meets our exacting standards. It's also kept colder than required so it stays fresh and reaches its destination at its peak.

For over 70 years, Grady Auvil led Auvil Fruit Company to be one of the pioneers in the growing and merchandising of apples in the Pacific Northwest. Best known among growers for his innovative production practices, much of Grady's success rested on a shrewd sense of market opportunities.For instance, noting the vast amount of red apples on the market, Grady introduced the Granny Smith to Washington State. The result was history. In all of Grady's ventures the company was guided by a basic policy: to deliver superior dessert quality fruit to consumers. With boundless enthusiasm, Grady encouraged his fellow growers to adopt this policy. What distinguished Grady was that he saw this goal in terms of the whole process of production and marketing, from selecting varieties to the check-out counter. In doing so he moved the entire Washington apple industry one step closer to perfection.

Established in 1956, TableMark company is a Japanese manufacturer of frozen and processed foods and beverages. Products include seafood, rice and noodles, bottled water, and alcoholic beverages. The firm also has interests in real estate, hotels, restaurants, and entertainment facilities. In addition, TableMark makes medical, cosmetic, and veterinary products. TableMark company operates about a dozen offices in Japan, as well as a factory network that extends into China and Southeast Asia. It changed its name to TableMark in 2010. Japan Tobacco acquired TableMark company in 2008 and made it a wholly owned subsidiary.

Bellying up to a PowerBar won't slake your thirst, but it might boost your energy. A leader in the world of high-carbohydrate snacks, PowerBar originally designed its energy bars for athletes. However, its products are now available in a variety of flavors and are just as likely to be pulled out of purses and desk drawers and eaten as meal replacements. PowerBar also markets a sport drinks called Endurance and a carbohydrate gel that comes in chocolate, vanilla, double latte, and various fruit flavors. The company, a unit of Nestle, sells its products in supermarkets and at health-food and sports retailers throughout the world.

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