Founded in 1983, Vilore was named in honor of the founder of Conservas La Costeña, Don Vicente Lopez Resines, whose great vision of perseverance is present in all facets of the Vilore Organization. Vilore Foods Mission is to create "Best-In-Class" Hispanic selling strategies that satisfy the continuing and growing need for real Hispanic consumer products throughout the United States and Canada.Vilore Foods is the exclusive importer, distributor and marketer of leading Hispanic brands in the U.S. and Canada. Through innovative strategies, Vilore has obtained leadership in the authentic Mexican Dry Grocery Category. Vilore distribute a wide variety of Mexican products from vilore 470,000 square-foot facility in Laredo, Texas and vilore 150,000 square-foot facility in Imperial, California.

Frozen Specialties company makes private-label frozen pizzas (in value-priced, lean, and microwaveable variations) and a frozen pizza-flavored snack called Pizza Bites for the North American convenience and grocery store markets. Its pizzas are primarily sold under store-brand names at major grocery chains. Frozen Specialties, Inc., (also known as FSI) is a top player in the frozen pizza industry and produces more than 100 million pizzas every year. Investment firm Swander Pace Capital is the majority owner of Frozen Specialties.

What would hash browns and eggs over easy be without North Side Foods? An incomplete meal, that's what. North Side Foods supplies pre-cooked pork and turkey sausage products (links, patties, crumbles) to major US and Canadian restaurant chains, as well as schools and other foodservice customers. It is a major sausage supplier for McDonald's. The company's meats are marketed under the Ember Farms brand name. Founded in 1909 and a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods since 1998, North Side Foods is headquartered in Arnold, Pennsylvania, and has manufacturing facilities in Cumming, Georgia.

Where's the beef? It's in Argentina -- at Cresud, one of Argentina's largest agricultural companies. It raises beef and dairy cattle and cultivates grains, including corn, soybeans, sunflowers, and wheat. Cresud, an agricultural REIT (real estate investment trust), is also one of Argentina's largest landowners (some 330,000 hectares). In addition, the company farms and ranches on leased lands. Cresud is in partnership with Tyson Foods and Cactus Feeders of Texas to raise cattle in feedlots. It also has a 70% holding in the agricultural Web portal, fyo.com.

The Stash Tea Company is a privately-held company headquartered in Tigard, Oregon, a suburb of Portland. Founded in 1972, Stash Tea originally operated out of an old Portland Victorian style house, supplying loose herbal teas and bulk herbs to natural food stores. Starting in 1975, the company broadened its focus to include bagged teas and then began to sell a full line of traditional, specialty blend and herbal teas directly to fine restaurants and through a mail order catalog to consumers. Today, Stash Tea is enjoying steady growth and has become one of the largest specialty tea companies in the United States, with products available through foodservice, grocery stores, tea and coffee shops, club stores, mass merchandisers, natural foods stores, mail order and the Internet. Stash Tea is also available in Canada and in several foreign countries.

As far as volume is concerned, the Garden of Eden had nothing on Dovex Fruit Company. The company processes, packages, and ships some 6 million cartons of conventional and organic apples, pears, cherries and other stone fruits every year. Most of the company's fruit comes from sister company Dovex Orchards (3,900 acres, 30% of which is certified organic); it also purchases fruit from other Washington State growers. Additional company operations include Dovex Marketing and Dovex Export. The company was established in 1982 by the DeNadai family and is part of the Dovex group of companies, or Dovex Corp.

The family-owned business was founded by Graciliano Rodriguez in 1963. Mercado Latino company packages and distributes Hispanic food products (most notably under the Faraon brand), including rice, beans, cheeses, chilies, fish, and candy, to food retailers. Other name brands include Sol-Mex, Milpas, Sun-Sun, Ola Blanca, and Siesta. Mercado Latino operates nine distribution centers serving 10 Western states; it also serves retail grocers in other parts of the country through affiliated distribution partners nationwide.

Keller's Creamery knows it's a matter of more butter-fat. Many of its products contain a higher butter-fat content than other butters. The company whips up salted and unsalted butter and butter products for retail, foodservice, and industrial customers. In addition to the familiar sticks and tubs of butter, Keller's also offers butter sculptures for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. It also offers regional and national premium brands such as Borden, Breakstone's, Falfurrias, Hotel Bar, Mid-America Farms, and Plugr�. Keller's also offers private-label manufacturing services. Founded as Branch Valley Creamery in 1906, it became a subsidiary of Dairy Farmers of America in 2005.

Equal Exchange has created Big Change since 1986. Our founders envisioned a food system that empowers farmers and consumers, supports small farmer co-ops, and uses sustainable farming methods. They started with fairly traded coffee from Nicaragua and didn't look back. Today, we continue to find new and powerful ways to build a better food system. We partner with co-operatives of farmers who provide high-quality organic coffees, teas, chocolates and snacks from all over the world, including here in the United States. We invite you to join us. Together we can create stronger local communities, a more just food system and a healthier planet.

Fall Creek Vineyards was established in 1975 by Texas businessman/rancher, Ed Auler and his wife, Susan. The vineyards are located eighty miles northwest of Austin in the Texas Hill Country where the sandy loam soil, warm days and cool breezes off Lake Buchanan provide an excellent microclimate for growing premium wine grapes.The inspiration for the winery came in 1973 when the Aulers, on a trip to France, noted remarkable similarities in the soil, terrain and microclimate of parts of the French wine country and their own ranch. “I became convinced that certain parts of the Texas Hill Country would be ideally suited to grape growing,” says Ed.Fall Creek Vineyards is named after gorgeous, spring-fed Fall Creek, which flows through the Auler family’s ranch near the winery. Fall Creek empties into the Colorado River at the spectacular Fall Creek waterfalls. The 90-foot waterfalls have been a landmark since the time of early man and continue to be one today. Vanishing Texas River Cruise provides tours of the Fall Creek waterfalls daily.

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