Robert Wiseman Dairies was established in 1947. It’s come a long way and the small milk run from the family farm in East Kilbride is now a major milk company, providing 30% of the fresh milk consumed in Britain every day.

Ridley Corporation is a global producer of animal feed and salt. Its Ridley AgriProducts division is the largest feed producer in Australia providing products for the livestock, pet food, and aquaculture industries. Its Cheetham Salt division is the largest maker of domestic and refined salt in Australia. The company also owns nearly 70% of Ridley Inc., one of the largest producers of livestock feed in North America. Its North American operations contribute about one-third of the company's sales. Originally a salt producer, since 1990 Ridley has bulked up with acquisitions large and small in Australia, Canada, and the US. Ridley received a takeover offer from fellow Australian ag company, GrainCorp, in 2008.

In 1971 Sanford Winery and Vineyards discovered an overlooked, grape-growing treasure in the Santa Rita Hills. Recognizing a magical combination of climate and soil conditions much like those in France's famed Burgundy province, Sanford planted the area's first Pinot Noir in its Sanford & Benedict vineyard.Pinot Noir has thrived in the Santa Rita Hills ever since, and so has Sanford Winery. The pioneering winery's Pinot Noir ranks among the best and most distinctive in the world. And Sanford's leadership helped put Santa Barbara and the Santa Rita Hills on the map of the world's great wine regions. Certified as an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in 2001, today the area is renowned for its Chardonnay as well as Pinot Noir. The Santa Rita Hills AVA is 100 square miles of heaven for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, and Sanford's estate vineyards - Rancho La Rinconada and Sanford & Benedict - lie within it. Sanford relies exclusively on these vineyards for its luscious, signature Pinots.The area owes its magic to an unusual east-west mountain valley that runs from the vineyards to the Pacific Ocean. This passage allows a meteorological ebb-and-flow between the mountains and the sea that is ideal for cool-climate varietals.

Retail farm-supply and grain-marketing cooperative GROWMARK can mark its growth by the grain. A member-owed agricultural co-op, GROWMARK serves farmers in the midwestern US and Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1980, it has more than 250,000 members. Under the FAST STOP name, the co-op runs more than 300 fuel stations and convenience stores in the Midwest. Its Seedway subsidiary sells commercial vegetable seed and farm seed for turf, and grains including alfalfa, corn, wheat, and soybeans. GROWMARK also offers fertilizer, seeds, ethanol, biodiesel, and farm financing. Its MID-CO COMMODITIES subsidiary trades grain and offers advice regarding futures and options.

Worldwide Fruit is actually limited to the UK, but still appeals to the fruit lover, whether the fruit in question needs peeling or not. The privately held marketing and distribution company imports its wide range of fruit from all over the planet and supplies them to major UK food retailers. Worldwide's products include apples, avocados, dates, kiwi fruit, pears, and stone and soft fruit (berries). Worldwide Fruit company is jointly owned by Northcourt Group and New Zealand's Enza.

Feeling the need for a citrus organization, a group of citrus growers held their first meeting on June 1,1929. Just a few years later, in 1932, the first official meeting of the Edinburg Citrus Association was held in a school auditorium in Edinburg, Texas.The Edinburg Citrus Association has a grower membership throughout the Rio Grande Valley from the Gulf Coast westward. This loyal membership is the backbone of the company and represents thousands of acres of sweet and juicy Texas Red Grapefruit and Oranges.As the oldest and only surviving citrus fruit cooperative in Texas founded in the 1930s and 1940s, the Edinburg Citrus Association takes its responsibility seriously — both to its grower members and to its customers. Steeped in history but focused on the future, ECA has grown and evolved through the years as one of the leading packinghouses of the Texas Citrus Industry.

Family-owned Culver Duck Farms knows the trick to smoking ducks is keeping those eggs lit. The vertically-integrated company hatches close to 3.5 million ducks every year, then processes them into fresh and frozen whole ducks, fillets, sausage, smoked or marinated breasts, and even duck sticks (think jerky). The company also produces chicken products, and barbecue sauces and rubs. Using every bit of their birds, the company also makes soaps from duck oil. Dating back to 1858, Culver Duck Farms sells its products to specialty retailers, the foodservice industry, restaurants, and directly to consumers through its Web site.

Tropical Nut & Fruit was founded by Jerry York and Garland Williamson in 1977. Tropical Nut & Fruit wants to pass out handfuls of tropical flavors. Tropical Nut & Fruit company manufactures and sells more than 50 varieties of packaged roasted nuts, seeds, and snack mixes, more than 3,000 items in all. It also distributes baking ingredients, pastas, jelly beans, dried fruit, grains, cereals, and spices and seasonings. Tropical Nut & Fruit company operates four Nut House retail outlet stores in Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, and Tennessee. Tropical Nut & Fruit company's customers include grocery stores, specialty stores, bakeries, ice cream and coffee shops, and foodservice operators.

Total Produce probably wouldn't let you get up from the conference table until you'd purchased some of its vegetables. One of the UK's largest fresh produce producers, Total Produce grows, imports, distributes, and markets more than 200 fruit and vegetable products, including bananas, tomatoes, peaches, lettuce, potatoes, oranges, onions, and cabbage. Total Produce company, which operates 90 facilities in 19 countries, targets its products to retailers, wholesalers, and food service companies around Europe. Its brand portfolio includes its core product line Top, as well as Peviani, Haluco, and several others. Total Produce was formed in 2007 after it was spun off from fruit producer Fyffes.

Noble Foods is the UK’s biggest supplier of eggs and egg products, we also believe that we are the most forward thinking.Every day we move millions of eggs from hen houses across the country to the shelves of the UK's leading supermarkets, and into the shopping trolleys of Britains' consumers. And that's no mean feat. It means working closely with at least 250 egg farmers to collect, grade and package the most fragile of food products.We do this by employing enthusiastic people who bring fresh thinking to our day-to-day operations, and by working in partnership with our producers and customers.

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