From a little acorn the mighty oak does grow ... an adage that Syngenta Seeds is squarely behind. The company's big business is based on little seeds of all types, commercial and retail flower and vegetable, and field crop. A subsidiary of global agricultural giant Syngenta AG's US business, Syngenta Seeds is comprised of NK Seeds, Garst, Golden Harvest, Hilleshög, and Rogers -- all of which take seed production from the research and development phase all the way through to sales and distribution. Syngenta Seeds' products are available worldwide.

Dating back to 1846, Calhoun Bend Mill Inc. was founded and is still owned and operated by the Calhoun family. Calhoun Bend Mill offers up some good, old-fashioned, soothing, Southern, comfort food. Located in Jonesville, Louisiana, the company produces corn bread, fry, and dessert mixes using genuine stone-ground cornmeal that the company grinds itself. Calhoun Bend products are available to food retailers and foodservice providers throughout the US and Canada, as well as to individual consumers via the company's Web site.

Dennick FruitSource sells tropical fruit juices, concentrates, and purees made from acerola, guava, mango, and passion fruit, as well as from less exotic fruits such as apricot, banana, peach, pear, and pineapple to industrial customers in North America. Its fruits are sourced from growers all over the world, including in Brazil, Peru, Columbia, India, and South Africa. Dennick's standard, organic, and kosher fruit products ship in drums, bins, or tankers and used by other food and beverage manufactures who use them to make various products, including yogurt, baked goods, jams, and jellies.

In 1932, Karl Ehmer started his first butcher shop on 46th Street and Second Avenue in New York City, NY. Due to the depression, Mr. Ehmer was forced to make product at night and work a full time job uptown during the day. Mrs. Ehmer ran the shop during the daylight hours. In the 1940's, as times improved, Mr. Ehmer began to look for a larger manufacturing facility and found one in a German community in Queens, called Ridgewood. From this facility he manufactured products for six stores.Karl Ehmer is where you expect the wurst, and you'll get it. The company specializes in traditional German sausages and other meats, selling its wares at retail stores and to wholesale customers. Karl Ehmer's started with a single butcher's shop in Manhattan in 1932, then later moved to a German-American community in Queens, where its headquarters remains. The retail chain has dwindled to about 10 stores (five of which are in New York), but the company has stepped up its sales to regional distributors, high-end food emporiums like Dean & DeLuca, and other grocers, while also selling through its Web site. Brothers Mark and Alan Hanssler, grandsons of Karl Ehmer himself, acquired the company in 1993.

Red Smith Foods packs a plethora of puckery products. Red Smith Foods company makes pickled snack foods, including sausages; eggs; and various pig parts, including feet, neck bones, and hocks (the little porker's leg from about halfway down to but not including the hoof). The firm distributes its Red Smith and Big John's branded items to wholesalers, distribution companies, convenience and sport supply stores, and supermarkets in the southeastern US. Red Smith Foods company also has an online retail subsidiary, Pickle-it.com, which sells the above-mentioned pickled snacks, along with pickle-themed clothing and other merchandise, directly to consumers.

The #1 dairy processor in Canada, Saputo makes Italian and European-style cheeses for sale to retail, foodservice, and industrial customers in Canada, the US, and Argentina. Its big brands include Armstrong, Frigo, Stella, and Treasure Cave. Saputo also produces fluid milk and yogurt, and distributes imported cheeses for the Canadian consumer retail market. Also in Canada, Saputo bakes up snack cakes, tarts, and cereal bars under such brands as Vachon and Granny's. Originally a small mozzarella maker, the company grows through acquisitions.

Groupe Limagrain has its feet planted securely in success. The French cooperative is a European leader in the breeding and production of corn and wheat seeds for professional growers. Its field seed brands include Advanta, LG, and Nickerson. Limagrain's subsidiary, Vilmorin Clause & Cie, is a world leader in the same seeds for the home garden. Vilmorin's home-gardening brands such as Harris Moran, Oxadis, Suttons, and Top Green. Limagrain also produces cereal ingredients (brands include Ulice and WestHove). Rising to even further success, its Jacquet bakery division, which makes the popular brand, Pains Jacquet, is one of the top industrial bakeries in France.

Healthy Foods, Healthy Families, Healthy Business.Just as milk grows healthy bodies and families, Dean Foods nourishes a strong and vibrant dairy industry. A dynamic company with an entrepreneurial spirit, we are the country's largest processor and distributor of dairy products giving us a unique responsibility. Our thousands of customer-focused employees take great pride in delivering fresh, nourishing and quality products to American families - pure and simple. Our products are only a refrigerator door away - delicious healthy foods and beverages for the entire family.

French cuisine is an art form, but for Evialis, animal nutrition is all about science. The company's nutrition business develops, manufactures, and distributes feeds for livestock and exotic animals. Its health division develops and manufactures medicinal feed additives, while its premix and specialties business exports feeds and premixes and provides advisory services to other feed manufacturers. In 2008 the company acquired the French feed operations of Cargill. With manufacturing throughout the world, Evialis' products are available worldwide. The company is owned by the French agricultural cooperative, Union InVivo.

Founded in 1919, Smith Frozen Foods is owned by former US Senator from Oregon, Gordon Smith, and his wife, CEO Sharon Smith. Smith Frozen Foods is a processor and packager of frozen vegetables, including peas, corn, beans, and carrots. Purchasing most of its produce from growers in northeastern Oregon, smith frozen company's plant and 250,000-sq.-ft. cold storage facility can process and hold more than 130 million pounds of vegetables at a time. It packages vegetables for customers under various brand and house names.

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