Chickens are always on the menu at this company. Perdue Incorporated is one of the largest poultry (chicken and turkey) producers in the US. The company operates live production and processing facilities in about 15 US states through its some 2,250 contracted poultry farmers. The Perdue Farms division processes and packs 3 billion pounds of chicken and 268 million pounds of turkey a year. Perdue sells poultry through retail food outlets and to foodservice customers, most of which are located in the eastern half of the US; the company also exports worldwide. Its Perdue Agribusiness unit processes grain for animal feed and pet food ingredients, makes vegetable oils, and manufactures fertilizer and renewable fuel.

We didn’t set out to become the nation’s leading natural frozen food brand. All we wanted to do was create a business that would allow us to earn a living by providing convenient and tasty natural vegetarian meals for people like ourselves, who appreciated good food, but were often too busy to cook "from scratch." We started on a "shoestring," using our own house and barn as headquarters. The founding meetings were held in the same room where we were married and where our daughter Amy was born.This was in 1987, before the idea of "organic" food had become well known, and when there were very few frozen meals available for vegetarians to eat, either in health food stores or supermarkets. We were, however, very fortunate in being in the right place at the right time. The number of vegetarians had increased dramatically, as had consumer awareness of the harmful effects on their health and the environment of chemicals in the food supply.

Founded in 1884, Ottens Flavors develops and manufactures flavors and food additives for beverage, meat, dairy, bakery-product, and confectionary producers. In addition to basic flavors, the firm offers Ottens Plus, formulations designed to replace up a portion of the sugar content in products. Ottens Flavors offers non-sweet flavorings (SavoryPlus) that reproduces the just-cooked taste and feel of meat; flavorings for chocolate (Sweet Reaction); and salt replacement/enhancement flavors. Increasing its presence in Central and South America, in 2006 Ottens acquired Mexican company MK Flavors and changed its name to MK Ottens Flavors.

Since 1840, generations of agricultural pioneers have committed themselves to a labor of love in preserving an historic piece of property in Sonoma County’s Russian River Valley. In 1975, a 250-acre parcel known as Sweet Water Springs Ranch was turned over to eager viticulturalists and the award-winning Hop Kiln Winery was born.Hop Kiln Winery is geographically blessed, located on Healdsburg’s Westside Road amongst the Russian River’s finest producers. This land has seen many proud owners in its 100 + year history. In 2004, this renowned property was purchased by Westside Grapes. And with that switch, tradition returned to the soil with the sole purpose of upscaling and excellence, realizing the full potential of incredible real estate, yet remaining committed to preserving the property’s colorful past.

The Aztecs are thought to have been the first people to turn the cacao beans into a more edible form. They roasted the beans, ground them into a paste and dissolved the paste in water with a few spices and chillies. It might not sound particularly yummy, but there it was, the very first drinking chocolate. They called it chocolate, which means bitter drink, and it was lapped up in sacred rituals and quaffed by elite tribesmen for the next few hundred years. Today, chocolate has become one of the most versatile and beloved foods in the world. And yet it’s become so much more – we have an emotional, sensual connection with chocolate that we have with few other foods. It comforts us, delights us, draws us in and gives us a taste experience unlike any other. Simply put, we love it. And the humble beans it comes from have had a heck of a journey over the past 4,000 years.

You might say Copacol's business is fowl. The cooperative is one of Brazil's leading poultry slaughterers and processors, consisting of more than 4,360 members, a majority of whom are small farmers. Combined, the cooperative's daily chicken slaughter capacity is about 330,000 birds, from which it processes and sells refrigerated and frozen whole chickens and chicken parts, both domestically and internationally. The company also sells processed fish, beef, pork, and other products. Copacol was established in 1963 by Father Louise Luise and 32 farmers, and today runs nearly two dozen plants in Nova Aurora, Formosa do Oeste, Jesuitas, and Iracema do Oeste.

Whether rodent, fowl, bovine, or swine, Land O'Lakes Purina Feed will have something for it to eat. As the largest US producer of animal feeds, the company addresses the dietary needs of livestock (poultry, swine, and dairy and beef cattle); specialty animals (such as llamas and emus); zoo and lab animals; wild birds; and companion animals (pets). In addition to feed, the company makes milk-replacer products for young animals, premixes, supplements, and custom-mixed feeds, along with offering farm-management advice and services. It is a subsidiary of dairy giant Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Societe Internationale de Plantation d'Heveas (SIPH) never gets "tired" of rubber. The company owns rubber plantations in West Africa and supplies Michelin (which owns 20% of the company) with natural rubber to make tires. SIPH owns about 125,000 acres of plantation land mostly in Ivory Coast, but also in Nigeria, Ghana, and Liberia. However, about half of the 128,000 tons of rubber it produces comes from independent planters in those countries. SIPH also owns eight production sites in West Africa to market the rubber latex for export to Europe. The French/African agribusiness firm SIFCA Group owns more than 55% of the company.

Since 1964, ABCO has partnered with its customers to develop and manufacture custom products for the food and nutritional product industries. Whether you need a seasoning or flavor blend for a food product or are looking for a company to manufacture nutritional supplements for a private label, we can partner with you to bring your product to market. Our experience with foods, coupled with a history of producing quality nutritional and herbal supplements, OTC products, and personal care items, makes us the perfect choice to assist you with the development and manufacture of your product.

Founded by Donald Wentzel in 1958 near Milford, Indiana, Maple Leaf Farms began as a small duck operation producing 280,000 ducks its first year. Maple Leaf Farms' commitment to "quality you can count on" fueled its growth over the next several years as its duck operation grew to more than 1 million in 1964. Although Mr. Wentzel passed away in 1968, his son-in-law Terry Tucker has carried on his vision at Maple Leaf Farms.The Tucker family continues to set the direction for the company, based on its values of commitment to family, friends, personal fulfillment, community involvement, and, of course, quality products. Today, this family-owned company dominates the North American duck market with innovative, value-added products of unequalled quality that create, "The Meals You Remember."

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