Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. traces its roots to 1852 and the Bavarian Brewery in St. Louis. The struggling brewery was acquired by Eberhard Anheuser, a successful soap manufacturer, in 1860. Anheuser had no experience in the brewing business, but his son-in-law did. Adolphus Busch, a successful German businessman, joined his father-in-law in the business in the 1860s and took on increasing responsibility. Through new technologies and modern marketing practices, he transformed the local brewery to an industry leader.

Eldorado Artesian Springs, Inc. was founded in 1983 when the company became the owner of 28 acres of land, the artesian springs, eleven wells, water rights, a bottling plant, a warehouse, the resort pool and numerous other homes and buildings in Eldorado Springs, CO. Continuous growth over the years necessitated expansion and in 2001 Eldorado built a new 38,000 sq. foot state of the art bottling and distribution facility (see picture). The company relocated headquarters and operations to this new facility in August of 2001.

Plantain Products Company is family-owned, founded by Segundo Argudo and his wife Peggy in 1965. Plantain Products Company produces plantain chips, cassava chips, and other snack foods, such as tortilla chips and pork rinds. It also makes a dried plantain soup mix. Plantain Products company's plantains and cassava are imported from Costa Rica and processed in plantain products company's 20,000-sq.-ft. facility in Tampa, Florida. Distribution is concentrated on the East Coast and in Florida. Plantain Products company's Chifles brand name comes from the Spanish term for plantain chips.

SALOV was founded in 1919 and remains in the hands of the Fontana family. Salov North America imports and markets Filippo Berio brand olive oils and red wine vinegar made by its Italian parent company, Societa per Azioni Lucchese Olii e Vini (SALOV). Filippo Berio enjoys a 20% market share in the US, where it is available at major retailers. SALOV also markets Filippo Berio in the UK, where it has an 18% market share, and it sells oils under the Sagra brand in Italy. Besides the US, Filippo Berio olive oils are distributed to 60 countries worldwide.

Ellen Straus, matriarch of a pioneering organic dairy family and co-founder of Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT), America's first agricultural land trust, died at her home in Marshall, Calif. on November 30. She was 75. Few have done more to preserve the land and culture of western Marin County (San Francisco Bay Area), where she settled to start a family in 1950. She will be particularly remembered by fellow farmers and environmentalists as a determined optimist who brought opposing parties together to protect and revitalize the region's agricultural greenbelt.Ellen Tirza Lotte Prins was born February 21, 1927 in Amsterdam Holland. In February 1940, Ellen and her family fled to New York, just ahead of the Nazi invasion.

Nash Produce is a leading producer of fresh vegetables serving wholesalers and retailers around the country. With growers in North and South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, and Virginia, the company harvests, packs, and ships cantaloupes, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, and watermelons. It is also one of the leading producers and processors of pickling cucumbers in the US. Nash Produce was started by Dale Bone in 1977 as a cucumber-grading station. It was purchased by a group of North Carolina growers in 2006.

With the May 2003 acquisition of Panamerican Beverages, Inc. (Panamco), Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A. de C.V. is now the second-largest Coca-Cola bottler in the world, accounting for almost 10% of Coca-Cola’ s global sales. KOF is the largest Coca-Cola bottler in Latin America, delivering approximately 2 billion unit cases a year and accounting for approximately 40% of Coca-Cola’s volumes in the region. Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A. de C.V. produces Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Lift and other trademark beverages of The Coca-Cola Company in Mexico (a substantial part of central Mexico, including Mexico City and Southeast of Mexico), Guatemala (Guatemala City and surrounding areas), Nicaragua (nationwide), Costa Rica (nationwide), Panama (nationwide), Colombia (most of the country), Venezuela (nationwide), Brazil (greater São Paulo, Campiñas, Santos, the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and part of the state of Goias) and Argentina (federal capital of Buenos Aires and surrounding areas), along with bottled water, beer and other beverages in some of these territories.

Litehouse was founded by Edward Hawkins in 1963 and is owned and run by the Hawkins family. Litehouse company shines its light on salads. Litehouse is a leading maker of salad dressings, sauces, and vegetable dips under the Litehouse Foods label. It markets a variety of dressings including blue cheese, ranch, and vinaigrette, along with low fat and organic products. It also makes fruit dips, glazes, and cheese crumbles, as well as apple cider and marinades. With manufacturing facilities in Idaho and Michigan, Litehouse products are sold mostly through grocery retailers and warehouse clubs across the North America. Litehouse also supplies dressings and other products to foodservice distributors and restaurants.

Global Tropical was formed in 1993 and is owned by its executives. Global Tropical is a New York-based, wholesale produce company specializing in domestic fruits and vegetables. Global Tropical are also direct importers of the finest quality tropical produce to be shipped daily into the United States. Global Tropical supplies many restaurants, caterers and supermarkets with the freshest produce available.

AzTx Cattle is one mooving company. As one of the nation's largest independent cattle-feeding operations, the company's five feedlots, (three in Texas and one each in Colorado and Kansas) have a total capacity to feed approximately 265,000 head of cattle. AzTx Cattle also provides its customers with feeder-cattle procurement, cattle preconditioning, veterinary services, as well as partnering, risk management, and marketing services. Is division, The Access Group, offers financing. The company, founded in 1983, is owned and operated by the founding Josserand family.

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