Founded in 1895, Poupart is owned by Argent Group Europe. Poupart Limited is a leading UK fresh produce company, importing fruit from more than 15 countries worldwide. Its BerryWorld division, which accounts for most of the company's sales, supplies soft fruits, while its OrchardWorld division supplies top fruits (apples and pears). Poupart's Imports division supplies a wide array of citrus fruits. Poupart company's customers include major retail food outlets, as well as independent retailers, caterers and foodservice operators.

Farmer-owned Prairie Farms Dairy has provided the freshest, highest quality dairy products for over 70 years. Our brand following is substantial as a leader in the dairy market. Over 700 farms strong, the knowledge and dedication of Prairie Farms’ farm families is represented in our full line of retail and foodservice dairy products. Prairie Farms network of local manufacturing plants and branch offices enables highly efficient, dairy fresh distribution throughout Mid-America and the South. From farm to family... Prairie Farms’ foundation is built upon products of uncompromising quality.

Since 1937 Baker Commodities Inc. has been one of the nation’s leading providers of rendering, and grease removal services. Baker Commodities Inc. is a completely “green” company, recycling animal by-products and kitchen waste into valuable products that can be used to feed livestock, power vehicles, and act as a base for everyday items.

Dairy is our life's work and our strategy is to lead in dairy. We've built strong partnerships with other leading global dairy companies and we are co-operatively owned by 11,000 New Zealand dairy farmers. Find out more about what makes us tick.

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.

WhiteWave Foods is a leading producer of dairy and dairy-related products, including coffee creamers, dairy toppings, and yogurt. The unit of Dean Foods is best known for its Silk brand milk-substitute soy beverages, as well as organic dairy products sold under the Horizon Organic label. It also makes International Delight coffee creamers and Rachel's yogurt products, in addition to LAND O' LAKES-branded coffee creamers and dessert toppings (sold under license from dairy co-op Land O'Lakes). WhiteWave's products are sold through natural food and grocery stores, as well as at major food chains across the US and Canada.

Founded in 1963, Cento Fine Foods sells its products through its Web site, a direct sales force, and a network of brokers; it also operates a fleet of 25 distribution trucks. Cento Fine Foods brings the enjoyable scents of its fine Italian foods to American dinner tables. Cento Fine Foods company makes, imports, and distributes more than 1,000 Italian food items, including canned tomatoes (peeled, diced, and pureed), dry pasta, olive oil, rice, pastries, and confections, throughout the US. Its products are sold under the Alemagna, AnnA, Bellino, Ferrara, La Florentine, Little Gina's, and Plasmon brands.

In 1971, Double B was created to produce hand-held food products that would lead the industry. Since then, Double B Foods, Inc. has been producing the highest quality, custom-formulated 'hand-held' enrobed appetizers, entrées and desserts to meet the needs and desires of today's consumer. Operating out of a 60,000 sq.ft., state-of-the-art bakery production facility in Meridian, Texas, Double B produces a line of Kolaches (smoked sausage rolls) and dough-enrobed and filled products.In 2003, Double B acquired a line of products that included an extensive collection of wraps, dips, and wrapped, rolled appetizers for foodservice and retail. To accommodate the anticipated growth of this new line of products, Double B added a new 40,000 sq.ft. expansion to the Meridian plant.

Leading Brands, Inc. is an independent manufacturer, bottler, and distributor of soft drinks and what it calls "new age" beverages, including Infinite Health bottled water, as well as Stoked and DIE HARD energy and TrueBlue blueberry juice drinks. It also bottles several beverages under license, including Icelandic Glacial Water and Stewart's classic sodas. In addition, Leading Brands offers private-label bottling and co-packaging, product-development, logistics, and marketing services for customers throughout the US and Canada. Board member R. Thomas Gaglardi owns about 10% of the company through his Northland Properties company.

AgFeed Industries readies hogs for the abattoir (i.e., the slaughterhouse). The company manufactures, distributes, and sells hog feed and feed additives, and owns almost 30 hog farms in China. It sells feed from its five plants to more than 650 large-scale pig farms (including its owns farms) and distributes feed to more than 1,000 retail locations. The company sells more than 75,000 tons of feed products a year under more than 20 different brand names. AgFeed Industries also raises hogs, including purebred Yorkshire, Landrace, and Duroc hogs, for slaughter. It produces more than 400,000 hogs per year and operates a 68-acre breeder pig farm to supply its farms with sows and boars. AgFeed was founded in 1995.

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