Serving member-owners since 1920, Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association Inc. is headquartered in Reston, Va., just minutes from the heart of the nation's Capitol, Washington, D.C. The cooperative markets milk for 1,500-plus dairy farmer owners throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the U.S. Known for being a leader in the dairy industry, Maryland & Virginia has an 85-plus year reputation for integrity, service and high quality products. Maryland & Virginia also owns and operates three fluid processing plants: Marva Maid in Newport News, Va., Marva Maid of Landover, Md., Maola Milk & Ice Cream in New Bern, N.C.; two manufacturing plants: one in Laurel, Md. and Valley Milk Products LLC in Strasburg, Va.; and a farm supply warehouse in Frederick, Md. with a satellite location in Hickory, N.C. Together Maryland & Virginia's milk marketing and value-added businesses work to fulfill the cooperative's mission to maximize member returns.

The family-owned and -managed Ateeco Inc. was founded by Ted Twardzik in 1952; the product was named after his mother, Mary Twardzik. Ateeco, manufacturer of the traditional Polish specialty dish, potato-stuffed pasta. The company makes and ships more than 11 million frozen Mrs. T's brand pierogies every week. Its customers include retail food, convenience, and club stores, and foodservice providers across the US, as well as US military commissaries around the world. Mrs. T's pierogies come in about a dozen varieties, including potato and cheddar; sauerkraut; and potato, sour cream and chives.

Danisco A/S is a Denmark-based provider of food ingredients, enzymes and bio-based solutions. Danisco Company’s activities are structured into two lines of business: Food Ingredients and Industrial Enzymes - Genencor. The Food Ingredients business line supplies bio-based ingredients for food and beverage products and comprises three business segments: Enablers, Cultures and Sweeteners. The Industrial Enzymes - Genencor business line focuses on industrial biotechnology and encompasses such business segments as Fabric and Household Care, including enzymes for detergents and dishwashing, Technical Enzymes, including enzymes for bioethanol and carbohydrate processing, as well as textile treatment, and Food and Animal Nutrition, including enzymes for bread, feed and brewing applications.

Luckey Farmers, Inc. estabished in 1919 is a Grain Marketing and Farm Supply Cooperative located in Northwest Ohio, with facilities in Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Wood Counties.Luckey Farmers is a result of several mergers, consolidations and acquisitions currently serves approximately 2000 members with Grain Marketing, Plant Food, Seed, Feed, General Farm Supplies, and Petroleum products. Our Seed and Feed feature our patented Gro-Mor line of products. Current facilities consist of 9 Grain locations, 9 Agronomy facilities, a Feed Manufacturing Plant, Seed Processing Facility, 3 Cardtrol Petroleum Stations and 4 Fuel Delivery Trucks to service farm, home and light industry.

Arrowac Fisheries uses more advanced techniques than spear-fishing to bring in its catch. Arrowac Fisheries, Inc. harvests, buys, processes, and markets fresh and frozen seafood products under the Arrow, Merco, and Ocean Dawn brands. Products include herring, salmon, sardines, sea bass, flounder, crab, shrimp, and shark meat. Arrowac Fisheries, Inc. Merco Intertrade division provides international marketing services. Arrowac's fishing and processing operations are located along the Pacific coasts of Alaska, Canada, and the Pacific Northwest. Arrowac Fisheries, Inc. is owned by president Frank Mercker, who founded Arrowac in the 1970s.

Griffith Laboratories is a food-ingredient manufacturer with operations and customers worldwide. Griffith Laboratories company's clients include food manufacturers; foodservice operators, such as restaurants, hotels, and cruise lines; and food retailers and wholesalers. Its products include seasonings, sauce and soup mixes, condiments, texturizers, and bakery blends. Griffith's subsidiaries include Custom Culinary (food bases and mixes) and Innova (meat and savory flavors). Griffith Laboratories company also offers customized ingredient services. Griffith has operations in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, India, and the Middle East.

Lovers of premium scotch whisky might want to raise a glass to Glenmorangie's "Sixteen Men of Tain." The sixteen craftsman employed in the company's distillery in the village of Tain make the company's single-malt whiskies. The company sold the Glen Moray distillery and brand in 2008 as part of a reorganization plan which has the company paring down to its two international single malt Scotch whiskey brands, Glenmrangie and Ardberg. The company also owns and operates the upscale inn/resort, Glenmorangie House. The distiller traces its roots to the Macdonald and Muir company, which was founded in 1893. The company sells its whiskey worldwide. Louis Vuitton Mot Hennessy (LVMH) purchased Glenmorangie in 2005.

In 1931, two brothers, Israel and Max Garelick, borrowed $10,000 to buy their first farm in rural Franklin, Massachusetts. Today, the original Garelick Brothers farmstead is New England’s largest dairy. And Garelick Farms supports over 1,000 local farms throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine and upstate New York. While the Garelick Farms family has grown from two brothers to over 1,600 employees, one thing has never changed, and that’s our unwavering commitment to providing the best products to meet your family’s needs.

AGRANA Beteiligungs AG company's central European sugar factories produce beet sugar, which is then sold to consumers and food manufacturers worldwide. It also operates starch factories which refine potato starch and cornstarch for the food, paper, textile, alternative energy, and chemical manufacturing industries. Through worldwide acquisitions beginning in 2003, AGRANA has added fruit processing to its mix and starting in 2007 fruit became (and remains) the company's largest revenue sector. Its fruit plants make fruit juice concentrates, frozen fruits, and other fruit preparations for use by food and beverage manufacturers.

Located in Franklin Park, Illinois, Sterling Extract is a family-owned company founded in 1947. Sterling Extract is bent on setting a sterling example in the flavoring industry. Sterling Extract company makes wholesale flavoring extracts and concentrates for the US ice cream, yogurt, bakery item, and confection industries. Its products include natural and artificial vanilla extract, fruit flavors, amaretto, mint, butter, rum, and nut flavors, and other natural and artificial concentrates and flavorings.

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