Kantner Group, Inc. makes cheese-making ingredients, such as milk proteins and replacers, rennet, whey, cheese powders and analogues, and starter media. Its other products include ice cream and shake mixes. The company also offers private-label and custom-blending, and -packaging services. Kantner owns cheese-manufacturing companies Blue Valley Foods and Chianti Cheese. Chianti makes Italian specialty cheeses; Blue Valley also makes Italian cheeses, plus Cheddar and Jack. Kantner's customers include food retailers and manufacturers and foodservice providers. The firm was founded by CEO Doug Kantner in 1999.

This company, run by the Mixon family, uses sunshine as a key ingredient to produce bounteous crops of fresh berries. It operates 1,125 acres in three southern states and Mexico. Blueberries account for 70% of sales, while blackberries bring in 20%, and raspberries, the remaining 10%. In addition to its own fields, the Mixons operate a marketing company, called SunnyRidge Farm, to sell fruit. The operation is made up of 125 independent growers in Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, North Carolina, California, Canada, Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, and Mexico. Together, the SunnyRidge farmers market some 40 million pounds of berries a year. In 2008 the company expanded its offerings to include strawberries.

From its humble beginnings in 1927, Kelley Bean Co., has grown to become one of the largest originators and marketers of dry edible beans in the world. Today, a third generation family management is in place and poised to lead a team of outstanding employees into the future.Since 1927, we have maintained a focus on what we do best--dry edible beans. Quality, stability and service, along with continued customer satisfaction have led us into today’s world market. Our most valuable assets are our growers, our employees, and our customers. Honor all business commitments with passion and integrity.The American Grower produces the best quality in the world.Flexibility and Adaptability around our core focus is necessary for progress.

The Andersons earns its daily bread on a mix of grains, trains, and corncobs. The agricultural company's main business (and most lucrative at 71% of 2009 sales) -- the Grain & Ethanol Group -- consists of the buying, conditioning, and reselling of corn, soybeans, and wheat, which it acquires from US grain farmers and stores, using a system of elevators and terminals located in the Midwest. But there's more -- the company has five operating segments. In addition to the Grain & Ethanol Group, its other segments are the Plant Nutrient Group, the Retail Group, the Turf & Specialty Group, and the Rail Group. The Andersons has operations in seven US states, as well as rail-leasing interests in Canada and Mexico.

Organically Grown, which is owned by its employees and growers, was founded in 1978. Organically Grown Company grows and sells certified organic fruits, vegetables, and herbs produced by small to medium family-owned farmers located throughout the US's Pacific Northwest. Its line of more than 100 seasonal produce items are sold under the LADYBUG brand to customers including independent retailers, supermarket chains, restaurants, home-delivery services, and wholesalers.

Salmolux, Inc. was founded in 1988 by president, George Kuetgens, and was controlled by the Kuetgens family until it was acquired by Pacific Seafood Group in 2009. Salmolux wants consumers to eat its salmon while dining in the lap of luxury. Salmolux company processes, packages, and distributes gourmet seafood products, including Alder smoked salmon, poached salmon, lox, and smoked rainbow trout. It also sells deli seafood spreads. Located in suburban Seattle, Salmolux purchases fresh salmon caught in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, and it packages its products for use by foodservice providers and retail food outlets.

Northampton Growers, formed in 1959, is operated by a fourth generation of the Battaglia family. Northampton Growers Produce Sales grows and distributes fresh vegetables to chain stores and wholesale and terminal markets throughout the East Coast of the US. Northampton Growers company has office, packing, and warehousing facilities in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia, and it operates a fleet of refrigerated delivery trucks. Its products, which it grows and purchases from other growers, include beans, corn, peppers, onions, squash, cabbage, cucumbers, eggplant, and field greens.

Bunge North America, Inc., through its subsidiaries, produces and markets agricultural commodities and food ingredients. Bunge company offers grain products that include soybean, sorghum, canola, corn, wheat, rice, and feed peas; oil seed products such as meal, pellets, and oil products; and milling, flour, and bio-fuels products. Additionally, it provides nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium products. Bunge company’s products are used in ready-to-eat breakfast cereals, snack foods, confections, cakes, cookies, muffins, breads, and animal feed. It caters to retail, livestock, poultry, agribusiness and food products, food and feed processing, foodservice, and bakery industries.

Salvatore Ferrara came to America from Nola, Italy in 1900 and founded Ferrara Pan Candy Company in 1908 in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of his immigration from Italy, Mr. Ferrara was skilled in the art of making Italian pastries and sugar coated candy almonds. Sugar coated candy almonds, otherwise known as "confetti", continues to be a tradition at Italian weddings. Salvatore Ferrara had become proficient in the English language. Since he was fluent in both English and Italian the Santa Fe Railroad hired him as an interpreter between crews and their foreman. He worked at the Santa Fe Railroad for four years. In 1908 he came to Chicago and opened a retail pastry and confection shop. From 1908 to 1919 the sugar coated almond business experienced substantial growth and Mr. Ferrara was shipping to an extensive market in the Midwest.

Cooperative Regions of Organic Producers Pool (CROPP) is one of the largest organic farmer cooperatives in the US. Its 1,341 farmer/members produce the co-op's Organic Valley Family of Farms brand of fluid and shelf-stable milk, along with cheese, butter, and soy milk. Beyond the dairy barn, the cooperative also offers organic citrus juices, produce, eggs, meats, and poultry. Organic Valley retail products are sold at food retailers, and its ingredients are marketed to other organic food processors. Wisconsin-headquartered CROPP's member/farmers are located in California, Florida, and the northeast, northwest, and midwest regions of the US.

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