NORPAC was formed by a group of Oregon farmers in 1924. NORPAC Foods company is a 240-member, grower-owned cooperative that produces frozen and canned fruits and vegetables, as well as soup and pasta mixes, under the FLAV-R-PAC, NORPAC, WEST-PAK, SOUP SUPREME, and Pasta Perfect labels. The cooperative sorts, processes, and packages its growers' products at its five processing plants in the northwestern US and sells the packaged foods to foodservice companies, retail grocers, club stores, and food manufacturers throughout the US; it also exports products to Canada, Latin America, Puerto Rico, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.

GreenLine Foods company grows, processes, and distributes fresh green beans, which are packaged in microwaveable bags (for sale in grocery stores and other food retailing establishments) and in larger quantities for wholesalers, foodservice companies, and restaurants. In addition to its green bean products, GreenLine sells packaged carrots, wax beans, snow peas, and green and wax bean mixtures. GreenLine, which growns a majority of its own bean crops, processes and distributes its beans from six facilities located in Ohio, South Carolina, Nevada, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Contrary to the old adage (often erroneously attributed to P.T. Barnum, but that's another story), 480 suckers are born every minute. Four hundred and eighty is the number of lollipops that Kendon Candies makes every hour. (Actually, the company cites the figure 15,000 a day; your intrepid writer has done the math based on an eight-hour day.) At any rate, Kendon is one of the country's top manufacturers of hard-candy lollipops. Its rainbow-colored pinwheel, round-up, seasonal, and specialty-shaped sweets on a stick are sold at amusement parks, zoos, restaurants, candy stores, and gift shops. Kendon Candies was founded in the 1950s by Tom Kennedy, who still owns and operates the company.

Seneca Foods Corporation is a producer and distributor of processed fruits and vegetables. The Company’s product offerings include canned, frozen and bottled produce and snack chips and its products are sold under private label, as well as national and regional brands that the Company owns or licenses, including Seneca, Libby’s, Aunt Nellie’s Farm Kitchen, Stokely’s, Read and Diamond A. The Company packs Green Giant, Le Sueur and other brands of canned vegetables, as well as select Green Giant frozen vegetables for General Mills Operations, LLC (GMOL). As of March 31, 2010, the Company’s facilities consisted of 20 processing plants located throughout the United States, two can manufacturing plants, two seed processing operations, a small farming operation and a limited logistical support network. The Company also maintains warehouses, which are generally located adjacent to its processing plants.

The name Ocean Spray is probably a familiar name to you. After all, we've been around for over 75 years now. We're an agricultural cooperative, meaning we're owned by large group of cranberry growers throughout North America. As of right now there are about 600 of us. Not to mention 50 Florida grapefruit growers. And, to think it all started more than 75 years ago by three farmers from Massachusetts and New Jersey.

ORC Foods was started in August 1996 by Jeanette and Gregory Bukuras. At that time Jeanette was a full time stay at home mother of two and Greg was working for a large seafood distributor in the Boston area. Jeanette liked Crab Rangoons and Greg noticed that they could not buy them in the grocery stores. First they found a company that could make Crab Rangoons. Next they developed retail packaging. Finally while Greg was at work and the children went to preschool, Jeanette went out and called on a large list of supermarkets and club stores. Before long, Jeanette had built a nice customer base. Within a year, Greg left his job and went to work at ORC Foods full time.Since they have been in business, ORC Foods has become the largest supplier of Crab Rangoons as well as Scallops Wrapped in Bacon in the country. The company supplies most major supermarket chains as well as club stores nationally and military commissaries around the world. In August 2002, ORC Foods opened their own USDA inspected plant in Needham, MA. Jeanette and Greg are both proud that in the age of sending manufacturing jobs overseas, they have been able to grow their company in the USA.

Athenix is a leader in agricultural and industrial biotechnology. We are a company of highly motivated, uniquely skilled people. We have rapidly built the infrastructure necessary to discover new genes and to develop them into products that meet real customer needs.Athenix is committed to improving crop productivity, to delivering innovative products to farmers and to securing a sufficient supply of food, feed, fiber and biofuel for a growing world population.Saying a type of corn is transgenic doesn't mean that it likes to dress up as a soybean, but Athenix can explain all that later. The company develops enhanced plants, microbes, enzymes, and processes. It produces genes and proteins with traits such as insect and nematode resistance and herbicide tolerance, as well as developing transgenic plants for increased crop production. Athenix sells its genes, proteins, transgenic organisms, and other biological goodies to scientists involved in other life-sciences sectors, including those who develop agricultural and specialty chemicals, feed and seed, and energy production. The company was acquired by Bayer CropScience in 2009.

The Coca-Cola Company, runs the soft drink giant's juice, water, and soda business in the US and Canada. Its brands include Coca-Cola, Barq's, Dasani, Evian, Minute Maid, Simply Orange, Fresca, smartwater, Sprite, and Odwalla. CCNA works with independent bottlers, including Coke's largest bottler, Coca-Cola Enterprises, to distribute its beverages. CCNA owns and operates nine still beverage production plants and four bottled water facilities. It also has one facility that manufactures juice concentrates for the foodservice sector -- foodservice is a part of the division's operations. CCNA accounts for about a quarter of parent Coke's global sales.

As of August 1st, 2000, Urban Juice and Soda Company Ltd. officially changed its name to Jones Soda Co ("JONES"). The story of the company began in 1987 when company founder and president, Peter van Stolk, recognized the potential of emerging "alternative" products in the beverage industry. The company's start in the beverage world was not as a manufacturer of its own brand, but as a distributor in western Canada of other successful lines, including Just Pik't Juices, Arizona Iced Tea and Thomas Kemper sodas. By 1994, Jones was firmly established as a full line beverage distributor in western Canada, with a reputation for picking winners.

Natunola Health Biosciences Inc. (formerly known as Sentex Systems Ltd.) and its manufacturing plant are located in Winchester, Ontario. It is the parent company of Natunola Health Inc. which was acquired in 2002. Natunola Health Inc. is a leading manufacturer and researcher in the field of flaxseed derived Omega-3 fatty acids, specialty natural products, bio-nutrients and functional supplements for human nutritional and animal nutritional markets. The Company also produces natural ingredients, for the cosmetic and personal care industry.

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