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California Vegetable Specialties is a specialty farming company dedicated to the consistent production of highest-quality California Endive. With growing fields throughout Northern California, the company is headquartered in the town of Rio Vista, in the historically rich agricultural region of the Sacramento River Delta. We produce white and red endive, as well as several specialty products for chefs, Endigia and Pissenlit.Richard Collins, a Sacramento native and graduate of the Agricultural and Managerial Economics program at the University of California, Davis, founded the company in 1983 as Rebel Farms. He chose the name in response to the many naysayers who deemed him foolish for trying to grow endive for the U.S. market. Today, California Vegetable Specialties is the only U.S. producer of endive, and dominates the market west of the Mississippi, selling nearly 4 million pounds of endive each year. Since 1987, California Vegetable Specialties has been a part of the French-based Darome Group of International Companies. The Darome Group operates in three business sectors: specialized agricultural production, food processing, and trade. Darome began working with CVS in 1985, and the "technology transfer" of endive production methods from Europe to California has been instrumental in the success of the California Endive.

Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. Founded in 1865, our privately held company employs 138,000 people in 67 countries. Cargill may be private, but it's highly visible. The agribusiness giant, the US's largest private corporation, has operations in 70 countries. It has five main business segments -- Agriculture Services (customized farm services and products); Food Ingredients and Applications (food and beverage ingredients, and meat and poultry products); Industrial, Origination and Processing (commodity origination, processing, marketing and distribution); and Risk Management and Financial (risk management and financial solutions); and Industrial (salt, steel, and fertilizer). Cargill's customers include food, beverage, industrial, pharmaceutical, and personal care product makers, as well as farmers and foodservice providers.

Carr's Milling Industries will assist you in making bread, feeding the livestock, fertilizing the crops, repairing the commercial truck, getting parts for the nuclear reactor, and then booking your travel tickets, because by then you'll surely need a vacation. Carr's agricultural division manufactures and sells animal feed, fertilizers, and farm machinery through its 14 retail branches. Its Carr's Flour Mills unit makes flour for industrial and home use. Carr's engineering division includes Bendall's Engineering (steel fabrication), CarrsMSM (remote handling equipment for the nuclear industry), and R Hind (auto-body repair). Its B&A Travel arranges plane and hotel reservations.

Centaur Grain guards the harvest and protects the profits. At least it tries to. The farm cooperative specializes in grain marketing and trading for its members. The co-op's storage facilities serve over 1,800 UK grain growers in Southern England and the eastern counties up to the Scottish borders. It offers four marketing plans and advisors to help its farmer members choose wisely. In addition to marketing, Centaur provides grain grading, cash flow management, warehousing, and online ordering services. It sells grain to retailers, bakeries, and bio fuel producers. Centaur was founded in 2001 with the merger of Group Cereal Services and Lingrain Limited.

Ceres Solutions is a growth business. The agricultural partnership provides farmers in about a dozen Indiana counties with crop farming support services and supplies. It sells, stores, and distributes such goods as fertilizers and fuel (gasoline, propane, home-heating). The company's agronomy services include field mapping, crop and pest management, soil sampling, and yield analysis. Ceres Solutions also offers crop-financing programs, sells crop insurance, and provides marketing services. Its Green Notes newsletter offers the state's farmers market and technical advice and analysis.

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