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Founded in 1943 by John and Rosellen Griffin, Griffin Industries is one of the largest independent, privately-owned animal and bakery by-product recycling company in North America. Headquartered in Cold Spring, Kentucky, the company continues to grow with the development of new products and services as well as expanding geographic markets. From agriculture-based recycling operations to bakery services, Griffin’s products include fats, oils, proteins, bakery by-products, alternative fuels, methyl esters, leather goods and organic fertilizers. As an innovative leader, these products are synonymous with quality in the pet food, animal feed, industrial/chemical, petroleum, leather and turf industries.

Groupe Limagrain has its feet planted securely in success. The French cooperative is a European leader in the breeding and production of corn and wheat seeds for professional growers. Its field seed brands include Advanta, LG, and Nickerson. Limagrain's subsidiary, Vilmorin Clause & Cie, is a world leader in the same seeds for the home garden. Vilmorin's home-gardening brands such as Harris Moran, Oxadis, Suttons, and Top Green. Limagrain also produces cereal ingredients (brands include Ulice and WestHove). Rising to even further success, its Jacquet bakery division, which makes the popular brand, Pains Jacquet, is one of the top industrial bakeries in France.

While some might be green with envy, Grower's Express is green with veggies. Growing some 40 different crops, its primary offerings include asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, green onions, iceberg lettuce, and strawberries. Headquartered in California's Salinas Valley, the group also has fields in Arizona, Oregon, and Idaho, as well as in Mexico so that its crops can be grown year round. The company purchased the licensing rights from General Mills for the Green Giant Fresh brand in 2009. In addition to Green Giant, the grower also packs under the Western Express, Capurro, and Topless labels.

Retail farm-supply and grain-marketing cooperative GROWMARK can mark its growth by the grain. A member-owed agricultural co-op, GROWMARK serves farmers in the midwestern US and Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1980, it has more than 250,000 members. Under the FAST STOP name, the co-op runs more than 300 fuel stations and convenience stores in the Midwest. Its Seedway subsidiary sells commercial vegetable seed and farm seed for turf, and grains including alfalfa, corn, wheat, and soybeans. GROWMARK also offers fertilizer, seeds, ethanol, biodiesel, and farm financing. Its MID-CO COMMODITIES subsidiary trades grain and offers advice regarding futures and options.

When mothers intone "eat your veggies," it's music to the ears of Harris Moran. Harris Moran Seed Company, a unit of French seed giant cooperative Groupe Limagrain, serves up an array of vegetable seeds for markets in about 65 countries. The company's seeds are destined for fresh-food and processed-food end uses. With operations in the US and Mexico, the company researches, breeds, and wholesales seeds for such mom-pleasers as beans, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, corn, lettuce, melons, peppers, pumpkins, squash, and tomatoes. Harris Moran, which was acquired by Limagrain in 1996, traces its roots back more than 140 years. In 2010 the company acquired Mesa Maize, a sweet corn company in Olathe, Colorado.

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