Pendleton Grain Growers (PGG) gets the pendulum swinging faster for farmers wanting to take their harvests to market. The agricultural cooperative provides its member-farmers with a full range of farm products and services. PGG offers its approximately 2,400 members crop-processing, marketing, agronomy, and irrigation services, along with hardware, farm equipment, and fuel. It operates about 30 grain-storage facilities and a fleet of nearly 15 storage-to-terminal delivery trucks. PGG was founded in 1930 to create bulk handling, transportation, and storage services for wheat farmers in the Pendleton, Oregon, area.

In 1868, Henry K Webster rented a small grist mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and started the H.K. Webster Company, a business that would grow into one of the largest feed manufacturing companies in the Northeast, Blue Seal Feeds.In the early days, the emphasis of the business was on supplying horse feed. That product line has grown to include feeds for dairy cattle, beef cattle, horses, sheep , goats, llamas, pigs, deer, dogs, cats, rabbits, wild birds, caged birds, poultry, herbivore zoo animals, and fish as well as products for the lawn and garden. Today, Blue Seal is a subsidiary of Muscatine Foods Corporation of Muscatine, Iowa. Headquartered in Londonderry, New Hampshire, the company operates nine manufacturing facilities throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic United States. Blue Seal enjoys a well-earned reputation for high quality, consistent feed and outstanding customer service.

Old-fashioned flavor -- its products are made with cane sugar (rather than high-fructose corn syrup) and are packaged in genuine glass bottles. The company manufactures some 50 fruit-flavored sodas, cola, ginger ale, root beer, and creme soda under the Faygo name. It also makes Fago non-alcoholic mixers (club soda and tonic water). Although, it is best known for its "pop," the beverage maker offers Ohana brand iced tea, lemonade, and fruit punch. The wide range of Faygo pop flavors include Blueberry, Vanilla Creme, Redpop, Dr. Faygo, Moon Mist, and Black Cherry. The company, whose products are available throughout the US, is a subsidiary of National Beverage Corp.

Access Organics, Inc. is a sales and marketing agent for certified organic produce farmers, primarily located in Montana. It specializes in peppers, onions, winter and summer squash, spinach, greens, tomatoes, and berries. The company's products are available to food wholesalers, distributors, and retailers throughout the US and Canada. Access Organics is owned by president Bonnie Campbell Poux.

The Northern California La Tortilla Factory was founded in 1977 by Jose and Mary Tamayo. The La Tortilla Factory might not have abuelitas (grandmothers) hand-patting each tortilla like the old days, but this family-run business cranks out traditional corn and flour tortilla and taco shells at a brisk rate. It produces a number of varieties, such as regular, herb-flavored, organic, multi-grain, flavored, organic, extra virgin olive oil, low-carbohydrate, gluten-free and fat-free. Its brands include La Tortilla Factory, Sonoma, and Smart & Delicious. La Tortilla Factory sells its products to retail food outlets and foodservice operations; its products can be found in major retail stores, delis, and restaurants throughout the US.

Huy Fong Foods, Inc. was founded by Mr. Tran in 1980. Huy Fong Foods' Asian hot sauces will have you crowing. Its popular Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce, as well as other products such as its Chili Garlic and Sambal Oelek (ground chili paste) sauces, bear the company's trademark rooster logo. The sauces are found in grocery stores (such as Albertson's and Ralphs) and restaurants across the US, especially in regions home to Asian-Americans and other devotees of spicy cuisine, including Italian and Mexican fares. Huy Fong founder and president David Tran named the company after the ship he took across the Pacific Ocean from Vietnam to America.

Guida's Milk & Ice Cream is one of the largest independent dairies in New England. Since 1886 Guida's has had the reputation of supplying the finest products and service to our large customer base. With a fleet of over 200 vehicles, Guida's Milk & Ice Cream delivers fresh dairy and dairy related products throughout Southern New England. Our service area includes Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, northern New Jersey and New York State including Long Island. Emphasis on quality control cannot be overstated. With a 18-day code on all of our fluid milk products, Guida's can guarantee the utmost integrity of its product line. Guida's also processes a full line of ice cream mixes, fruit juices, fruit drinks and water to meet all of our customers' needs.

If you thought only Cookie Monster bought cookies in bulk, talk to the folks at Voortman Cookies. The company bakes up to 20 million cookies daily and distributes them to more than 50,000 grocery stores throughout Canada and the US. Voortman's cookies and wafers are sold in packages and from bulk display units. Voortman cookies contain no trans fatty acids (hydrogenated vegetable oils), a move made to position its cookies as being a healthier alternative to other cookie brands. An affiliated bakery, also named Voortman Cookies and operated by some of co-founder William Voortman's children, sells cookies in the southwestern US.

Oakshire Mushroom Farm has the right to dole out Dole products. The company is the exclusive grower of Dole's fresh mushrooms. Its mushroom varieties include white, portobello, and shiitake. Its subsidiary Oakshire Mushroom Sales markets and distributes the products to customers in the retail food and foodservice distribution sectors, as well as to food-manufacturing companies. Its other subsidiary, Golden Oak Spawn, produces a line of hybrid mushroom spawn for other commercial mushroom growers; it also offers shiitake home-growing kits for people perhaps looking for a new hobby. Oakshire Mushroom Farm was founded and is owned by president Gary Schroeder.

Vilmorin & Cie wants to fill farms fields with bounteous crops. As one of the world's oldest (its roots date back to 1742) and largest producers and marketers of crop and vegetable seeds, the company supplies professional growers in France and overseas. Its crop seeds include those for corn, wheat, barley, canola and sunflower seed, amenity grasses, cotton, and beets. Vilmorin vegetable seeds for more than 30 of the world's most consumed vegetables, including tomatoes, melons, carrots, sweet peppers, cauliflower, squash, onions, watermelon, and cucumbers.

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