R.E.A. Holdings maintains oil palm operations -- the cultivation of oil palms and the production of crude palm oil -- in the province of East Kalimantan in Indonesia. R.E.A. Holdings company owns about 65,000 hectares of land, and has access to 125,000 hectares, of which about 35,000 hectares (about 33,000 acres) are in production at any given time. R.E.A. Holdings company's two mills produce all of its crude palm oil and palm kernels and its fleet of barges transport the oil to a shipping terminal downstream. REA's facilities also include residential "villages" for field and plant workers. The majority of the company's sales are in Indonesian and other parts of Asia.

Starting as a cooperative of agricultural producers, Tnuva has become Israel’s largest food conglomerate. This achievement is the result of successfully implementing major structural changes to meet the demands of the competitive local market and adapting its activities to advanced, global markets. In Jan 2008 Tnuva sold the majority of its shares to APAX Partners (55%) and to Mivtach Shamir Holdings (20%). Tnuva is today ready for any challenge, and is positioned at an excellent launching point for attaining its goals in both local and overseas markets.

Nichols is a soft drinks business comprising two divisions; Soft Drinks and Dispense Operation. The division sells and markets the Vimto brand throughout the world together with the Panda and Sunkist brands in the UK.

Wes Pak Sales packs up peaches, plums, and other plump produce. Wes Pak Sales, Inc. formed in 1980 by a consortium of family-owned California growers and packers, is a worldwide wholesale marketer of fresh fruit, including cherries, apricots, and grapes, under the WESPAK label. Affiliate Enns Packing grows, stores, and packages produce in California. Wes Pak Sales also offers scholarships for high school students attending two- and four-year colleges. Blair Richardson was named to the newly created post of CEO of Wes Pak and Enns Packing in 2009; Jim Stewart remained as president.

Mention "Sara Lee" and everyone thinks cheesecake, but the North American Retail segment of Sara Lee Corporation can fill your tummy in other ways too. In addition to its frozen cakes, pies, and cheesecakes, the subsidiary manufactures packaged deli meats and cheeses and frozen baked goods. It has a plate full of sausage brands (Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farms) and a string of hot dog and lunch meat brands (Ball Park, State Fair), making it a major US meat processor. Its bakery brands include its famous frozen cheesecake. Sara Lee North American Retail also offers the one-cup, at-home brewing system, Senseo.

Kelley Foods of Alabama is a leading meat processor and distributor serving foodservice customers, convenience stores, and retail locations in parts of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi. The company makes a variety of pork and beef products, including bacon, ham, sausage, and beef patties, as well as processed products made from turkey. In addition to food products, Kelley Foods distributes such items as paper packaging and kitchen supplies. It also sells gift and holiday food packages to consumers through its Web site. Lester Kelley started the family-owned business in 1957.

Chef Paul Prudhomme has propelled the distinctive cuisine of his native Louisiana into the international spotlight and continues to push the limits by creating exciting and new American and international dishes. Chef Paul learned the importance of using the freshest ingredients while cooking at his mother’s side and continues to use only earth’s finest harvests. As the youngest of 13 children, Chef Paul was always adventurous. His strong curiosity of life and cultural customs motivated him to leave Louisiana in his early 20’s and travel across the United States to experience every culinary environment possible. From an Indian reservation all the way to the finest, five-star restaurant, Chef Paul learned to love, appreciate and blend the flavors of his younger years with those of many other cultures.

Hickman's Family Farms has been family-owned and operated in Arizona since 1944. In its early days, Hickman's entered the Arizona food service market by providing fresh, locally produced eggs direct to small independent restaurants, and directly to consumers. Every afternoon, one little refrigerated panel truck was sufficient to deliver the day's production to coffee shops in Glendale and to Carnation Restaurant in the big city of Phoenix. Bill and Gertie Hickman displayed the entrepreneurial insight that has kept Hickman's competitive for decades. By 1993, Hickman's was left standing as the only Arizona egg producer with chickens and a USDA-inspected processing plant. Despite the challenges of the egg industry, the Glendale operation continued to expand. In the late 1990s a new operation opened in Buckeye with laying houses that are each called home by 130,000 hens.

Sonoma County’s Alexander Valley was mostly prune orchards and pastures when, in 1962, Maggie and Harry Wetzel purchased a large portion of a homestead built by Cyrus Alexander, the valley’s nineteenth century namesake. Here, in a rural community of family farms and ranches, the Wetzel family settled. They raised livestock, cultivated bountiful gardens and restored Alexander’s original home, making it the center of family life. With an eye to their neighbors in nearby Napa Valley, the Wetzels boldly planted premium grape varieties, among the first in the area. Then the family built a small winery. Hank Wetzel, oldest son of Maggie and Harry, produced Alexander Valley Vineyard’s first wine in 1975. His wife Linda set up the books and managed the winery office. AVV quickly established a reputation for estate grown wines with distinctive varietal character. Acclaimed for crisp Chardonnay and luscious Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander Valley Vineyards brought recognition to the appellation and became a leading winery in Sonoma County.

Albin Hagstrom & Son has plenty of fronds in cool places. The company grows more than 70 varieties of ferns and other greenery used in floral arrangements and ships products to customers throughout North America and Europe. Greenery is grown on 500 acres in Florida; the company also offers products from other areas of the US and international locations. Varieties of greenery provided by the company include curly willow, deer foot moss, sword fern, and umbrella palms, among others. Albin Hagstrom & Son is owned by the sons of Raiford Hagstrom Sr., who founded the company with his father, Albin, in 1928.

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