Davis Bynum is distinguished as the first winery to produce a single vineyard pinot noir from the Russian River Valley. The vintage was 1973 and the grapes were from Joe Rochioli's now prized vineyard. Today, more than thirty years later, the heritage of Davis Bynum lives on through the hand crafted creation of pinot noir and chardonnay grown exclusively in Russian River Valley.

Pilgrim's Pride couldn't be blamed if it spread its tail feathers and did a barnyard strut. As the world's #1 chicken processor, Pilgrim's operations entail breeding, hatching, raising, processing, and distributing of chicken. Prepared poultry products are sold under the Pilgrim's Pride and EatWellStayHealthy labels to retail food outlets and foodservice operators. The company sells fresh and refrigerated whole and cut-up poultry, value-added prepared chicken, and deli products. It also produces table eggs as well as chicken byproducts for use as animal feed. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2008; it emerged from it in late 2009 and was acquired by Brazil's JBS.

Smithfield Foods is a global food company that goes above and beyond to provide good food in a responsible manner. We remain 100 percent committed to environmental leadership, community involvement, employee safety, animal welfare and high-quality food.When Smithfield Foods waddles up to the trough, the other porkers stand back. Fat from acquisitions, the company is the world's largest hog producer and pork processor. Its products include fresh pork and processed, value-added pork products sold under the Armour, Cook's, John Morrell, Lykes, Patrick Cudahy, and Roegelein, and Cumberland Gap names. Smithfield distributes its meats in the US and internationally, mainly in Mexico, Western Europe, the UK, Poland, Romania, and China. In addition to pork, the company produces turkey and turkey products through its Armour-Eckrich operations and its 49% stake in the largest US turkey producer Butterball.

Homestat Farm company makes hot cereals with familiar and not-so-familiar brand names (Maypo, Maltex, and Wheatena) and soups and broths (G. Washington's). Its customers include retail food and foodservice companies throughout the US. Homestat opened for business in 2001 when founder and president Bill Stadtlander purchased the Maltex, Maypo, Wheatena, and G. Washington brands from ConAgra.

Stonyfield Farm is banking on choosy moms to spend a few cents more to save the planet -- or at least buy the company's natural yogurts and ice cream. Founded in 1983, Stonyfield Farm uses certified organic milk and uses no gelatins, fillers, artificial flavors, colors, or sweeteners in its products. For customers allergic to cows' milk, it offers a line of soy-based yogurts. A longtime leader among health-food store brands, its products are now distributed across the US through national supermarket chains, natural food stores, and wholesale club stores, as well as overseas. Stonyfield is a subsidiary of France's Groupe Danone.

C.H. Guenther & Son manufactures the Pioneer brand of baking, pancake, biscuit and gravy mixes, as well as the White Wings, Peter Pan, and Morrison branded fours, tortilla mixes, and ready-to-eat tortillas. It also makes frozen bakery products for the foodservice industry. In addition to foodservice operators, the 150-plus-year-old company supplies the retail food sector. Guenther has manufacturing facilities in Texas, Tennessee, and South Carolina. C.H. Guenther & Son also operates The Guenther House, a combination restaurant, museum, and gift shop located in San Antonio, Texas.

A bunch of nuts make money for John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS). The company offers peanuts, almonds, pecans, walnuts, cashews, mixed nuts and other tree nuts. JBSS processes, packages, and sells nuts under private labels and its own brands, which include Fisher, Flavor Tree, Sunshine Country, and Texas Pride. It also produces and distributes other foods and snacks such as peanut butter, ice cream and salad toppings, trail mixes, corn snacks, and candy. JBSS's products are sold worldwide to retail, wholesale, vending, industrial, foodservice, and government customers.

M.A.Patout & Son, Ltd., also known as "Enterprise Factory", is located in Patoutville, Louisiana, approximately 6 miles southwest of Jeanerette. M.A.Patout & Son, Ltd. is the oldest sugar company in the United States still owned and operated by the original family - Patout. It was founded in 1825. Today, it operates three raw sugar cane factories in southern Louisiana, M.A.Patout & Son, Ltd., Sterling Sugars, Inc., and Raceland Raw Sugar Corporation. Former C.E.O. Wm. S. Patout III led the effort of mill capacity expansion and acquisition of Sterling Sugars, Inc. and Raceland Raw Sugar Corp. All three mills are producers of sugar, molasses and syrup. Enterprise Factory has a processing capacity of 22,000 tons of cane per day and 2,100,000 tons of cane for the season. The combined capacity of the three mills is 4,600,000 tons of cane annually.

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.

Delaware North is a leading provider of foodservices and hospitality at airports, sports stadiums, and tourist destinations throughout the US and in a handful of other countries. Its Sportservice division operates concessions at more than 50 major and minor league sporting arenas, while its Travel Hospitality Services division runs concessions and retail operations at more than 25 airports. In addition, the company provides hospitality services at several tourist destinations, and it operates Boston's TD Garden arena. In all family-owned Delware North operates at 200 locations and serves 500 million guests a year.

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