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.

As far as volume is concerned, the Garden of Eden had nothing on Dovex Fruit Company. The company processes, packages, and ships some 6 million cartons of conventional and organic apples, pears, cherries and other stone fruits every year. Most of the company's fruit comes from sister company Dovex Orchards (3,900 acres, 30% of which is certified organic); it also purchases fruit from other Washington State growers. Additional company operations include Dovex Marketing and Dovex Export. The company was established in 1982 by the DeNadai family and is part of the Dovex group of companies, or Dovex Corp.

Fredericksburg Lockers is a leading regional meat processor and supplier in central Texas. Doing business as Opa's Smoked Meats ("Opa" is German for grandfather), the company sells traditional German sausages such as bratwursts and knackwursts. It also sells hams, jerky, smoked poultry, and a variety of other sausages. Opa's sells its meat products through grocery stores and supermarkets (Albertson's, HEB), as well as direct to consumers through its retail store and Web site; it also supplies concessions operators. The company was founded in 1947.

Sonstegard Foods Company wholesales egg products to food processors, manufacturers, and distributors, as well as other customers in the food industry. Its products include bulk egg solids and frozen and liquid eggs, which are used to make salad dressings, candies, pasta, and other food items. Sonstegard also provides egg products for use in school cafeterias and other foodservice venues. Its subsidiary, Estherville Foods, provides similar services. The company is owned by president Dr. Philip Sonstegard.

The King’s Hawaiian legacy began in the 1950’s when Robert Taira traveled across the Pacific to the tropical islands of Hawaii. He first settled in Hilo, where he graduated at the top of his baking school and opened his first bakery—Robert’s Bakery. This location was the birthplace of his famous Original Recipe King’s Hawaiian Sweet Bread.Nearly a decade later, the well-known bakery expanded and moved to King’s Street in Honolulu. The bakery and cafe immediately turned into a destination location for locals and tourist who shipped the bread back to the mainland as gifts. In the late seventies, Robert was inspired to share some aloha with the mainlanders and constructed a commercial bakery in California. It wasn’t long before the sweet taste of King’s Hawaiian was found on the dinner table of families around the United States.

Old Dutch Foods makes salty snack foods such as potato chips, popcorn, cheese curls, pretzels, tortilla chips, meat sticks, dips, and salsas under the Old Dutch label. Old Dutch Foods company's products are available in Minnesota, Wisconsin, South and North Dakota, Iowa, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and Canada. In 2006 it acquired Canadian company Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods, creating a larger Canadian presence for Old Dutch Foods. Humpty Dumpty-branded snacks, which are sold only in Canada, include corn chips, party mix, cheese sticks, potato sticks, and onion rings.

Hudson River Fruit grows apples grown along, you guessed it, the Hudson River in New York State. The company harvests, packs, and distributes nearly 20 varieties of apples. Its apple offerings include Gala, Ginger Gold, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Jonagold, McIntosh, Red Delicious, and Rome. The company also offers, Bosc, Clapp, Bartlett, and Seckel pears. It operates fruit orchards, a packing and storage facility, and a fleet of delivery trucks. With roots dating back to 1932, when Izzie Albinder bought a pushcart and began selling apples in the neighborhood streets of Brooklyn, Hudson River Fruit is owned and operated by the founding Albinder family.

When someone mentions Chiquita, you probably think just of bananas -but there's a lot more to Chiquita than just bananas! In fact, Chiquita's basket overflows with a huge selection of delicious fruit such as pineapples, grapes, melons and avocados. The company also distributes and markets value-added produce including natural fruit ingredients, healthy snacks and nutritious blends of convenient green salads.The company’s products and services are designed to win the hearts and smiles of the world's consumers by helping them enjoy healthy fresh foods. The company markets its products under the Chiquita® and Fresh Express® premium brands.Chiquita is truly a global company. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, there are 23,000 employees and operations on six continents. Most employees are based in Central America.

Lavazza knows a thing or two about coffee. The company, in business for more than 100 years, is one of the leading coffee roasters and sellers in Italy and does business abroad as well. Lavazza makes coffee for home use, institutional customers, and restaurants; it's sold under brands Lavazza, Caf� Espresso, Quality Or�, and others. Lavazza began to make hot chocolate, as well, through its purchase of Ercom in 2010. The company operates training centers around the world to teach baristas the finer points of making a cup of espresso and to "promote the coffee culture." Established in 1895 by Luigi Lavazza, the company is controlled and run by the fourth generation of Lavazza's descendants.

South Dakota Wheat Growers (SDWG) began as a state wheat pool in 1923. We have since grown into one of the most successful cooperatives in the United States. We’ve made sure this growth has not come at the expense of service or by discarding the core values established by our ‘founding farmers.’ South Dakota Wheat Growers (SDWG) is a grain and agronomy cooperative in the heart of the James River Valley of South and North Dakota. Owned by the customers it serves, Wheat Growers exists to provide value for customer owners from Interstate 90 to Interstate 94 and the Missouri River to Interstate 29.

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