RiceTec company researches, develops, and markets hybrid rice seed for use in North and South America. Farmers are familiar with its CLEARFIELD brand hybrid rice seed. Grocery shoppers know its RiceSelect brand of grain-based side dishes and specialty rice. RiceSelect consumer products include Texmati, Jasmati, and Kasmati aromatic rices, as well as couscous, orzo, risotto, and sushi rice. RiceTec company is owned by the royal family of Liechtenstein. (Liechtenstein is a small European country located between Austria and Switzerland.)

Chosen for its Mediterranean-style environment, the Tuxca valley offers warm, dry weather all year-round, ideal for providing you with the best vine ripened tomatoes during any season. Who knew that nature could produce sweet tomatoes in a desert climate? Desert Glory did. The company produces bagged on-the-vine fresh tomatoes and cherry tomatoes under the brand name NatureSweet. Its organic products are grown year-round in a controlled growing environment in Mexico. Desert Glory's tomatoes are sold to retail grocery providers, as well as to restaurant and other foodservice companies throughout the US. Located in San Antonio, Texas, the company's customers include retail chains such as Kroger, SAMS CLUB, Wal-Mart, Super Target, Whole Foods, and Safeway.

Why did the chicken cross the road? Probably because Seara Alimentos packed it up and shipped it there. One of Brazil's largest meat processors, Seara Alimentos produces frozen, refrigerated, pre-cooked, and processed chicken and pork for the worldwide retail and wholesale food and foodservice markets. Its products include whole chickens, chicken cuts, sausage, pork smoked ham, cold cuts, salami, hot dogs, and frozen entrees. Founded in 1956, the company also operates a port terminal that has refrigerated-meat warehousing capacity. The US's Cargill, which had owned Seara since 2005, sold it to the large Brazilian beef processor, Marfrig, in 2010 for $900 in cash and debt assumption.

PPB Group Berhad was incorporated in Malaysia in 1968 with the initial business of sugar cane cultivation and refining. It was subsequently listed on the then Stock Exchange of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in May 1972 with an issued and paid capital of RM15 million. Today, PPB Group has grown into a major conglomerate with assets totaling RM15.1 billion as at 31 December 2009 and has positioned itself to be a dominant player in the grains trading, flour and animal feed milling industry as well as downstream activities including livestock farming, food processing and consumer products distribution. FFM Group owns and operates a total of four (4) flour mills in the country and one (1) each in Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. FFM Group supplies more than 40% of the country's flour requirements. PPB is also the single largest shareholder owning 18.4% equity interest in one of Asia's largest integrated agribusiness groups, Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) which operates in more than 20 countries with primary focus in Indonesia, Malaysia, China, India and Europe. Wilmar has over 250 processing plants and an extensive distribution network for its products which are delivered to more than 50 countries globally.

Coloma Frozen Foods supplies fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, along with fruit juice concentrates under the Nature Blessed label. It specializes in cherry juice concentrate, which it packages in quart, half-gallon, and gallon bottles. Coloma also packages an assortment of fresh vegetables, like asparagus and celery, and fresh fruit, such as cherries, blueberries, rhubarb, and apples. Its customers include US foodservice operators and food manufacturers and wholesalers. In addition, Coloma offers custom repacking services. Headquartered in Coloma, Michigan, the company operates a distribution facility and a warehouse in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

Sweet success may come in a bottle -- at least at Sweet Leaf Tea it does. The company, founded on the belief that nothing beats a glass of Southern-brewed sweet tea, offers organic ready-to-drink iced iced teas as well as diet and fruit-flavored versions of its teas. It bottles some 10,000 gallons of tea a day at its three production plants. The company's beverages are distributed at food retailers, convenience stores, hotels, restaurants, and other outlets throughout the US. Sweet Leaf's teas come in 11 classic iced-tea flavors and three lemonade flavors and are available nationwide at retailers including Kroger, Safeway, and Whole Foods. The company is owned by investment firm Catterton Partners.

Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers has built a reputation for delivering high quality, organic and Fair Trade coffees year after year to preeminent coffee roasters. We make it easy for roasters to buy specialty-grade green coffee from a sustainable supply chain. Our team in Portland provides importing, shipping, and warehousing logistics to ensure a timely delivery of coffee to roasters. When you work with Sustainable Harvest, we add value to help you strengthen your coffee business and build direct relationships with your suppliers. And when you do well, you help us do good in coffee-growing communities. Our supply-side development team works daily with farmers and cooperatives to help them improve quality and meet your rigorous standards in order to foster long-term, successful relationships among roasters and growers.

It is important to us that you are 100% satisfied with all AMES products and services. When you buy from AMES you can be assured that every precaution is taken to ensure that each product meets the highest quality standards and arrives to you in perfect condition. If you are not satisfied with any product, please write to us with proof of purchase and return the unused portion. We will promptly replace or exchange your purchase.

Nearly a century ago Ajinomoto was built on our discovery that an amino acid is the key to the human body’s ability to recognize nutritious foods by taste. Deliciousness, we learned, is actually a signal for nutritiousness. Healthy diet, healthy life. One comes only with the other. Through 100 years of amino acid research Ajinomoto has deeply penetrated into the source of human health. That is to say, our research explored the roots of happiness.On the eve of our centennial anniversary we are expressing our mission in a new promise: Ajinomoto Works for life. Working to fulfill our individual potential we will work for all life on earth. It is a promise we make at the start of the new century. It is a promise we make to extend a lifetime. Ajinomoto Co. is a science-oriented manufacturer and marketer of processed food, seasonings, fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals and animal nutrition. Since the start in 1909, Ajinomoto Co. has established itself as a household food brand in Japan, and a reliable source of nutrition that helps people savor those golden moments in life. Today, Ajinomoto Co. operates globally, with operations in 23 countries and regions backed by over 100 manufacturing facilities.Ajinomoto U.S.A., Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ajinomoto Company Inc. (Japan) originally started its business in the U.S. in 1956. In keeping with its impressive growth and effective diversification, three limited liabilities companies were formed in the state of Delaware on April 1, 2003 to improve operations and hence, to serve the customers better. These are Ajinomoto Food Ingredients LLC, Ajinomoto AminoScience LLC and Ajinomoto Heartland LLC.

Talk about multi-tasking. The Tennessee Farmers Cooperative (TFC) keeps the cows fat, the bugs away, and the tractors running. Through a system of local co-ops, TFC supplies agricultural necessities, such as animal-health products, feed, fertilizer, outdoor power equipment, seeds, and tires, to some 70,000 Tennessee farmers. TFC's services include finance, credit, public relations, and risk management. It operates about 150 retail outlets, located in more than 80 of Tennessee's 95 counties. The outlets are open to the public, as well as co-op members. TFC partners with Averitt Dedicated Logistics to provide reduced-cost distribution and transportation services to co-op members. TFC was chartered in 1945.

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