Colavita USA is a leading importer and distributor of Italian foods, notably olive oil, pastas, sauces, and vinegars sold under the Colavita label. It supplies products to retail grocery store chains, specialty food stores, and wholesale distributors, as well as restaurants, caterers, and other foodservice operators. Colavita USA, L.L.C. was started by John J. Profaci, who struck a distribution agreement with Italy's Colavita family in 1978. Rome-based Colavita S.p.A owns 80% of the US importer.

Feeling the need for a citrus organization, a group of citrus growers held their first meeting on June 1,1929. Just a few years later, in 1932, the first official meeting of the Edinburg Citrus Association was held in a school auditorium in Edinburg, Texas.The Edinburg Citrus Association has a grower membership throughout the Rio Grande Valley from the Gulf Coast westward. This loyal membership is the backbone of the company and represents thousands of acres of sweet and juicy Texas Red Grapefruit and Oranges.As the oldest and only surviving citrus fruit cooperative in Texas founded in the 1930s and 1940s, the Edinburg Citrus Association takes its responsibility seriously — both to its grower members and to its customers. Steeped in history but focused on the future, ECA has grown and evolved through the years as one of the leading packinghouses of the Texas Citrus Industry.

As Britain’s first ever certified organic dairy we are passionate about letting nature shine through in our delicious range of organic yogurts, milk, desserts, cream and crème fraiche. As well as being the first, we are proud to be the fastest growing organic dairy in Britain. With our delicious products now stocked in all major supermarkets nationwide, we believe our success is down to our passion for working in harmony with nature and our commitment to using only the best organic ingredients to create gorgeous products that taste as ravishingly good as they look.And, once you’ve tried just one mouthful of any of our great tasting organic dairy products, we’re sure you will agree - organic tastes better, naturally!

United Apple Sales, L.L.C. is owned by president Ward Dobbins, who also controls apple packhouse H. H. Dobbins. United Apple Sales (UAS) is a leading supplier of fresh fruit in the US. It primarily distributes apples under the America's Fruit label from growers in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington to fresh produce buyers throughout the country. Its products include Empire, Red Delicious, Pink Lady, and Macintosh varieties. United Apple Sales company also distributes produce (pears and and other stone fruits) harvested in South America.

Weetabix has been part of Great Britain's breakfast for nearly 80 years. Venturing beyond the Isles, the food maker has extended its reach to now sell its flakes and muesli in more than 80 countries. Weetabix company's breakfast cereals include its flagship brand Weetabix (a UK version of shredded wheat), Weetos, Ready brek, Alpen, and Oaty. The Weetabix brand accounts for about 8% of the UK's total cereal sales. Weetabix products jockey for space on store shelves alongside cereals made by US cereal behemoths General Mills and Kellogg. But Weetabix faces other foes as well, such as private-label cereals, ever more popular cereal bars, and busy people who skip breakfast. Lion Capital owns Weetabix.

Mahou, S.A., which does business as Mahou-San Miguel, produces San Miguel, Mahou, and Selecta beers at its Madrid brewery. The company also makes Eco, which it touts as an environmentally friendly, organic beer. It also offers non-alcoholic brews, such as Laiker and Mixta. The company's flagship San Miguel brand is available in more than 35 countries, mainly in Europe (Carlsberg markets the San Miguel brand in the UK). Strengthening its market position, the company acquired rival Spanish brewer, Cervezas Alhambra, in 2007. The brewery was founded in 1890.

Paragon Vineyards owns a winery and vineyard in the San Luis Obispo area between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The company makes Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Port, and Syrah wines under the Baileyana label. The Paragon vineyards operate under the Firepeak name, which also is the namesake for a second line of Baileyana wines. Other labels include CADRE, tangent, and trenza. Bottles can be ordered online from those states that allow such shipments to be made directly to consumers. Baileyana wines are also available through distributors in about 35 states and for export to Europe, Canada, and Asia. Part of the Niven Family Wine Estates, Paragon was founded by Catharine and Jack Niven in the 1970s.

"Where's the beef?" In Brazil, if you're Marfrig. The company, through its GJ brand, is a top South American beef producer. Marfrig Frigor�ficos processes and exports (about 50% of sales) premium beef cuts and frozen cooked parts -- from tongues to shanks -- to consumer markets in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. It also supplies lamb, pork, and poultry, and other food products. It runs about 10 processing centers throughout South America, where it has a slaughter production capacity of about 10,000 animals per day, as well as a central storage facility. Marfrig is expanding internationally and has agreed to acquire US-based Keystone Foods for about $1.2 billion.

S&W Seed breeds seeds of the alfalfa variety. The agricultural company contracts locally grown alfalfa seeds from farmers in California's San Joaquin Valley, processes them at its production facility, and sells them to agribusinesses and farmers around the globe for use in growing animal feed -- particularly alfalfa hay -- for dairy and beef cattle, horses, and other livestock. About 50% of its certified seeds are sold to customers in the Middle East and Latin America, since the varieties it produces are better suited for warmer climates. S&W Seed also produces wheat on occasion and is looking into producing stevia, a natural, no-calorie sweetener. The company went public in May 2010.

Fane Valley Co-operative Society Ltd. was established in 1903 by a group of farmers who wished to improve the marketing of their butter which at that time was produced on the farm. The group came together and built the original Fane Valley dairy which was located on the banks of the Fane Valley river bordering counties Armagh and Monaghan.Today 106 years later an agricultural store still operates on the original site providing a useful service to farmers in the area. Fane Valley has diversified from a producer of butter to being a leading company within the Irish Agri food sector. The Society now is involved in the processing of milk, red meat, cereals, animal feeds and supplies farm requisites to farmers, and from humble beginnings now has a group turnover in excess of £250m and employs 1500 people throughout Ireland.

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