Michigan Sugar is the largest beet-sugar processor east of the Mississippi. The agricultural cooperative is owned by some 1,250 beet-sugar farmers who purchased the company from Imperial Sugar in 2002. Michigan Sugar manufactures both private-label and branded consumer, foodservice, and industrial products. Its sugars include granulated, confectioner's and brown sugar, along with molasses and liquid sucrose. It also manufactures sugar by-products such as beet pulp, which is used for animal feed and fertilizer. Michigan Sugar's flagship brand is Pioneer Sugar, but the company also sells to institutions under the name Big Chief Sugar.

PCCA was founded in 1953 by a group of visionary farmers who were searching for a way to achieve the best possible price for their cotton. As a result of new technologies and the development of innovative, aggressive marketing strategies, PCCA has grown to be one of the largest cotton marketing organizations in the world.

For the first 35 years of his life, Jim Koch's family history and future career lay in the attic of his parents' house. Tucked away was an old family recipe from the 1800s for Louis Koch Lager. For five generations, the men in the Koch family were brewmasters, but the market for full-flavored beer had diminished and it seemed Jim's father would be the last Koch to carry on the tradition of brewing flavorful beer. However, Jim's passion for quality, flavorful beer kept him close to his roots. In the early 1980's he became convinced that he could build a niche in the competitive beer market for a high-quality American beer. Using the same recipe and traditional brewing processes that his great-great grandfather used, Jim brewed Samuel Adams Boston Lager® and took beer to a whole new level.

Frontier is the UK's leading crop inputs and grain marketing business, recognised for its close customer relationships with farmers and grain consumers and its successful management of the whole arable supply chain.Frontier is owned by its parent companies, ABF Holdings and Cargill PLC, two of the most financially secure businesses in the marketplace. Sister companies of both parents include AB Agri, Allied Mills, Allied Bakeries, Cargill Grain & Oilseeds, Sun Valley Foods and British Sugar. Frontier gives farmers the chance to look to the future for new market opportunities whilst offering them the certainty that comes from dealing with a well-established, financially secure business.

Diageo is still a relatively young company – we have only exisited in our current form since 1997- but our brands and our business have a rich heritage.For example our earliest ancestor company formed in 1749, is Justerini & Brooks - wine merchants, and blenders of the famous J&B whisky range. 10 years after that, in 1759 Arthur Guinness signed the lease on the now world famous St James's Gate brewery in Dublin, going on to create a globally iconic brand. Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of international brands across spirits, wine and beer. Many of our brands have been around for generations, while some have been developed more recently to meet new consumer tastes and experiences. Our great range of brands and geographic spread means that people can celebrate with our products at every occasion no matter where they are in the world. This is why 'celebrating life every day, everywhere' is at the core of what we do.

In 1893 Willis Boyd Johnston established W.B. Johnston Grain Company. The company was built on service, providing grain, seed, flour, coal, hay and livestock to the Cherokee Strip settlers. Five generations later, this is still the foundation of W.B. Johnston Grain Company. As the oldest and largest privately owned grain elevator company in Oklahoma, W.B. Johnston Grain Company’s success is based not only on our ability to adapt to the ever-changing needs and demands of the agricultural industry, but most significantly on our ability to deliver unwavering service to each customer. Knowledge equates with success, and our 117 year history and expertise allows us to continually strengthen our position as the regional leader in the grain industry.

Sakata Seed started out in 1913 with a few sacks of seeds; over the last 90 or so years it has sprouted an empire of growth. The company produces, distributes, and sells vegetable seeds (for both agriculture and home gardens), flower seeds, grass seeds, bulbs, vegetable seedlings, tree seedlings, garden trees, fruit tree seedlings, lilies, house plants, roses, cacti, gardening materials, agricultural chemicals, fertilizers, gardening literature, and landscaping materials such as sod. It also has a division that researches cultivation and horticultural engineering. Sakasta's products are distributed from production centers in more than 20 countries.

Jelly Belly Candy Company beginnings are traced back to a family named Goelitz. When two young brothers emigrated from Germany to make their mark in America, they set the family on its candymaking course. In 1869, just two years after arriving in America, Gustav Goelitz bought an ice cream and candy store in Belleville, Ill., and his brother, Albert was sent out in a horse drawn wagon to sell their sweets to nearby communities. Then the second generation of the family jumped on the band wagon of candy innovations by making a new type of candy, then called "buttercream" candies, including Candy Corn, a sweet we've made since about 1900 (and still use the same recipe). These candies carried the family through the Great Depression and two world wars. Today, the great-grandsons of Gustav Goelitz, the fourth generation, are still carrying on the tradition of making candy.

The Ganong family and friends have put their heart and soul into the chocolate confectioner's art. An art never lost. For the special skills in making quality confectionery have been passed down from father to son throughout the generations in the mall town of St. Stephen, New Brunswick. Ganong Bros., Limited makes and sells boxed and bagged chocolates and non-chocolate candies across Canada, the UK, and the US. Its product line includes popular treats such as Chicken Bones and Fruitfull candies. Ganong Bros., Limited operates a retail shop in its hometown of St. Stephen, Canada, and has an online retail business where visitors can purchase premium products. It also has offices in Moncton, Canada; Toronto; and Vancouver.

President Earl Tanner founded Florida Key West, Inc. in 1986. Florida Key West makes the key ingredient for key lime pies and Margaritas. Florida Key West company is a leading producer of fruit extracts specializing in key lime juice and lemon juice. Its products are sold mostly through retail grocery stores; its also distributes juice through food wholesalers. In addition to its brand-name products, Florida Key West offers private-label services for large-volume customers.

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