Cooperative Regions of Organic Producers Pool (CROPP) is one of the largest organic farmer cooperatives in the US. Its 1,341 farmer/members produce the co-op's Organic Valley Family of Farms brand of fluid and shelf-stable milk, along with cheese, butter, and soy milk. Beyond the dairy barn, the cooperative also offers organic citrus juices, produce, eggs, meats, and poultry. Organic Valley retail products are sold at food retailers, and its ingredients are marketed to other organic food processors. Wisconsin-headquartered CROPP's member/farmers are located in California, Florida, and the northeast, northwest, and midwest regions of the US.

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.

Meiji-brand sweets include chocolate and non-chocolate candy and chewing gum, along with personal care products, such as throat gargle. Its pharmaceutical division offers antibiotics, generic drugs, and anti-anxiety medications for humans, as well as veterinary drugs. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. is also involved in commercial leasing and sports complex management. Formerly called Meiji Seika Kaisha, a well known candy and pharmaceutical maker, the company merged with Japanese dairy producer Meiji Dairies Corp. in 2009 to form Meiji Holdings.

Silver Spring Foods, Inc. founded in 1929. Silver Spring Foods, Inc. engages in growing, processing, and selling horseradish and vegetable crops for retail, food service, private label, and industrial markets in the United States. It offers food service products, such as prepared and cranberry horseradish, garlic, mustard, seafood cocktail sauces, ground and beet horseradish, pineapple apricot sauces, and tartar sauces; and organic horseradish, mustard, and sauces. Silver Spring Foods company also offers dipping cups for dipping, salads, and sandwiches, as well as involves in co-packing condiments, jams and jellies, sauces, and salad dressings in portion control packages. It serves food manufacturers. Silver Spring Foods company sells its products through grocery chains and retail stores, as well as online.

Founded in 1851 as a small grocery store, William Jackson and Son today offers a line of bakery goods through its Jackson's Bakery business; and sells oriental food products under the Kwoks Foods brand. Other businesses include Tryton Foods, which sells Aunt Bessies Yorkshire Pudding batters, potatoes, and sausage balls. In mid-2004 the UK's #3 grocery chain, J Sainsbury, acquired the company's 114-store Jacksons Stores chain of convenience stores. William Jackson and Son is a family-owned business, which is headed by chairman Christoper Oughtred, the founder's great grandson.

Indalco Food Corp. company manufactures a milk and caramel spread called dulce de leche (literally "milk candy") that is a familiar product in Central and South America. Indalco has brought this traditional food product to the US. The spread can be used in a variety of ways, such as a dessert topping or filling, or in baked goods such as cheesecake. Indalco Food company's customers include bakeries, donut shops (Dunkin' Donuts), restaurants (McDonald's), ice cream makers (Heagen-Dazs), and confectioners (Mars), as well as retail food stores. Indalco's dulce de leche is sold under the Del Campo label.

Land O'Frost makes meat sandwich-worthy. The family-owned company manufactures lunch and deli meats (beef, chicken, turkey, Canadian bacon, and ham) under the DeliShaved, Land O'Frost, Taste Escapes, and Premium brand names. Land O'Frost customers include food retailers, food processors and foodservice companies across the US. It also provides meat-derived ingredients to other food manufacturers and bulk products to foodservice providers. The company operates three plants, one each in Illinois, Arkansas, and Kentucky. Land O'Frost was founded by Antoon Van Eekeren in the 1950s and is still owned and managed by his descendants.

Natunola Health Biosciences Inc. (formerly known as Sentex Systems Ltd.) and its manufacturing plant are located in Winchester, Ontario. It is the parent company of Natunola Health Inc. which was acquired in 2002. Natunola Health Inc. is a leading manufacturer and researcher in the field of flaxseed derived Omega-3 fatty acids, specialty natural products, bio-nutrients and functional supplements for human nutritional and animal nutritional markets. The Company also produces natural ingredients, for the cosmetic and personal care industry.

Russell Stover Candies, life really "is" a box of chocolates. It is the largest maker of boxed chocolates in the US. Boxed chocolates, such as the Whitman Sampler, are its, well, bread and butter. However, Russell Stover Candies Inc. also sells bagged and individually wrapped hard candies and jellies. It offers sugar-free candy, including a sugarless version of Pangburn's Millionaires. Russell Stover's candies are sold by more than 70,000 retail outlets in all 50 US states and Puerto Rico, and in more than 20 other countries, including Canada and the UK. Russell Stover Candies Inc. also operates some 40 Russell Stover Candies retail candy shops and kiosks in the US and Canada. Co-presidents and brothers, Tom and Scott Ward, own the company.

Elephants (and people) everywhere rely on the Texoma Peanut Company. That's because it processes peanut farmers' crops into crunchy, yummy edible peanuts and peanut snacks. The company provides roasting, drying, shelling, blanching, and other processing services for peanut crops through its subsidiary, Clint Williams Company. Texoma sells the nuts to wholesale customers in the US and abroad. It also sells snack peanut products through its Web site and at its Texoma Peanut Inn retail store located in Madill, Oklahoma. The family-owned company was incorporated in 1961 by founder Clint Williams.

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