Mendocino Brewing Company is internationally renowned as a brewer of full-flavored, traditional ales. The company was established in 1983 as California's first Brewpub at Hopland and is recognized as a pioneer in the American Craft Brewing renaissance. We have two state-of-the-art breweries, one at Ukiah, 110 miles north of San Francisco and the other at Saratoga Springs, NY. At Mendocino Brewing Company, we have a certain passion about our beers and are proud that over the years, discerning beer drinkers have shared our passion for quality and class. Although our beers have won many awards, the award we cherish most - is consumer loyalty to our products.

US Farms Inc. farms out the hard work. The company grows, markets, and distributes, horticultural and agricultural products. Its American Aloe Vera Growers and American Nursery Exchange units supply such products as potted aloe vera, jade plants, and other succulents, along with cactus, palm and other trees, cycads and ornamental shrubs to customers that include garden and home centers, mass merchants, drug and grocery chains, wholesalers, landscapers, and large end-users such as hotels, office parks, and golf courses. It also sells aloe vera to customers in the nutraceutical and cosmetic industries for use in dietary supplements, gels, creams, and other personal care products.

J.C. Potter Sausage Company, a subsidiary of Atlantic Premium Brands, processes and distributes sausages and other meats under the J.C. Potter brand name. The company's products are a staple in grocery stores and supermarket chains in Arkansas and Oklahoma, although they are available nationwide. Potter's products include breakfast sausage in link, patty, and bulk forms; sausage biscuits; bacon, cured salt pork; hickory smoked ham; hot links; and smoked sausages. It also processes private-label products for other organizations. The company was founded in 1949 by its namesake, J.C. Potter.

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.

Well, of course grape growers want to hang out in a bunch! The more than 1,200 grower/owners who belong to the National Grape Cooperative Association harvest purple, red, and white grapes from almost 50,000 acres of vineyards in order to supply its wholly owned subsidiary Welch Foods. Welch's makes and sells juices, jams, and jellies under the Welch's and Bama brands. Other co-op products include fresh eating grapes, which are distributed by C.H. Robinson Worldwide, as well as dried fruit and frozen juice bars. National Grape Cooperative growers maintain vineyards in Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Washington, and in Ontario, Canada. In 2009 the co-op sold more than 40,000 tons of grapes.

Groupe CEMOI is just the thing for French chocolate groupies. Groupe CEMOI is one of France's leading makers of chocolate confections. The company also makes molded and panned chocolates, cocoa powder, cookies and wafers, sugar confectioneries, fruit jellies, sugared almonds, marshmallow, meringues, and industrial and semi-finished food ingredients. Its products are available in supermarkets and to the foodservice and food-manufacturing industries. The company has more than a dozen production plants. CEMOI is run by the family of founder Georges Poirrier.

NEW Cooperative provides its Iowa member/farmers with a full range of agricultural products and services, including corn and soybean drying, storage, pricing, marketing. The co-op also provides its member/farmers with seed, feed, crop protection, soil sampling, fertilizer and a staff of agronomy experts. It operates via a network of 23 facilities located 14 counties in the northwestern region of Iowa. The organization was formed as the result of a merger of two cooperatives in 1973; it has expanded throughout the years as a result of other co-ops joining NEW. Regarding its name, NEW stands for North East Webster (Iowa's Webster County is part of the company's original service area).

At Kayem, they make 'em -- one of the top-selling hot dogs in New England. Kayem Foods rolls out some one million dogs daily. In addition to hot dogs, the company makes traditional Italian sausages, deli meats, spiral hams, and fresh gourmet chicken sausage under such well known brands as Al Fresco, Bratwrship, Genoa, Kayem, McKenzie, Meisterchef, Schonland's, and Triple M. Kayem's meats are available throughout the US. The company's US retail food customers include Hannaford, Price Chopper, Kroger, and Town & Country. U.S. Foodservice and SYSCO are among its foodservice accounts.

For meat eaters who delight in dining on swine, Pederson's Natural Farms produces fresh and processed natural pork products. The company's upscale uncured bacon ham, and smoked pork sausages (jalapeno, kielbasa, and sweet German) are sold at natural food and specialty food retailers, as well as through its Web site. Pederson's also offers beef hot dogs, chicken sausage, andouille, bratwurst, and bulk breakfast sausage. It also offers processesd bison meat. Headquartered in Hamilton, Texas, Pederson's Natural Farms was founded in 1992.

Kraft Food Ingredients Corp. manufactures and supplies food ingredients for food manufacturers. Kraft Food company offers cheese solutions, such as pasteurized process, soft, and restricted melt cheeses, as well as cheese powders, dairy flavors, and cheese sauces; savory solutions, including pan dripping, roast, fried, sautéed, rotisserie, meat, and vegetarian flavors; and dessert and baked goods solutions comprising marshmallows, caramel, granolas, and crackers. Kraft Food also provides enhancers, such as barbeque sauces, mustards, and steak sauces, as well as salad dressings; and other ingredient solutions, including cereals, tapioca, meals, fat replacers, and non-fat dry milk alternates.

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