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PRIMUS INTERTEA TRADE DMCC is a leading tea export company having offices in Kolkata, Singapore, and Dubai.

Established in 1943, Producers Rice Mill Inc. is a farmer-owned cooperative that has been a significant supplier in the rice industry for over 75 years. With established customers worldwide, Producers Rice Mill Inc. focuses on the benefits of rice and rice ingredients in multiple market segments including food service, retail, and industrial. Producers Rice Mill’s full ownership of Producers Rice Ingredients has enabled our teams to leverage our extensive knowledge and experience in the rice industry to expand our reach across developing markets.

PRI manufactures a diverse offering of rice products that are utilized by multiple segments of the food industry. Through a combined effort working closely with our customers on innovation and new product development, we seek to maximize the natural and beneficial qualities of rice as an ingredient. With a focus on the future, we continually look for options to improve our current product offering in support of our customers’ demands.

Established in 1989 in Irlande, a small town in the heart of the Appalachians, Produit de l’érable St-Ferdinand B offers a diverse range of top quality maple products.

Created especially for the international market, the Black Shank brand rose from expertise developed over the years and has only one objective : to offer maple products with unique flavours in beautiful and contemporary packaging.

Black Shank, or “jarret noir” in French, was the name given to Beaucerons in the 19th century. Located on the south shore of Quebec City, the Beauce region produces most of the Quebec maple syrup. To get to the ferry from the St-Lawrence river leading to Quebec City, the Beaucerons had to cross muddy black earth fields and were then easily recognizable in the city, hence their nickname “black shank”. Our brand Black Shank is therefore a tribute to these builders.

Organic skin care line focusing on skin care issues related to aging and sun exposure.

An organic farming initiative formed for the purpose of serving homeless veterans.

QuaRex core business is regulatory and quality compliance for medical devices, food, and pharmaceutical products.

Quarex consulting LLC assists clients in their projects to ensure compliance and training. Consultants provide technical expertise in quality and regulatory and conduct compliance gaps analysis, audits by certified auditors, support in writing files and implementation of processes. They are also able to provide regular training.

Beatrice NAJEM is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder of QuaRex Consulting LLC. She has worked in the healthcare industry for more than 14 years in Europe, in regulatory and quality affairs. Béatrice holds a master’s degree in nutrition science from the University of Paris Diderot –France, a certification in Quality Management System from Agroparitech engineering school – France (equivalent to a master), and a BS in nutrition from Saint-Joseph University in Lebanon.
She worked for foodtech facilities, consulting companies, and pharmaceutical/ biotechnology companies as quality and regulatory manager. These different experiences and regulatory mindset had contributed significantly to her regulatory and quality skills and her recognition as an expert in these areas. She is also been a guest lecturer in regulatory affairs for the last 3 years in Rouen University – France.
After the birth of her third daughter in 2021, she started in France her own consultancy firm supporting critical regulatory projects. In 2023, she moved to the USA and created QuaRex consulting LLC in the Greater Boston Area.

The Quinn Institute stands as a testament to the enduring power of organic and regenerative agriculture. Established by Bob Quinn, a visionary 4th generation farmer, author, renowned scientist, and passionate advocate for sustainable farming, our institute is the culmination of a lifetime spent in the pursuit of harmonizing agriculture with nature.

We believe that food is not just a means of sustenance but a path to healing both people and the planet. At The Quinn Institute, we embody Bob's philosophy that "food is medicine," and we work tirelessly to produce nutrient-dense food through methods that honor the earth and its inhabitants.

The mission of The Quinn Institute is ambitious yet simple: to scale up the number of successful regenerative organic producers and demonstrate that agriculture can be both profitable and a force for good. Through research, education, and practical demonstrations, we aim to lead by example, showing that the health of our communities and the planet is intertwined with the health of our farms.

The campus covers approximately 700 acres of donated land, previously part of the Quinn Farm & Ranch that has been in a regenerative organic agricultural system and certified organic for over 25 years. It is 12 miles Southeast of Big Sandy in North Central Montana between the Bear’s Paw Mountains and the Missouri River Breaks formally on the indigenous lands of the Blackfeet, Nakota, and Assiniboine Tribes. It is representative of the short grass prairie of the Northern Great Plains East of the Rocky Mountains encompassing large parts of eastern Montana, the western Dakotas, smaller distinct portions of Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, as well as Southern Saskatchewan and Southeast Alberta – together roughly the size of the entire state of California. The primary area represented and served by this research center covers parts of 6 states and 2 Canadian Provinces.

The campus will be divided into multiple fields to demonstrate the effect of rotations on cash crops, cover crops, unusual crops, as well as interrelationships of livestock with both native pasture and crop land. Rented acres from a bordering non-organic farm will allow experiments comparing organic and non-organic systems. Areas for small replicated plots will also be available.

Small gardens and orchards will provide opportunities to learn management and production skills. A teaching kitchen and small processing facilities will provide a place to teach participants how to take the food from the field or garden to the plate providing students with many learning opportunities for preparing and preserving their own food. Local health practitioners will help ensure the purpose of healthy food is complete by prescribing it to those suffering from all types of chronic and mental disease. Thus, prescriptions will be food from the farm rather than pills from the pharmacy. In this way we may have food as medicine rather than pills as food.

Recipes By Design was founded in Riverside, CA when two life time professional foodies had a dream and stepped out on “Mustard Seed Faith” to share their gift and passion of creating delicious food for the entire world. Founders Romanna Clark and Mercedes Santos put their extensive background, hard work ethic and creative spirit to birth Recipes By Design.

Whether we are commercializing your family heirloom recipes or developing a new product category for a Fortune 500 Food company our approach is to deliver “food excellence.” Our creative inspiration for new products can come from anything at any time. We constantly read food publications, travel, eat at unique restaurants and spend time creating new products in the kitchen. We can support complete development process from product feasibility, sourcing ingredients, streamline processing, formula costing, and integrating all areas of food safety into the development and commercialization process.

Our goal at ROAR was not to simply create a healthier, better tasting sports-drink alternative, rather a lifestyle brand that catered to the next generation of consumers who consciously seek out brands who equip them with a sense of belonging, and take the time to understand all the things that matter to them.

OMRI certified chicken manure or blended and non-blended composted manure.

In 1972 Lester Rovey started Rovey Seed Company, Inc. along with three of his sons Glenn, Leonard, and Stanley in Farmersville, IL. The company initially cleaned public soybean varieties for farmers. One year, though, Lester started growing white corn on his farm and the white corn and food grade grain sales quickly became the primary focus of the operation. Today we contract and process white, yellow, and blue corn and food grade soybeans.

Over the years Rovey Seed Company has become a trusted source of high quality food grains and ingredients. We are continually investing in the latest cleaning technology and equipment to improve our products and improve our efficiencies. In 2009, Rovey Specialty Grains, LLC was formed when we purchased a cleaning facility serviced by the railroad in Inland, Nebraska.

This new facility allowed us to offer our grain products further west. We now are able to cost effectively ship throughout the entire US and Canada and overseas. Also, our Nebraska production is produced under irrigation which ensures our customers a steady supply of quality grain products.

Today the owners still grow food grade corn and soybeans on their own farms. We also offer competitive grower contracts for producers who are looking to add to their bottom line.

SaskOrganics is a farmer led membership non-profit organization. We serve all certified organic entities throughout the value chain in Saskatchewan by advocating for a sustainable and thriving organic Community through leadership in research, market development and communications.

Sati Soda is committed to creating healthy soda by using clean, non gmo, functional and organic ingredients. Sati strives for great taste without being sweet giving people a truly healthy soda option.

Farming Business that helps underserved farmers and people who are affected by food insecurities and or food deserts.

SavorySpoons Granola is a nutritious gourmet brand founded by a minority woman on the principles of community health and well-being. We offer a variety of handcrafted sweet flavors for your traditional breakfast to savory that surprise and delight, and are perfect over soups, salads, or pairings.

Small organic farm that grows radish, zucchini, basil and oregano.

Belong to CCOF.

Sensient Natural Ingredients, a division of Sensient Technologies, cultivates natural ingredients that bring flavor, texture, color, and nutrition to food products while keeping labels clean and simple. Our recent transition from “Sensient Dehydrated Flavors” to “Sensient Natural Ingredients” reflects our commitment to supply a broad range of natural, wholesome products and solutions. Our portfolio of ingredients evolves continuously, but our core offering includes California-grown onion, garlic, and parsley, as well as capsicums and vegetables.

I am certified through International Certification Services, Inc., based in Medina, ND. I have been certified since 2009. Sht'uh Farm is a small 80-acre irrigated farm in Northeast Nebraska near the community of Orchard. Legally, I am an individual, not a corporation, so Sht'uh Farm is simply a name. The word is Dena'ina Athabascan from Southcentral Alaska and means "my special place."
We started by raising rye for 8 years to restore the soil. Our first certified crop was soybeans, then we went to alfalfa. After several years of that we needed to rotate, so this year we have winter wheat. We hope to go back to alfalfa after that.