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Produce farm with cows and horses sitting on just over 1 acre. We have been on the farm for about one year since we had to relocate. We specialize in tropical produce and Caribbean produce.

Every farmer has a different set of opportunities and challenges. For some, a community of like-minded farmers is all that is needed to revolutionize their operation. The catalyst for others can be markets that reward their stewardship of land. Some need an integrated farm plan that brings clarity and technique to their vision. We meet farmers on their journey, helping them thrive in making a living growing plants and raising animals in relationship with their place.

Our work begins with farm planning. We dream big about what the land wants to be and how to implement regenerative principles and practices.

Putting ideals into action is hard to do. We use a combination of community support, capital and markets to activate regenerative agriculture on the land. Our work learns from and contributes to an emerging and diverse community of funders, practitioners and purchasers.

We currently work with farmers across the Mountain West, Southwest, Great Plains and Midwest.

We are financing a regenerative revolution with the Perennial Fund and EQIP. We are creating successful transition plans with place-based knowledge and technical assistance. We are securing market premiums for crops and carbon.

Soft, comfortable, functional, with organically grown cotton and wool from small farms in the U.S., Argentina, Peru, Tanzania and India. Made by skilled workers who are treated with dignity and respect, earn fair wages, and work in co-ops that we helped them build as well as family-owned and operated shops. We’ve traveled near and far to make sure our clothing is made the Maggie’s way: Ethical, sustainable, and transformative. In the process, we’re changing lives for the better.s.

Founded in 1997, MakingCosmetics Inc. specializes in ingredients for making personal care products and color cosmetics. We are proud of being one of the very first company in the US that has established itself as a leading retail supplier of cosmetic ingredients for small businesses and individuals. MakingCosmetics Inc. is a FDA-registered, OTC-licensed cGMP/FDA facility. We offer a wide range of cosmetic ingredients, including a variety of organic ingredients, and tools for manufacturing personal care products and color cosmetics. We also offer a free help service and provide a wealth of information for manufacturing natural and organic cosmetics.

Natural resources are an important part of the production of flavoring products, an age-old activity with its roots in the soil. Protection of the environment and the notion of sustainable development must be an integral part of industrial development.

Manildra Group USA is a trusted supplier of wheat protein isolates, wheat gluten and starch to food manufacturing companies. We are dedicated to providing customers the highest quality and safest products at the best total value in the market place. We deliver this by employing the best people, developing leading-edge processes, operating industry-leading facilities and partnering with best-in-class suppliers.

Manildra is committed to serving our customers’ needs with responsive service, technological expertise and a steadfast commitment to product innovation. At Manildra, we measure our success by our customer’s success.

Manildra Group USA strives for quality, service, and reliability in everything we do from the products we supply to the person that answers the phone when you call. For companies producing food products using wheat isolates, wheat, and wheat starches, Manildra USA is the trusted single-source supplier that provides high quality products, responsive customer service and leads the industry in product innovation and technological expertise.

Manildra Group USA began manufacturing here at home in Hamburg, IA, in 1994. Since then we have continued to expand and diversify ingredients to meet customer needs in a changing market. As consumers continue to seek new and healthier options, we have developed ingredients to help food manufactures respond to new trends (or demands). Manildra’s Innovation Center in Leawood, KS opened in 2016 with the vision of providing top-notch service through custom product development, a space to come together to collaborate on new ideas, and a platform for product experimentation, support, and fine-tuning.

Manitoba Harvest’s mission to transform consumer health starts simply and sustainably: with hemp. Since 1998, we’ve grown our portfolio of hemp products with a dedication to quality, sustainability, and consumer wellness that has positioned the company as the global leader in hemp foods.

100% Grass-Fed Organic Yogurt
We make our yogurt a little differently. A little more simply.
We rely on a very local supply of milk from 100% grass-fed certified organic small farms near Stuyvesant, NY. We don't homogenize, strain, or skim the milk, and use only scant amounts of authentic extracts, fruit puree, organic sugar, and real maple syrup. We favor a slower, gentler 12-hour culturing process, and don’t add any thickeners, colors, or preservatives. Ever.

Marroquin Organic International is a North American supplier of high-quality organic ingredients. Over the past 30 years working in the organic sector, we have developed a unique portfolio of select suppliers and growers from around the world. Our U.S. headquarters is situated in the sunny city of Santa Cruz, California. We employ a devoted in-house team, alongside a sales force that spans the nation. We currently maintain product in multiple warehouses in the US, catering to our West Coast, Midwest, and East Coast customers. In addition to our certified organic ingredients, we also offer non-GMO products. Specializing in starches, yeasts, sweeteners, fibers, proteins, maltodextrins, oils, and other unique ingredients, we have everything you need to innovate and grow.

Martin Group, LLC is a food broker for conventional and organic fruits and vegetables founded in 2001 by Philip Martin. The Martin Group specializes in sourcing and marketing Frozen Fruits and Vegetables. We also source specialty items for our customers, which include juice concentrates, purees, roasted, and reduced moisture items.
With a strong emphasis on quality control, we have aligned ourselves with processors that adhere to the highest quality standards in the industry. We source products for large and small industrial customers, food service operators, and retail store poly bag programs. We also provide our customers with market information, forecasting, and distribution options.

McDonald and Pelz is a cash grain, oilseed, and renewable energy brokerage organization whose aims and goals are to help our customers in the buying and selling of their products.

We strive in making the process more profitable, more reliable and easier in the daily quest of finding the best seller/buyer counterpart for our customers in their needs.

Over the past 32 years McDonald and Pelz has become the industry leader and it is our objective to maintain this status through our growth. We now have 41 brokers in Kansas, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey, China, and India. We are an experienced group with more than 60 accumulated years of experience between us in agricultural business.

Our organization prides itself in making the entire process of grain, oilseed, and renewable energy product sourcing and distributing easier, more efficient and cost-effective for our customers.

McGruder Farms is a family-owned full scale all natural regenerative farm. The
land has been in the McGruder family since 1877 and it had been passed down by the
ancestors and the indigenous people who are the original land stewards. Today the
land is alive and thriving. It brings forth life in multiple ways that include nutritious
food for both man and animal.

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Growing and sourcing non chemical and non GMO fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts, and
other edibles while employing local residents and sharing the art of farming with the
surrounding community and providing a nutritious alternative direct from our farm to
your home, restaurant, farmer's market, and additional outlets.

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The hallowed land is a sanctuary of peace, healing, grounding and harmony that is felt by all who come to connect with mother earth by walking the grounds, observing the multispecied wildlife on the nature trails and visiting the source of the abundant all-natural food that nurtures our community and beyond.

I am Marie Antoinette McGruder the granddaughter of Marvin McGruder and the great granddaughter of Charles McGruder Jr. He is the original owner of McGruder Land acquired after being freed from slavery as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation of 1862. Starting business ventures and materializing a vision is in my DNA. I have always pursued my dreams and my passions as they have evolved over my lifetime. One of my biggest dreams from the age of eight has been to farm on the land that has been in my family for nearly 160 years. Today I own 10 acres and control more than 74 acres of farmable land and my vision is to develop an infrastructure to grow and market highly desirable nutritious non chemically grown non-GMO produce and other edibles right here on our McGruder family land.

MegaFood has formulated and manufactured premium whole food dietary supplements for over thirty five years. Our dedication to deliver nutrients the way nature intended – giving the full benefit of living whole foods – has never wavered. The recent introduction of certified organic supplements exemplifies our latest commitment to support and advance the organic mission. The MegaFood family of brands includes DailyFoods® 100% whole food and certified organic dietary supplements and Nutritional Therapeutix™ specific response supplements.

Mena's Boys is a local family business founded in Washington DC in 2017. Our goal is to provide you gourmet recipes with organic ingredients that no only satisfies your craving but also take care of your health and your gut.

Our mission is to provide the infrastructure and organization of data from innovative technologies to construct a fully transparent, authenticated global food network, intricately interweaving environmental sustainability, farmer empowerment, community enrichment, and human health into a cohesive ecosystem.

By partnering with Merge Impact, your company will benefit from: Verified data from measurements and connected partners, Primary data from product origin to soil carbon and other soil health indicators, Connecting on-farm data to production resources like funding and field tech, On-demand reporting of supply chain emissions/impact. CO2, production risk, practice changes, and more, Biodiversity measurements at farm level, aggregated by crop and for the brand and Data connectivity to understand soil health and the relationship to nutrient density.

Manufacturer of organically-compliant insect control products. Natural pyrethrum.

MOSA provides high quality and practical organic certification services to producers and processors primarily in the midwestern United States.

Minn-Dak Growers Ltd. has accomplished proven records of excellence as a processor and supplier of specialty crop food ingredients since the year of its establishment in 1967. Employees headed by Mr. Harold Peterson run Minn-Dak Growers Ltd. Our integrated research efforts compel us to find new and better ways of exceeding the expectation of our customers. Minn-Dak specialty food ingredients will continue to be the standard against which the industry is measured.

Harris Peterson the founder began working at a young age and helped his father with the farming. He started cleaning seed for himself and neighbors in his spare time and founded the H. A. Peterson Feed and Seed Co. in 1947 when he began processing peas, canary seed, and mustard seed in a quonset. His vision and hard work have moved his seed-processing career from one Forsberg sieve mill and one elevator leg to a multi-million-dollar complex. Minn-Dak Growers Ltd. is now one the most modern and efficient mustard flour mills and buckwheat complexes in North America. It has facilities in Grand Forks, ND, Donaldson, MN, and Dickinson, ND, which supply mustard and buckwheat ingredients to the food industry worldwide.

The company has transitioned ownership from Harris to his son Harold and grandson Jeremy. It is the wishes of these next two generation to carry on the vision that Harris worked so hard to establish. The new vision it to continue on for the next generation.

Minnesota Crop Improvement Association, with a century of experience and integrity, is a private, non-profit independent third party inspection agency offering NOP accredited organic certification. Member of OTA, AOSCA.