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At the age of 10, Emil Nemarnik was the only child in his family of 12 to immigrate to the United States from Italy. Emil began his produce career working in a grocery store to pay his way through college. While working at the store he met his future bride, Kathleen Spada. After graduating, he continued to work in the produce industry buying, selling and brokering produce until 1976 when the company he worked for was sold. At the age of 50 he was out of work with five children to support and unsure of what the future held. To make matters worse, Emil was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and told his mobility would quickly decline. Undaunted, Emil mortgaged his house, sold his car and found a bank that would lend him money. In 1977 his hard work paid off and Pacific Coast Fruit Company opened its doors as the smallest produce distributor in Portland with eight employees, five of which were family members. Since then, Pacific Coast Fruit Company has grown into one of the largest independently owned produce distributors in the Pacific Northwest. Today, Pacific Coast Fruit Company employs over 500 people spanning between two facilities – a 90,000 square foot warehouse and Fresh Cut center in Portland, Oregon, and a 83,000 square foot warehouse in Kent, Washington. The company remains family owned and operated by two of Emil and Kathleen’s children. With a third generation now entering the business, Pacific Coast Fruit Company is dedicated to continuing its legacy by providing the freshest produce from Farm to Family.

WHERE ARE WE LOCATED:
Pacific Coast Fruit Company has two facilities – a 90,000 square foot warehouse and Fresh Cut center in Portland, Oregon, and a 83,000 square foot warehouse in Seattle, Washington, both conveniently located along the I-5 corridor to serve the entire Northwest region.

WHO WE SERVE:
We service a wide variety of customers including retailers, wholesalers, processors, restaurants, and more. Our produce programs include robust USDA Organic, local Oregon and Washington, and Fresh Cut options and we are proud to provide our customers with the freshest and healthiest produce available.

WHAT SERVICES WE OFFER:
Our employees are expert food industry insiders and know how to tailor our services to meet your needs. We offer training on product handling as well as assistance in planning your specialty and seasonal programs. We believe we have the best customer service staff and they are available to help you seven days a week. Our goal is to not simply sell to our customers but offer them support every step of the way.

There isn’t a lot of mystery to the way we make our foods. We use ingredients we can pronounce. If they’re too hard to say, chances are you shouldn’t eat them. We use all-natural and organic ingredients from nearby farms. We keep our recipes simple. Because when nature is allowed to do its thing, our foods just taste better. Much like the slow cooking method, slow growing and ripening produces ingredients filled with possibility and flavor. By using wholesome, all-natural and organic ingredients, we can make great tasting foods that let the delicious taste of nature speak for itself.

Our farm is on 4 acres of land and we grow vegetables, fruit, herbs, and nursery plants. We sell to local restaurants, retail markets, and we have a busy farm stand located at the farm. We are certified organic by CCOF since 2000.
I am also a contract inspector for CCOF, OMRI, and other various organic certifiers.

We grew up running barefoot at Painterland Farms in the rolling hills of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, where our family has been farming for four generations.

We eventually left for college and to travel the world. But the more we experienced, the more we realized just how special our home really is.

It’s our passion to share the joy, beauty, and hard work of farming. We wanted to find a way to connect more people directly with American farmers.

Painterland Sisters organic skyr yogurt is always made with USDA certified organic milk. we and Our partner farms go above and beyond USDA standards to care for our land, animals, and workers. check out some of the benefits.

Our mission is to support the American Farmer by giving them a voice and providing a connection with consumers like you! Only 2% of the population are farmers - these are women, men, and children who are the stewards of our lands. Telling their stories provides them with the ability to be heard so they can continue the tough, needed, and prideful job of caretakers of the land, animals, and environment.

Paragus Strategic IT provides outsourced IT solutions for business. We do that by building partnerships and providing strategic services, that allow our clients to stay focused on running their businesses.

PCC is a 15 store chain of natural markets in the Puget Sound area. We're owned by the nearly 40,000 members who shop at our neighborhood stores.

PCC began as a food-buying club of 15 Seattle families in 1953. Since then, our priorities haven’t changed. In everything, we strive to be an advocate for our community. We’re dedicated to preserving local farmland and partnering with Northwest producers and ranchers. Our passion is for great food and cooking, from our fresher-than-fresh local produce to our in-store kitchens where original recipes are made from scratch daily using fresh, seasonal ingredients. Because when you love a community, you feed it well.

PA Certified Organic is a certification agency based in Spring Mills, Pennsylvania. Our mission is to assure the integrity of organic products in the marketplace.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is committed to a sustainable and safe supply of food and agricultural products in the commonwealth – from the farm to the table – and to being good stewards of the land and Pennsylvania's natural resources. The department promotes the viability of farms, protects consumers, and safeguards the health of people, plants, animals and the environment.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture encourages, protects and promotes agriculture and related industries throughout the commonwealth while providing consumer protection through inspection services that impact the health and financial security of Pennsylvania's citizens.

Pennsylvania’s 59,000 farm families continue to be the stewards of more than 7.7 million acres of farmland. With $7.5 billion in cash receipts annually from production agriculture, Pennsylvania farmers and agribusinesses are the leading economic driver in our state.

In addition to production agriculture, the industry also raises revenue and supplies jobs through support services such as food processing, marketing, transportation, and farm equipment. In total, production agriculture and agribusiness contributes nearly $75 billion to Pennsylvania’s economy.

We are cotton growers who are a part of a cooperative that has fiber available to ship anywhere in the world in the quality specifications you need.

Since the construction of our first grain receiving and storage facility at Salisbury, MD in 1960, we have expanded and diversified our operations. Today, we source, purchase, and process agricultural commodities and offer a diverse portfolio of products—including grains, soybean meal, blended feed ingredients, and top-quality oils for the food industry—and services from logistics to information management (including accounting, risk management, and information technology). Whether you are a producer or an end-user, Perdue AgriBusiness stands ready to work with you to meet your supply chain needs. We deliver on our Customer Promise.

Our Vision is to vest equitable economic development for historically underserved farmers and provide agri-education.

We empower farmers to implement soil science, water quality, and quantity through conservation equity, improve environmental and economic performance, and develop solutions to sustainable food production and new partnerships by working with nature.

Our Permaculture & Soil Education Outreach partners and participates in NRCS programs which include growing native grasses to preserve wildlife and conservation, EQIP Initiatives promote better plant life, air, and soil quality; and fewer pesticides in the environment. Landowners, socially disadvantaged and beginning farmers need assistance and access to conservation resources, support training, and agriculture partnerships. You can begin by clicking Take action for financial assistance through NRCS voluntary programs.

At Pete and Gerry's, we are a family farm that has produced high quality eggs for four generations in Monroe, NH, in the heart of the White Mountains. We believe in providing you, our customer, with fresh organic, cage free, omega-3 eggs from hens that are Certified Humane. As our family farm has grown our commitment to you has remained unchanged and we hope that you will enjoy our eggs as much as we do!
Happy chickens lay better eggs™

Petroagro is an agriculture company specializing in the production of specialties and organic products, oil and expeller, meat production and export with more than 30 years experience in the area.

All our operations are by OIA ( Organización Internacional Agropecuaria SA ) certified under the standards of the EU, NOP and JAS . The plants are also certified Kosher ( OU- UK ) . Complete follow UN Manual of Procedures basis and for the implementation of the United Nations System GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and HACCP ( Analysis of Critical Control Points ) in most of our operations.

Pevonia manufactures and distributes professional skincare products made with organic ingredients to spas worldwide.

Grow, pack, process, distribute, and sell fresh organic white and specialty mushrooms including portabellas, criminis, shiitake, maitake, pom-pom, hon-shimeji, enoki, and oyster.

Since 1999, Pilgrim's Market has been the Inland Northwest HOT SPOT for the finest natural and organic foods, education, green events and more. As the health-seeking "green" consumer continues to seek and support local food growers and retailers, Pilgrim's natural grocers is the perfect example of a homegrown, locally owned alternative to massive, foreign-owned national chains like Trader Joe's or Whole Foods. Lacking nothing, Pilgrim's 25,000-square-foot store offers everything from organic produce to gourmet cheese, beer and wine, bulk foods, meat and deli departments, supplements, an innovative wellness center and even a sizeable education and event center. Located just minutes off I-90, Pilgrim's Market is a frequent destination for locals and a must see for the health-conscious traveler.

For over six decades, Pilgrim’s has produced healthy, high-quality food products that go into some of the world’s finest recipes. Working with approximately over 4,000 family farms throughout the U.S. and Mexico, we are dedicated to providing these wholesome, high-quality products at a great value. As the second-largest chicken producer in the world Pilgrim’s has the capacity to process more than 34 million birds per week for a total of more than over 7 billion pounds of live chicken annually.

With corporate headquarters located in Greeley, Colorado, we have operations in 14 U.S. states as well as in Mexico and Puerto Rico. We are committed to the 40,000 plus team members who work with us to provide products to foodservice, retail and frozen entrée customers. The company’s primary distribution is through retailers, foodservice distributors and restaurants as well as through the export of chicken products to customers all over the world. Pilgrim's Pride is a part of the JBS USA family. JBS S.A., the world's largest protein company, owns 78.5% of our outstanding common stock.

Pink N Wild Farms is a Black and female-owned farm that has a dual focus on organic practices of growing traditional vegetable crops, microgreens, and mushrooms as well as Agri-Tourism and Education through exposing stakeholders to boutique livestock such as mini-cows, mini-donks, chickens, and guarding and herding canines.

Founded in 2019, Planet FWD is on a mission to help undo climate change by making it easier to bring climate-friendly food products to the market. The company is building one of the world's first climate-focused snack brands, sourced from regenerative ingredients to reduce carbon emissions in the food system and promote carbon-capturing farming practices. Planet FWD is also creating a regenerative food platform, connecting brands and consumers who are hungry for climate-friendly ingredients to farmers and suppliers who are using regenerative practices.

My business is an organic medicinal plants and herbs nursery and farm. We sell plants, herbs, herbal teas and other products to members of the community.