Founded in 2021 by agricultural entrepreneur Melissa Baideme, CK Natural Fruit Juice is a woman-owned, family-run manufacturer rooted in Western New York’s Lake Erie Grape Belt. The company works with more than 70 local family farms to turn regional fruit into natural juice concentrates for food and beverage businesses, with Concord grape concentrate among its best-known products.
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2025 US SBA Small Business Person of the Year, NYS
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Growers Cooperative Grape Juice, IncSince 1929, Growers Cooperative Grape Juice has turned Concord grapes and other regional fruit into bulk juices, concentrates, and purees for commercial food and beverage makers. Farmer-owned by more than 70 growers in New York’s Lake Erie Grape Belt, the cooperative processes fruit from its Westfield facility and also provides toll processing for customer-owned harvests. Its SQF-certified operation has grown from a seasonal grape plant into a year-round supplier serving domestic and international markets.WESTFIELD, NY
Bet the Farm WineryFounded in 2006 by Nancy Tisch, Bet the Farm Winery is a woman-owned Finger Lakes winery producing fruit-forward, food-friendly wines from its Trumansburg vineyard and carefully selected regional fruit. Nancy and Kit Kalfs planted the Jacob Thomas Vineyard in 2018, later harvesting their first estate reds in 2020, and today welcome visitors to a deliberately quiet tasting room overlooking the Cayuga Lake valley. The vineyard is certified sustainable through New York Sustainable Winegrowing, and the winery has built a community-supported model around its wine club.AURORA, NY
ríjuiceBorn in Lancaster County around 2014, ríjuice makes handcrafted, 100% natural juices from locally sourced fruits and vegetables. The company grew from a first commercial kitchen in the basement of an Irish-owned bar on Lancaster’s King Street into a standalone juicing operation governed by a HACCP plan and SQF Code Edition 9 certification.LANCASTER, PA
The Winery at Marjim ManorSince 2003, Margo Sue Bittner’s woman-owned Winery at Marjim Manor has made fruit wines in Western New York’s fruit belt, using produce from the family’s Bittner-Singer Orchards. The winery occupies an 1800s, 9,500-square-foot mansion with a restored enclosed porch and a reputation for resident ghosts, pairing tastings with the history of Appleton Hall. Its wines have earned repeated medals, including a 2014 New York State Fair Best Fruit Wine award for Katapalooza.APPLETON, NY