Ocean Spray is a farmer-owned agricultural cooperative that makes cranberry-based foods and beverages, including cranberry juice drinks and dried cranberries. Founded in 1930 by three cranberry growers, it has grown to around 700 family farmers and describes itself as a leading producer of cranberries.
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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
Welch Foods, Inc. (Welch's)Owned since 1952 by the farmer members of the National Grape Co-operative, Welch Foods, Inc. is rooted in more than 600 American farming families. Based in Concord, Massachusetts—the birthplace of the Concord grape—the company began making its signature shelf-stable juice in 1869 and now brings grape-based food products to consumers and food manufacturers worldwide.NORTH EAST, PA
Sunsweet Growers IncSunsweet Growers Inc. is a grower-owned cooperative founded in 1917 that produces and sells dried fruit, especially California prunes, and prune juice. Representing nearly 150 grower members, the company says it produces 50,000 tons of Sunsweet Prunes annually and supplies more than 20% of the world’s prunes. Its history includes introducing prune juice in 1932 and opening its international headquarters in Yuba City in 1975.FLEETWOOD, PA
New England Fancy Food Co., IncNew England Fancy Food Co., Inc. is a farm and frozen-foods company that produces maple sap beverages and maple eye drops from its own trees. It also offers locally sourced specialty foods and beverages, working with family-owned farms and food co-ops.PLEASANT VALLEY, NY