Founded by Bill Wiedmann and Marty Parisien on April Fool’s Day 2004, Singing Dog Vanilla makes organic vanilla products for home bakers, chefs, and food businesses. The Eugene company works directly with more than 400 vanilla-growing families in Indonesia, Uganda, and Papua New Guinea through its Fair Trade Plus+® program, paying market prices and sharing profits with farmers. Its memorable name comes from the New Guinea Singing Dog, while the company’s distinctive focus is serious vanilla with a direct, farmer-centered supply chain.
KOF-K Kosher Parve
Fair Trade Plus+®
TRIMETA AGRO FOODFounded in 1996 from the merger of Vanille Mad and Madagascar Cloves, Trimeta Agro Food selects, processes and exports Madagascar’s vanilla and spices. With more than 700 employees across sites in Antananarivo, Tamatave and Sambava, the company combines local collection networks with controlled processing and traceability for global markets. Its pink pepper supply is built with an association of 200 growers, while its gourmet vanilla production reaches up to 400 tonnes annually.
Cissé Cocoa CoFounded by Diana Lovett after a career in social-justice work, Cissé Cocoa Co. makes baking mixes, hot cocoa and crunchy brownie-thin snacks from USDA Organic, Fair Trade cocoa sourced through the FUNDOPO cooperative in the Dominican Republic. The company’s distinctive Super Thins began as a kitchen experiment in spreading brownies very thin, while its sourcing model is designed to support small-scale cocoa farmers and help them earn living wages.MAMARONECK, NY
Parker Family Maple Farm LLCSince 1889, Parker Family Maple Farm has been producing 100% pure certified organic New York maple syrup from its farm on the edge of the Adirondack Mountains. Five generations of Parkers have operated the family-owned farm, which also creates maple-based foods and ships its products year-round with a personal family-farm touch.WEST CHAZY, NY
Emkao FoodsBuilt around a family cacao farm in Cameroon, Emkao Foods produces organic cocoa ingredients and chocolate for wholesale and retail customers. The company sources traceable beans from the Kotou family farm and works with smallholder farmers in Cameroon, carrying three generations of family cocoa-farming knowledge into products such as its single-origin chocolate. Emkao is also developing a chocolate factory in Binghamton as it expands its U.S. presence.BINGHAMTON, NY