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Processing and marketing the products of more than a quarter of California s rice-growers, Farmers Rice Cooperative is a grower-owned rice-marketing cooperative. It seeks to maximize its more than 900 members returns, manage their investments and provide customers with high-quality products and services. More than 70 percent of its rice is marketed domestically to clients in the cereal, packaged food and brewing industries, while its exported products are distributed to countries such as Japan, Turkey and Jordan. The cooperative also offers its own branded products in Hawaii, Guam and the Pacific Islands. Farmers Rice Cooperative has headquarters in Sacramento, Calif., as well as rice-milling and manufacturing facilities throughout Northern California.

Founded in 1977, Otis Spunkmeyer specializes in the fresh-baked cookie business. It is a manufacturer and distributor of frozen gourmet cookie dough, ready-baked muffins and other bakery products. The company serves food service facilities and retail outlets throughout the United States, Canada, Central America, South America and Europe. Otis Spunkmeyer provides a range of bread, cookies, bagels, pastries, muffins, brownies and coffee cakes. Its Profit Builders program includes point-of-sale materials and merchandising tips and tools. The company operates manufacturing facilities in California, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas. Otis Spunkmeyer maintains more than 50 sales centers. It serves schools, colleges, universities, restaurants, and the healthcare, business dining, lodging markets. The company offers direct store delivery services.

Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., Cargill is an international provider of food and agricultural and risk management products and services. With more than 157,000 employees, the compnay operates in over 65 countries. Established in 1865, it provides a range of consulting services, such as feed mill management and formulation and operational auditing. Cargill is a privately owned company that offers various food ingredients, such as chocolates, sweeteners, flavors, flours, juices, salt and meat. Cargill also provides a range of pharmaceutical products, including starch, mannitol, sorbitol and maltitol. Additionally, it offers emulsifiers, texturizers, moisturizing, film forming agents and suspension aids. The company also provides various financial solutions, as well as acids, esters, lubricants, inks and coatings.