Member Spotlight

About McCain Foods USA McCain Foods USA is a leading supplier of frozen potato and snack food products for the foodservice markets, retail grocery chains and private label brands in restaurants and supermarket freezers across the country. McCain Foods USA Inc., headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, employs 4,000 people and operates production facilities in Idaho, Maine, Nebraska, Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, visit https://www.mccainusafoodservice.com. About McCain Foods  McCain Foods is the world's largest manufacturer of frozen potato products and supplies french fries, potato specialties, appetizers and desserts to retail and foodservice customers around the globe. McCain is the international leader in the frozen food industry, employing over 21,000 people and operating 52 production facilities on six continents. McCain Foods USA Inc., headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, employs 4,000 people and operates production facilities in Idaho, Maine, Nebraska, Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, visit https://www.mccain.com.

Exacto, Inc. has nearly four decades of experience engineering sustainable agronomic solutions and producing private label products for several industry segments including Agriculture, Turf & Ornamental, and Industrial Vegetation Management.  

Miller Chemical & Fertilizer, LLC is a manufacturer of specialty agricultural products including adjuvants, biostimulants, micronutrients, foliar, water soluble fertilizers and crop production aids that help improve crop yields and quality. At Miller we’ve been solving the tough problems for growers globally, for over 80 years. Leading the way with science, experience and education, we develop products specifically engineered to deliver superior results, one crop at a time.  

Pebble Labs, based in Los Alamos, New Mexico, is a biotechnology company focusing on providing solutions to pests and pathogens affecting agriculture and aquaculture as an alternative to the use of chemical pesticides and antibiotics. Our proprietary technology platform (Directed Biotics) uses microbes to deliver targeted RNAi to plants and animals precisely and cost effectively. Pebble Labs is thereby dedicated to creating safe, sustainable solutions for global food security issues.

Faegre Drinker is a top 50 full-service law firm designed for clients, with more than 1,300 attorneys, consultants and professionals in 21 locations in the United States, London and Shanghai. Clients are at the start — and the heart — of everything we do. As advisers to many of the world’s leading food and agribusiness companies since 1912, our team of 150+ food and agribusiness attorneys understands the legal, regulatory and business challenges our clients confront on an everyday basis. We partner with our clients to develop and execute strategies related to the science, economics, markets, government regulation, dispute resolution and public relations aspects of the field-to-plate cycles. When disputes, regulatory changes or product recalls emerge, our regulatory and litigation teams provide peace of mind as clients implement new compliance protocols or tackle high-stakes litigation. And our colleagues at Faegre Drinker Consulting support clients on the regulatory issues and affairs that impact food and agribusiness stakeholders. Our culture is firmly rooted in relentless client focus and mutual trust that empowers collaboration. We listen to understand our clients’ priorities and pressure points. We bring our clients fresh ideas that work. And we deliver excellence — without arrogance. We are committed to our communities and to building a diverse and inclusive firm that reflects those communities and our clients.

BioLiNE^® Corp. is a technology development company that is helping farmers improve the sustainability of food production, by bringing to market crop inputs that consistently demonstrate superior results for growers. We use our proprietary Fulv-IQ™ process to purify and isolate targeted fractions of fulvic acids that have the most crop-beneficial properties. Our products have been lauded by crop-input formulators for their compatibility with other inputs, and ease-of-use. With low usage rate requirements, our versatile solutions drive nutrients to your crops. BioLiNE® is committed to research and contributing to the scientific advancement of sustainability in agriculture.    

Offering consulting services in the field of agricultural biologicals for companies ranging in size from start-ups to large multinationals. Expertise includes business development, opportunity assessment, market analysis, acquisition targets identification, due diligence, technology assessment, R&D platform design and implementation, product optimization, product development, and go-to-market strategies. Extensive experience in organic and conventional specialty and agronomic cropping systems.

AlgaEnergy is a global company with a clear purpose: leading innovative and natural biological-based solutions to the world. Our mission is founded on the principle that bringing these solutions to the market is the foundation of a sustainable future for the planet, contributing to alleviating the three main challenges of society: food security, environmental sustainability, and energy efficiency.

AlgaEnergy’s core technologies are all based on sustainable and renewable properties found in diverse species of single-cell microalgae. By harnessing microalgae technology with other disruptive, innovative, and natural technologies, AlgaEnergy is building a strong international presence to deliver its natural-based solutions and creating sustainable alternatives to cover the whole crop input chain across the globe.

At Nutrient TECH we actively participate in creating a positive future for agriculture. We continually improve the science and technology we build to support the sustainable growth of food and fiber for the world. Our manufacturing facility is located in the heart of California’s Central Valley where 300 commodities are grown. We are able to build and deliver custom formulations at scale for large growers and retailers with 72 hour lead times in most cases. Our full-service lab includes nutrient and particle size analyzers to ensure each batch meets our quality standards. Our chemists and manufacturing teams work closely together to monitor batches, improve processes, and deliver the best products. As part of the De Sangosse Group, we are able to tap into global research and bring innovative and sustainable products to market quickly. Our product development team collaborates with third parties, universities, and international partners to prove product efficacy in a variety of crops under different growing conditions. Our expert sales team is comprised of Agronomists and Plant Nutritionists with CCA, PCA, and QAL licenses. They work with growers and distributors to address the nutritional needs of crops and proactively prevent nutrient deficiencies. Custom nutrition programs are recommended depending on the stage of the growing cycle and the goals of the grower.

Kula Bio is the leader in sustainable nitrogen solutions, helping growers improve crop yield and reduce environmental impacts.  We provide a cost effective biofertilizer that boosts a naturally occurring process to deposit meaningful amounts of plant available nitrogen in the soil.  Kula Bio was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Natick, MA.”

MustGrow is an agriculture biotech company developing organic biopesticides and bioherbicides by harnessing the natural defense mechanism of the mustard plant to protect the global food supply from diseases, insect pests, and weeds. MustGrow is developing mustard-based organic solutions to potentially replace harmful synthetic chemicals. Over 100 independent tests have been completed, validating MustGrow’s safe and effective approach to crop and food protection. Pending regulatory approval, MustGrow’s patented liquid products could be applied through injection, standard drip or spray equipment, improving functionality and performance features. Now a platform technology, MustGrow and its global partners are pursuing applications in several different industries from preplant soil treatment and weed control, to postharvest disease control and food preservation.  For further details, please visit www.mustgrow.ca.

Innatrix has built a biopesticide discovery platform to generate eco-friendly biological products to control untreatable crop pests and pathogens. We anticipate helping farmers to increase yields at least 10% with Return on Investment (ROI)>3. Innatrix core team has collectively over 100 years' experience on ag product development and commercialization. We have received U.S. patents to protect our peptide platform and RNAi technology, and confirmed the efficacy of 2 product leads in the lab and field conditions.