The small micro-dairy already moved to a farm in the Shenandoah Valley near Harrisonburg, Va., and partnered with a Mennonite farmer, who will milk and care for Old Church Creamery’s Jersey herd.

BRC Global Standards' written standards underpin the achievement of consistent quality, safety and operational standards throughout the supply chain.

Cargill and Japfa will also work together to produce a new range of value-added consumer food products.

The co-operative has been a long-standing supplier of fresh local produce in the Niagara region.

It features a dome to capture biogas from food byproducts, and then the collected biogas will then be harnessed to generate electricity.

Clougherty Packing LLC is a leading integrated producer and processor of a full line of branded pork products, including the Farmer John brand of bacon and sausages brand and the Saag's Specialty Meats brand of deli meat and specialty sausage.

The market is driven by factors such as increasing consumption of packaged foods, growing ready-to-cook meat production, government assistance toward developing food technologies and widening applicability of HPP equipment.