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Founded in 1743, the community was so named on account of a flouring mill near the original town site. [3] In 1940, the Pennsylvania guide, compiled by the Writers' Program of the Works Progress Administration, noted that regional farmers had previously come to the area to buy supplies and "have their wheat ground by the millers along the Wissahickon.
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The J.M. Smucker Company was founded in 1897 by Jerome Monroe Smucker.Smucker was born on December 5, 1858, in Orrville, Ohio, and much of his life was spent as a farmer in Orrville.
General Mills, Inc. is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of branded processed consumer foods sold through retail stores. Founded on the banks of the Mississippi River at Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, the company originally gained fame for being a large flour miller.
Bob's Red Mill is an American brand of whole-grain food marketed by employee-owned [5] American [6] company Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods of Milwaukie, Oregon.The company was established in 1978 by Bob and Charlee Moore, early adopters of and the whole grains movement, when other suppliers were making more money by making faster, cheaper products.
Rock flour, artificial or natural, is a source of plant micronutrients (minerals trace elements) widely used in organic farming practices as a soil conditioner. Synonyms in this case include rock dust , rock powders , rock minerals , and mineral fines .
Gruma, S.A.B. de C.V., known as Gruma, is a Mexican multinational corn flour (masa) and tortilla manufacturing company headquartered in San Pedro, near Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. It is the largest corn flour and tortilla manufacturer in the world. [1] Its brand names include Mission Foods (Misión in Mexico), Maseca, and Guerrero.
Franklin Baker (1846–1923) [2] was a flour miller in Philadelphia and started the business's desiccated coconut business in 1894 after he received a cargo of fresh coconuts from Cuba in payment for a consignment of flour he exported. Baker searched for a buyer for the coconuts, and became convinced there was an untapped market for coconut.