Building Partnerships
The growing demand for organic products is beginning to outstrip the supply of many commodities grown by North American farmers. The organic agriculture sector is faced with a growing challenge to increase production capacity for the raw commodities and feed stocks that go into the finished products. Maintaining stability in supply channels is the major challenge for any organic food processor or brand manager.
Ceres has built a successful model for conducting business that meets this challenge. Ceres has created reliable supply programs for its customers by working with organic producers, transportation companies, and food manufacturers to:
- Contract crop production annually with growers over a wide growing region to limit the risks related to weather
- Create efficiencies in transportation and logistics for raw and finished products to control costs
- Manage the processing and inventory of the organic ingredients to meet the specifications and quantities of the end user
- Access off-shore resources for organic commodities and ingredients as a backup source of supply.
The foundation of our company’s success is built upon personal relationships. Ceres creates a reliable production process that meets the needs of the market by enrolling the growers, manufacturers, and customers as stakeholders in the process of building organic supply-chains. We refer to these kinds of arrangements as supply-chain partnerships.
