Pipeline Foods buys ancient grains and specialty products business

Morgan Smith, New Products Editor
Nov 5th, 2019
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Pipeline Foods LLC has reached an agreement to acquire Organic Ventures’ ancient grains and specialty products business. According to the agreement, Pipeline will originate all grain and ingredients for the business and its subsidiary Great River Organic Milling, which will retain all Organic Ventures retail-marketed and wheat flour products. Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, Pipeline Foods has set the goal of accelerating the availability and reliability of non-GMO, organic and regeneratively grown food.


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