Redwood Group expands processing and procurement capabilities to facilitate food business

Redwood Specialty is a leading ingredient supplier of chickpeas, peas, lentils, and other products in the ‘Better for You’ food and premium pet food markets

The Redwood Group, LLC (Redwood) announced it has entered into an agreement to operate and acquire a pulse processing, storage, and transloading facility in Stanford, Montana to help facilitate the rapid growth of its Specialty Products Division (Redwood Specialty).

Redwood Specialty is a leading ingredient supplier of chickpeas, peas, lentils, and other products in the ‘Better for You’ food and premium pet food markets. The Stanford facility will augment Redwood’s flagship pulse processing facility in Chester, Montana and will greatly expand its grower base to meet the increasing demand of its customers, as well as provide the Montana farmers with additional growing options and access to end-use markets. Both Montana facilities are operated by Stricks Ag, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Redwood.

“We are thrilled to add Stanford to the Stricks Ag family of processing plants,” said Mike Kincaid, Redwood president. “The increased capacity allows us to continue meeting our customers’ ever-growing ingredient needs. Additionally, we look forward to partnering with local farmers to help them confidently diversify their growing programs and consistently incorporate these very important pulse crops into their rotation. We provide access to markets that will ensure those sustainable practices benefit the farmer’s bottom line as well as the land.”

This facility is instrumental in Redwood’s regenerative farming initiatives it is currently developing with some of its end-use food customers.

“Soil health initiatives continue to be a focal point of what end-use customers and CPG brands are requesting,” said Mark Obrist, Redwood Specialty’s Managing Director. “The Stanford facility provides Redwood with the ability to segregate product, process high quality, Montana-grown raw materials, and identity-preserve the finished goods with full traceability to our growers’ farms and fields through Redwood’s regenerative ag program and food safety protocols. This is a major area of focus for Redwood and its growing partners going forward.”

The Redwood Group, LLC is an employee-owned diversified supply chain and ingredient company based in Mission, KS. For over a decade, Redwood has offered customised supply chain solutions for food and feed markets around the world. Its Specialty Division, Redwood Specialty, has a deep expertise and leadership position in pulse crop distribution and has earned the trust of many of the largest food and pet food companies in North America by offering innovative supply solutions and providing world-class service, quality assurance, logistics support and R&D capabilities.

Redwood Specialty is a leading ingredient supplier