Founded 1844, McConnellsville, N.Y.

"I honestly feel that our best opportunity is to continue producing domestically. We have to be able to differentiate the brand, and if we abandon our core strengths, then we have nothing left to offer. In addition to being stubborn, I am intensely competitive -- in the business, as a father, as an athlete -- and perhaps my commitment is based more on a determination to win. We are going to survive, and we are going to win. We will never be the biggest, but we will be the best, and we will be one of the few domestic producers who survive."

-- Greg Harden, 51, CEO, fifth generation