Where Food Comes From (NASDAQ: WFCF) is a closely held public company based in Castle Rock, CO, and a leading provider of independent third-party verification services for food producers, processors, distributors and retailers throughout the United States. Silvergrove was engaged to represent the company in a search for acquisition opportunities to extend the company’s verification capabilities across all food groups and supply chain participants. The process resulted in the successful acquisition of a controlling interest in the auditing business of Validus Ventures, based in Urbandale, Iowa. Validus is a leader in independent certification of socially responsible production practices covering pork, poultry and dairy products, providing audits and assessments to producers in order to verify responsible animal welfare, environmental, on-farm security, and worker care production practices. Previously, Silvergrove represented WFCF in the successful acquisition of International Certification Services, Inc. (“ICS”), based in Medina, North Dakota, a leading provider of organic certification services to the world’s producers and processors of crops, livestock, dairy products, produce and packaged foods. These two highly strategic acquisitions created significant value for WFCF shareholders, contributing to a more than threefold increase in the company’s market capitalization over two years, and positioning the company as the leading platform in the emerging market for independent third-party verification services for the food and agriculture industries.