Bob and Cathy Goldstein are the proud owners of Hodgson Mill—and both of them came by milling naturally. Bob was raised on a local farm in Effingham, Illinois where the company headquarters and production facilities are located, and his wife Cathy’s family has been milling grains for five generations.
Cathy attended the University of Illinois to study Agricultural Economics, but put her professional career on hold after the couple was married and began a family. Today Cathy and Bob are the proud parents of six children, and the family is an active member of the local community that Hodgson Mill is a central part of and a major local employer.
Bob’s journey into the world of grain milling led him to become deeply engaged in the nuts and bolts of Hodgson Mill’s manufacturing and milling operations. His hands-on expertise and insights have been honed by his trips to Switzerland and England to learn from millers with hundreds of years of tradition and experience behind them, and has also journeyed through Italy learning pasta manufacturing in the country where pasta was perfected. “I’m a gatherer of information,” he says, “but I also gather great people for our team who have specific expertise in many different areas of milling and manufacturing.”  Over the years Hodgson Mill has grown from a local business into a national leader in whole wheat products with over 90 employees, but the Goldstein family is still 100 percent committed to maintaining the close-knit, family business values that made the company a success.
Bob and Cathy hope you enjoy all the healthy, tasty whole grain foods that Hodgson Mill offers ~ made with care by the Hodgson Mill family for yours.