Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - producer

 noun  Date: 1513  1. one that produces; especially one that grows agricultural products or manufactures crude materials into articles of use  2. a person who supervises or finances a work (as a staged or recorded performance) for exhibition or dissemination to the public  3. an autotrophic organism (as a green plant) viewed as a source of biomass that can be consumed by other organisms — compare consumer