Built on the Pallman family’s Northeastern Pennsylvania farming heritage, Summit Harvest, Inc. grows, repacks and distributes fresh tomatoes while connecting regional growers with East Coast buyers. The company traces its farming roots to 1920, has more than 80 years of produce experience, and is now guided by the fourth generation of the family. Its Family Farmers Direct program extends that farm connection to locally grown produce from family farms, while its operations hold PrimusLabs GMP and USDA GAP/GHP certifications.
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Pete Pappas & Sons IncSince 1942, fourth-generation family business Pete Pappas & Sons has grown from a tomato repacking operation into a vertically integrated grower, packer, shipper and distributor of fresh produce. Its Smoky Mountain Family Farms operation adds field-grown Tennessee tomatoes to a business rooted in the Washington-Baltimore produce trade, while its Jessup facility serves grocery and foodservice customers throughout the Eastern Seaboard. The company pairs that multigenerational produce heritage with USDA Organic certification, a 100% GFSI rating and documented waste-reduction work.JESSUP, MD
Summer Wind Farms, LLCNow in its fourth generation, Summer Wind Farms is a 100-plus-acre South Jersey family farm growing USDA-certified organic produce, garden plants and its much-noted Jersey tomatoes. Owned by Frank A. Ferrucci, whose family has farmed in Franklin Township for 109 years, the farm supplies CSA members, wholesale customers and a retail market in Medford. Its tomatoes are grown in protected high tunnels, a practice that helps extend the season while producing firmer fruit with a longer shelf life.LEBANON, OH
Dei FratelliFounded in 1923 by brewmaster-turned-farmer Carl R. Hirzel, Dei Fratelli makes tomato products and sauerkraut from its Northwest Ohio farming and canning operation. The family-owned company remains in Hirzel hands across the third, fourth, and fifth generations, working with more than 30 family growers in Northwest Ohio and Southwest Michigan. Its vine-ripened tomatoes are packed within hours of harvest, preserving a distinctly local seed-to-table character.NORTHWOOD, OH
Keystone FarmersRooted in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Keystone Farmers produces frozen fruits, vegetables and specialty foods for retailers, distributors and food-service operators. The family-owned brand is part of Turn 4 Foods, established in 2013 by a management team with more than 60 years of experience, and operates a local facility with 80 million pounds of storage capacity. Its SQF- and OU Kosher-certified operation serves more than 4,000 stores through 46 distribution centers across the continental United States.ELIZABETHTOWN, PA