Since 1928, The Beckman & Gast Co. has been a family-owned and operated canner in rural west-central Ohio, producing GFSI-certified vegetables and tomato products from fresh vegetables. The Gast family has owned the business from its inception, and its fourth-generation management team continues the company’s emphasis on consistent quality and customer service.
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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
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
Pero Family Farms Food Company, LLCFounded by Sicilian immigrant Peter Pero in 1908, Pero Family Farms grows and prepares fresh vegetables for grocery shelves across the country. Still family-owned and operated as the fifth generation enters the business, the Delray Beach company farms more than 35,000 acres from Florida to New York and is especially known for its snipped green beans and mini sweet peppers. Its integrated operation includes organic farming, fresh-cut processing and a fleet of more than 60 trucks, helping deliver vegetables year-round.BRANT, NY
Kaiser Pickles, LLCFounded in Cincinnati in 1920 as a market food stand, family-owned Kaiser Pickles has grown into a vertically integrated pickle company producing pickles, peppers and relishes for food-service and industrial customers. Its third generation operates facilities supplied in part through Kaiser Pickle Farms in Michigan, while annual production exceeds 90 million pounds and employs approximately 150 people. Kaiser Pickles holds SQF certifications for both food safety and food quality at all its manufacturing facilities and ships across the United States and internationally.CINCINNATI, OH