Pete Pappas & Sons Inc., a family owned and operated business, grows, ships, packs and distributes produce today under the se ... asoned hands of Peter G Pappas, his sons Gus and Aris, and his cousin Paul Pappas. Gus and Aris make the 4th generation running the Pappas family business, which started in 1942. Pete Pappas & Sons has also expanded into farming in Tennessee, with their farm called Smoky Mountain Family Farms. Pete Pappas & Sons is run from a state of the art and fully refrigerated Jessup, MD warehouse spanning a whopping 120,000sf. The company was founded around tomatoes in the 1940s and it has grown to now specialize in many types of premium produce including tomatoes, berries, onions, peppers, melons, local and seasonal produce and even organics. Both the Jessup facility, and farm location in Tennessee are organic and GFSI certified. read more