MEET OUR GROWERS

Dei Fratelli works with over 30 family growers that are located near one of our three packing facilities. This close proximity to our growers ensures our tomatoes are at their freshest when they arrive to be preserved.

100 YEARS AND GROWING

From March to October Dei Fratelli growers are busy from monitoring their greenhouses to harvesting fresh Dei Fratelli tomatoes.  See each step our dedicated growers and employees take to ensure your family gets delicious, locally-grown tomatoes all year long!  

HIRZEL FARMS

Truckload of Fresh Tomatoes harvested from Hirzel Farms waiting to be Processed into your Favorite Dei Fratelli Tomato Products

Growing tomatoes and cabbage on Hirzel farmland in 1922 where our headquarters stands today is where our story begins, but not where it ends.  Hirzel’s farming operation was the first step in the process that led to preserving and canning those tomatoes within the walls of our company both then and now.  Hirzel Farms serves as the primary research entity for planting methods and plant nutrition in addition to pursuing automation in both cultivation techniques and harvesting systems.

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FEATURED DEI FRATELLI GROWERS

SCHULTE FAMILY

Family.  Quality.  Hard working.  Meet the Schulte family farming operation in the rich farmland in Northwest Ohio.  Since 1966, Schulte Produce Farms has been working to produce the freshest, vine-ripened tomatoes for the Hirzel family and Dei Fratelli.  “We like working with the Hirzel family because you feel as though you are a part of the family and they have a true concern for their growers.  You’re not just a number… you’re part of their success and they are part of ours,” shared Mike Schulte. 

Image of Schulte wagons empty and ready to be filled with Dei Fratelli tomatoes.
Image of Rothart Farm wagons full of Dei Fratelli tomatoes leaving the field

ROTHERT FAMILY

Just ten minutes down the road from one of our plants, you will find Rothert Farms, Inc.  The Rotherts are a fourth-generation farming family that shares the commitment to Dei Fratelli’s freshness and quality.  When the warm summer sun has fully ripened the Rotherts’ tomato fields, the tomatoes need not endure a lengthy, bruising ride because of the close proximity to our facility.  It’s attention to details at every step along the Field to Package journey that makes Dei Fratelli products taste like you picked them straight from your own backyard.