History

CULTIVATION FROM PAST TO PRESENT

In the beginnings of 20th century, the cultivation of cherry tomato, was very wide-spread among the Santorinian farmers. Imagine that were existed 9 industries which produced tomato paste. Αfter two decades the economy transformed from a farming one to a touristic, with only few farmers left and mainly elderly people.

However, back to 1997, Petros Oikonomou successfully tried to restart the cultivation of cherry tomato in Santorini, and today produce with success the organic local tomato.

“In the year 1997, after many experiments with growing different types of tomato, I began to grow the local variety, in Megalochori. Next thing to do, was to try the traditional way of cultivating the tomato and after packing the product in jars, to leave it up to the consumers to decide about the future of this effort.”, says Petros Oikonomou.

As the products became popular, with many awards, so did the production started growing and the cultivating area became over 40 acres.