Both Komninos and Giannakos were born and raised in Greece. Together, their families operate five farms in the beautiful Lakonian region at the foothills of Mountain Taigetos. The two villages are named Vasilaki (Tarapsa) and Krokees.

Giannakos had the idea to invite local customers from Baltimore to visit and pick olives on the farm. Many customers greatly enjoyed this hands on experience learning about the olive picking process and the product. Some customers even came back to Greece to pick olives again. As business grew, the men began to sell to restaurants and wholesale to specialty shops. Eventually, they started selling at Greek festivals and farmers markets.

In 2009, Giannakos's two sons Omiros and George joined the business and now run sales and operations in the Northern VA / DC area. Today, DEVOO proudly operates a store front and commercial kitchen in Baltimore. They also have an online store, sell to restaurants and specialty shops and depending on the season manage 15 - 20 farmers markets per week throughout MD, VA and DC.

In the last 2 years the family has planted over 2,500 olive trees and has plans to keep growing.  

Thank you to all our loyal customers for supporting our family business.