Apostolos Paralikas Master of Science in Horticulture John Stavros Longtime leader in high-end restaurant and hospitality management. Peter Malo Distributor of high-quality produce items Michael Besso Senior sales and marketing executive with an extensive background in the imported specialty food category; especially the olive oil segment. John Stavros, Apostolos Paralikas, Peter Malo and Michael Besso recognized that Americans had long been deprived of high quality Greek olive products. They also realized that olive oil consumption in the U.S. had tripled in the last decade as consumers became aware of its ability to replace traditional cooking oils and positively impact their health, and that this trend would continue. The four partners saw this as an opportunity to bring the finest Greek gourmet products into the U.S. specialty food market. Together they created Greek Farms International, LLC to enable them to source and import these high quality Greek olive products and they developed the Terra Medi brand name in order to effectively market these 100% all natural products to the US consumer.