YOUR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
Getting to know
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BY K AREN RAYBOULD OPERATIONS MANAGER, VEGETABLESWA
id you know that vegetablesWA has been representing growers for over 70 years? As the peak body for the vegetable industry across the state, our team work regionally across WA to provide growers with access to Research and Development, education, training, workshops and support, aimed at increased profitability and business sustainability across the industry. The West Australian Vegetable Growers Association, known to all in the industry as vegetablesWA, has been successfully representing vegetable growers in WA since 1952 as a peak body for the industry.
Have vegetablesWA been around long?
This archive of recorded minutes of past Annual General Meetings and Committee Meetings over the last 73 years shines a light into our industry that has seen so many changes over the years — and yet some things still are the same — as this entry from the minutes of 6 June 1952 meeting demonstrates:
“Discussions for the front page of the WA Grower requiring further negotiations”. We still have the very same discussion every edition. In short, vegetablesWA has been working on behalf of its members for over 73 years. Depending on which side of 73 you sit, I will leave it to you to decide if that is a long time!
f WE found this photo held in our records dated 1952, showing WAVGA members and friends attending a sendoff for a Mr Jack Harris, who left for England on 8 May 1952.
How does vegetablesWA operate? The commitment of growers to support the association over the years has been consistent with a number of you, both past and present volunteering to serve as members on the Committee of Management (CoM). Members are representative of the regions in WA who, through quarterly meetings or directly with the CEO or project leads, raise regional issues that enable us to advocate, promote, provide training to or educational services for our members.
Representing vegetable growers in WA for 73 years.
In 1948 the Vegetable Growers Association (VGA) was formed with J Packer serving as the first recorded president (1949–50). The earliest recorded minutes we have on file are for the WA Vegetable Growers Association (WAVGA) committee meeting dating 6 June 1952 for a meeting held on 4 April 1952.
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