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Our Structure
We represent processing vegetable growers in three districts across Ontario and are governed by a board of eight elected provincial directors and one appointed chair.
OPVG grower members are organized into three districts based on farm location.
- District 1 covers the Counties of Essex & Kent (green).
- District 2 covers the Counties of Huron, Perth, Bruce, Lambton, Oxford, Middlesex, Hasting, Northumberland, Prince Edward and Regional Municipality of Durham (Blue).
- District 3 covers the Counties of Brant, Elgin, and Regional Municipalities of Haldimand, Norfolk and Niagara (Red).
Grower members elect provincial directors to the local board from each district.
OPVG growers commit a portion of their annual gross returns, generating approximately $1 million annually for the primary purpose of sourcing market data and industry information.
Our Customers
Our customers are all those who benefit from the vegetables we grow. Our primary customers are processors and green shippers that buy the vegetables we grow for processing. Processors sell their products to the grocery and food service trade. And the final consumer of Ontario’s processing vegetables are the consumers – who can enjoy fresh from the field vegetables all year long that are canned, frozen or pickled.
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Our Mission
To supply our customers with safe, high quality vegetables for processing, according to their requirements and on competitive terms and conditions, that have been profitably grown using sustainable production practices.
Our Vision
Catalyst for sustained growth and innovation in processing vegetables.
Our Values
Leadership – We will serve as one unified voice for Ontario’s processing vegetable growers
Collaboration – We will identify common goals with our value chain partners and work together to achieve them
Integrity – We will do business honestly, consistently and with accountability
Excellence – We will work to continuously improve production outcomes for processing vegetables
Innovation – We will seek to find and adopt better ways of achieving positive outcomes
Profitability – We seek to provide fair returns on investment relative to labour, capital and risk to our growers through negotiating competitive prices, terms and conditions with our value chain partners
Our Statement of Care
Our customers – We seek to grow and prosper with our customers as partners with aligned goals
Our growers – We will work for the best interests of our growers at all times to enable their farms to prosper from the production and marketing of vegetables for processing
Our consumers – We are committed to providing safe, high quality, locally grown, nutritious vegetables that can be accessed and enjoyed throughout the year
Our people – We will treat our staff with dignity and encourage their professional development
Our value chain relationships – We will work to support our sector through collaboration in research, crop production and harvesting practices, information sharing, sector strategy development and through negotiation of fair and competitive terms of sale
Our environment – We care about our water, soil and air resources and will work to use them as responsible stewards so that they are sustained for future generations