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1930-1988, predominant 1935-1969 (Creation)
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- Interior Vegetable Marketing Agency Cooperative
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3.25 m of textual records
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The Interior Vegetable Marketing Agency Cooperative has been operating since May 1935, and has been marketing fresh BC grown vegetables for more than 60 years. Originally incorporated as the Interior Vegetable Marketing Board and Agency, the organization was established to "act as brokers in the buying and selling of vegetables...and to carry on the business of importer, buyer, seller, handler and trader of fruits, vegetables, farm, garden and dairy produce." As laid out in the BC Marketing Scheme & Act of 1934, a local Board was elected, and all growers were required to register with the Board. Once registered with the board, growers and producers could then sell their crops to the general market, through the Marketing Agency. The purpose of the Marketing Agency was to offer the freshest, best quality produce to buyers, and to maximize grower returns. From 1935-1940, the offices of the Board and Agency were located in Armstrong. In 1941, they were re-located to Kelowna, where they remained until 1970, when the offices were centralized in Vernon. Today, the Interior Vegetable Marketing Agency Cooperative continues its work from the Vernon office, growing and marketing local produce and other specialty vegetable crops. They also produce long English cucumbers, tomatoes and coloured sweet bell peppers from their local hothouses.
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Fonds consists of the records of the Interior Vegetable Marketing Agency Cooperative from 1930-1988. Includes minutes, correspondence, general administrative records, legal documents, reports, employee records, publications, reports, financial records and ephemera. The records document the establishment of the Interior Marketing Board and its Agency, their day to day business, their interaction with the local and provincial vegetable industry, and their influence on the vegetable industry in BC. Also included are some records from one of their subsiduary producers, the Dry Belt Growers Ltd.
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BCAUL control number: VERN-167
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- Dry Belt Growers Ltd. (Subject)