Our guest speaker for last meeting was Derek Fisher Director of Western Berry Company in Regans Ford, Shire of Gingin. The Western Berry Company operates on the family farm of 185ha plus three adjacent properties. They grow olives with 78ha producing 140,000lt per year and have been progressively replacing olives with blueberries. They have been growing blueberries since 2011 and now have 8ha in tunnels, 7ha under bird netting and 78,000 plants. In 2020 they produced 350 tonnes of blueberries that are sorted and packed on site. Derek generously donated 4 trays of blueberries that President Peter auctioned off that were vigorously contested with the successful bids going to Andrew Bower, Murray McKay, Brett Hamill and Kenn Williams. |