Growers
Licensed farmers cultivate poppy crops under contract with licensed processing companies.
About PGT
About Poppy Growers Tasmania
Poppy Growers Tasmania Inc is the representative organisation for Tasmania's licensed pharmaceutical poppy growers.
PGT represents approximately 95% of growers across Tasmania.
Our purpose is to ensure growers have an effective voice in the decisions affecting their farms and their industry.
Our purpose
Representing growers
We work with growers and engage with government, regulators, processors, researchers and agricultural organisations on their behalf.
Growing pharmaceutical poppies sits at the intersection of agriculture, pharmaceutical production, international markets and government regulation.
Decisions made across each of these areas can have practical consequences on farm.
PGT provides a coordinated grower perspective so those consequences are understood when industry decisions, regulations and government policies are developed.
We listen to growers, identify shared concerns and opportunities, and represent those interests through industry discussions, government consultation and formal policy processes.
Industry relationships
Our place in the industry
Different organisations have distinct responsibilities within Tasmania's pharmaceutical poppy industry.
Poppy Growers Tasmania
PGT represents growers and advocates on matters affecting their businesses and the industry.
Pharmaceutical processors
Licensed processors contract production from growers and process harvested poppy material for pharmaceutical supply chains.
Government and regulators
The Tasmanian Government and the Poppy Advisory and Control Board administer the regulatory framework governing commercial poppy cultivation and crop security.
PGT works constructively with each part of the industry while remaining the representative organisation for growers.
Governance
Grower-led representation
PGT is governed by growers from across Tasmania's poppy-growing regions.
Committee members volunteer their time to represent local growers, contribute to PGT policy and ensure issues affecting different parts of the state are heard.
The Committee of Management works with the Executive Officer to determine PGT's priorities and represent growers to industry and government.
Interactive directory
Committee of Management
Select a committee member to view their district and contact details.
Tom Edgell
Derwent Valley/Bothwell/Coal River
Pip Webster
Southern Midlands
Stewart McGee
Northern Midlands/Cressy/Fingal
Phillip Partridge
Scottsdale/North East
Jerrod Nichols
Scottsdale/North East
Jason Griffin
Hagley/Elizabeth Town
Colin Chaplin
Sassafras/Devonport East of Mersey River/Moriarty/Sheffield
Phillip Loane
Sassafras/Devonport East of Mersey River/Moriarty/Sheffield
Peter Gladwell
Devonport West of Mersey River/Forth/Penguin/Burnie
Glynn Williams
Devonport West of Mersey River/Forth/Penguin/Burnie
Josh Langmaid
Devonport West of Mersey River/Forth/Penguin/Burnie
Michael Nichols
Circular Head
Funding model
Independent grower representation
PGT is funded through voluntary levies paid by growers.
This grower-funded model supports an organisation focused on representing the interests of Tasmania's pharmaceutical poppy growers.