When a bunch of young farmers banded together to launch Agfest back in 1983, they were not thinking about creating one of the biggest agricultural events in the country — they were thinking about survival.
The pandemic forced organisers to jump into the digital age, with 'Agfest In the Cloud' seeing exhibitors offer their wares and 'Agfest deals' on an ecommerce platform over the course of a week.And while urbanisation and declining volunteering rates have been a death sentence for many agricultural shows, Mr Evans is confident of a bright future.
"The mateship, the friends, it's just everything. That's what holds it together and Tasmanians love it.Trailblazers find their feet at Agfest Hagley farmer Ruth Paterson rocked the boat when she became not only the first woman to chair AgFest, but "the first woman to chair any agricultural field day in the country".
"They weren't used to having women in those sorts of positions and they didn't know what to call me," she said.Ms Paterson said "quite a lot of pressure" fell on her shoulders and she risked being "pretty well judged" if the event fell flat.
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