{"id":1139,"date":"2025-10-28T19:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T19:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/?page_id=1139"},"modified":"2026-01-21T13:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T13:32:51","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7f82e4a23b1f9e231d0d480a01d3ebac\">**IMPORTANT**<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a5a7c1aeca5785258c285fff8ed66fb1\"><strong>Due to the impending weather for this weekend, the Virginia Pumpkin Growers Association Annual Meeting has been canceled.  We are looking at future dates within the next month to reschedule.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The <strong>Virginia&nbsp;Pumpkin Growers Association i<\/strong>s a non-profit organization &#8211; 501 (c)(5) &#8211; that seeks to promote &nbsp;pumpkins and fall products grown in Virginia.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We support the agricultural community and seek to provide education and knowledge in the production of pumpkins and fall products.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The <strong>Virginia Pumpkin Growers Association<\/strong> consists of members from different areas of the state of Virginia. The Association holds an annual meeting in late January\/early February for membership and the education of the production of pumpkins\/fall products. &nbsp;A yearly field day is usually held in late summer\/early fall.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&#8220;Pumpkins are continually being a successful <\/strong><strong>crop for Virginia&#8217;s producers and the Virginia Pumpkin Growers Association wants to continually promote the production of pumpkins!&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VPGA-Logo-002.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VPGA-Logo-002-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VPGA-Logo-002-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VPGA-Logo-002-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VPGA-Logo-002-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/VPGA-Logo-002.png 1204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**IMPORTANT** Due to the impending weather for this weekend, the Virginia Pumpkin Growers Association Annual Meeting has been canceled. We are looking at future dates within the next month to reschedule. The Virginia&nbsp;Pumpkin Growers Association is a non-profit organization &#8211; &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/welcome\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1139"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1145,"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1139\/revisions\/1145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinva.org\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}