Maurice Almay

First the positive and one criticism at the end of this review. I like going to this event, there is lots to see and learn about agriculture and new technologies, its a large event so be prepared to walk a lot, grab a bag from one of the many exhibitors so you can collect material and info about stuff you want to learn more later. I like the fact that you can meet people from all over the world if you stay open and you will hear many different languages and accents which is great culturally. There are exhibitors from all over as well so you can learn about how people manage Ag in other parts of the world. Bring hand sanitizer and if you worry too much about getting sick bring a mask as well, its a lot of people. The food is not very diverse, its mostly variations of bread and meat, and meat, and meat, have I mentioned meat? But it is tasty and it helps local organizations, schools, etc. this year I had a hot dog which was really good, since I could not find chicken sandwiches, but if you like meat you won’t be disappointed. The parking seems to be well organized, but if you are an exhibitor, the organizers seem to have this absurd idea of putting a chain at the gates and leaving just a small gap where is really hard (I mean really hard) to go through with materials and carts, some people have to unload everything from carts pass it through then load all back outside of the gate, it’s terrible, and disrespectful to all the exhibitors who pay quite a bit of money to be there, but remember, its the organizers’ fault every year, not the nice volunteers who are placed at the gate to work there (for free I believe), so please be nice to them.