Farm and Poultry Expo in Boaz, Alabama

Reader Contribution by The Historic Foodie
Published on April 14, 2015
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I realize organizing an event is not easy. I’ve done it, and it is often one situation after another and can be a royal pain, therefore, I hope I can temper my review of this one with kindness. I must also be truthful, and the plain truth is we were sorely disappointed after driving 2 1/2 hours to get to the Farm and Poultry Expo in Boaz, Alabama. This is a reincarnation of the old Chicken and Egg Festival that was held annually in Moulton, Alabama. They decided not to continue with it so the current organizers built on their framework and moved the festival to Boaz.  

We garden and raise chickens, ducks, turkeys, guineas and geese and when I read “farm and poultry expo,” I expected to find birds exhibited and be able to discuss the pros and cons others have encountered in raising them, new products that might better suit our needs than what we can find locally, maybe T-shirts and wearing apparel related to farming and poultry raising, information and products on treating sick or wounded birds, and especially to discuss with others like myself on ways I can reduce the cost of feeding my flock. These guys are eating us out of house and home, and there has to be a more economical approach.

Our first clue something might have gone amiss should have been that there was no street address given anywhere that we found – not online postings, or on signs. Everything said the festival was at the fairgrounds and we figured, “How hard could the fairgrounds be to find?” As it turns out, pretty hard since the festival was not at the fairgrounds, but in the old outlet mall that is basically empty now.

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