Save the Date for POGA AGM 2024!
Wednesday, December 4 at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, AB. Book you room early by phoning 1-833-762-6866 or via the online booking link: https://book.passkey.com/go/POGA2024 Be sure to mention POGA AGM to secure the negotiated rate of $199 (plus fees) per night (the room block closes Nov. 13/24). POGA has sold out of their hotel room block at the Banff Springs every year the AGM has been held there, so book early so you don’t miss out! The agenda will be available in early summer, so check https://poga.ca/ Events page and upcoming issues of The Oat Scoop.
The POGA 2023 AGM was held at the Delta Hotel (350 St Mary Avenue) in Winnipeg, MB on December 6, 2023.
There, Matt Booth began the day with “Attitude is Everything”, and many other interesting speakers followed, including Sijo Joseph who discussed “New Health Claims for Oats: Looking Beyond Beta Glucan” and Damian Mason spoke on “Agriculture: Because Starvation Sucks! We Are Already Sustainable, How Do We Define That?“.
Also, after the AGM, Damian Mason interviewed John Bergen, director-at-large for MOGA and POGA, and Riley Anderson, Manitoba oat grower after the POGA AGM in December 2023. The interview, packed with ‘oat talk’, is posted to his YouTube channel. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/kOE0ygdqND0?si=2eIq1V0Knkx1stNd
Links to other presentations made at the 2023 POGA AGM:
Brianne McInnes, NARF (Agronomics; Side-banding vs Midrow banding)
Randy Strychar (Oat Market Outlook)