Baltimore Convention Center in the US is playing host to BIOFACH AMERICA, an exhibition which will draw the international organic food industry to the country’s east coast.
The event will run from September 13-15 2018, and will take place alongside the Natural Products Expo East. It is expected to attract around 1,400 companies and 28,000 visitors across three days.
This year’s event will feature a strong international focus, with Argentinian and Korean pavilions. Companies from Madagascar, Sri Lanka, France, Italy and Turkey will be exhibiting.
International first-time exhibitors are also being offered half-booths to make it easier for them to participate. This will allow them to take part in the fair inexpensively while ensuring good visibility.
According to the annual statistics from the Organic Trade Association (OTA), the US organic market has broken new records: In 2017 Americans spent almost USD 50 billion on organic food, equivalent to an increase of 6.4% over the previous year.
Markus Reetz, executive director international exhibitions at NürnbergMesse, said: “Despite the good market situation the organic potential in the USA is far from exhausted, as the increasing figures from recent years show. The excellent market figures are also reflected in the positive development of BIOFACH AMERICA.”
The exhibition will also feature a Natural Products Business School on the day before the fair, to help start-ups from the sector to network with one another, share their success stories and learn to create new success stories together.
Also on the day before the fair, the popular Harvest Festival table-top event provides a lively marketplace that celebrates the organic mind-set and brings it to life in a festival atmosphere.
