Organic Industry Event

Quality Assurance International's (QAI) 30th Anniversary Customer Summit will be taking place on October 3rd. The theme for the event is “30 years with our roots in the soil, planting the seeds for the future”. 

Organic Trade Association's CEO/Executive Director, Laura Batcha, will be speaking on the following panel discussion from 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. See more info on the full Summit agenda here! 

The Future State of the Organic Industry: Where are we headed & how can we grow our success?

Panelists: Laura Batcha, CEO/Executive Director of the Organic Trade Association; Ryan Nicholl, chief creative officer at Inked Organics Bread Co.; Tina Owens, senior director of agricultural funding & communication at Danone North America; William Van Vorous, COO of Heather's Tummy Care.

Summit Information:

October 3, 2019 | 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

The Pannikin Building

San Diego, CA

For more information contact Adrienne Messe. 

U.S. Agricultural Export Development Council (USAEDC) 39th annual Attache Conference will be taking place in Arlington, VA, July 10-11, 2019. Attache Consultations will take place on Wednesday, July 10th, and the Attache Seminar will take place on Thursday, July 11th. Click here to review the draft agenda!

Organic Trade Association's International Trade Manager, Alexis Carey, will be attending the Conference to meet with Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) attaches and attend the Seminar sessions. Contact Alexis Carey if you'd like to connect at the Conference! 

Conference Information:

Westin Arlington Gateway

July 10-11, 2019

Arlington, VA

The Summer Fancy Food Show, taking place in New York City June 23-25, 2019, is the largest specialty food industry event in North America, and the premier showcase for industry innovation.

Organic Trade Association's Director of Industry Relations, Membership and Development, Cassandra Christine, as well as Organic Trade Association's Director of Education & Insights, Angela Jagiello, will be attendign the show to meet with exhibitors. If you're intersted in connecting with us at the show, contact Cassandra Christine. 

Trade Show Information:

June 23-25, 2019

Javits Center

New York, New York 

The NoCo Hemp Expo 6 will be taking place March 28-30, 2019 in Denver, CO. 

Starting with the inaugural NoCo Hemp Expo and going through NoCo5, this Expo has been contemplating the past, cultivating the present and creating the FUTURE of hemp. At NoCo6 and throughout 2019, the landscape for domestic hemp farming, processing, manufacturing, marketing and sales in the USA are going to change dramatically. Join the largest gathering of hemp industry professionals under one roof to evolve and transition from a nascent industry with potential to a professional industry capable of exponential growth and unparalleled positive impact.

Gwendolyn Wyard, Organic Trade Association's VP of Regulatory & Technical Affairs, will be speaking on the Let's Talk Hemp Panel titled "Natural Hemp Products - A Natural Fit". The Panel will be taking place on the Main Stage from 11:45am - 12:20pm on Friday, March 29th. Annie Rouse will moderate the session; the other panelists include Frank Lampe, John Roulac, and Steven Hoffman. For more information, contact Gwendolyn Wyard. 

Expo Information:

March 28-30. 2019

Crowne Plaza Denver Convention Center 

Denver, CO

Seoul Food & Hotel 2019 will return to Kintex, Seoul and already looks set to expand on its record breaking year in 2018. Seoul Food & Hotel, taking place May 21-24, provides participating companies with an opportunity to meet with key importers, distributors and industry buyers from retail, catering and hospitality trade across the of Korea. As a nation of ever-evolving tastes and with a variety of developing food trends, Korea is one of Asia's most important nations for launching new and innovative products.

Organic Trade Association will host a pavilion of 8 US organic companies at the trade show. The cost is $600 for new exhibitors to SFH, and $1,000 for return participants. Sign-ups will be taken on a first come, first serve basis with priority given to new exhibitors. Organic Trade Association shared booth space is already at full capacity for this year, but contact Alexis Carey for more information on how to get involved! 

Registration includes: Tabletop in OTA booth, 1 round trip economy transportation to and from Seoul, booked through OTA’s travel agent (excluding airport transfers), Hotel stay for 1 for the duration of the activity, Fascia and counter graphics, 1 Group dinner, and buyer dinner support.

Tradeshow Information: 

Seoul Food & Hotel 2019

May 21-24, 2019

Seoul, Korea

SIAL Canada is now the only event of its scale in Canada, with more than 850 national and international exhibitors from 50 countries hosting over 15,000 buyers from Canada, the U.S., and 60 other countries. SIAL Canada is the only national trade show that offers a complete range of food products under one roof to meet your customers’ expectations. Whether you work in the retail, catering or food processing industry, or you’re simply looking for new and innovative products or regional specialties from around the world, you’ll find exactly what you need.

The Organic Trade Association will exhibit at SIAL Canada for the first time this spring! The show will take place in Toronto from April 30th – May 2nd. The registration fee is $600 and includes one single hotel room for the duration of the activity, a table top counter display in the Organic Trade Association booth, logo screening and other marketing materials. Participants are in charge of their own travel expenses and other related costs. Space is extremely limited for this show, and participants will be taken on a first come, first serve basis. The shared booth space is already at full capacity for this year, but contact Alexis Carey, Organic Trade Association International Trade Manager, for more information on how to get involved.

Trade Show Information:

SIAL Canada

April 30 - May 2, 2019

Toronto, Canada 

The 66th North American Agricultural Journalists [NAAJ] Annual Meeting will be April 7-9, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

During this meeting, sessions generally include a business meeting Sunday afternoon following by a pay-your-own group dinner, a variety of newsmakers followed by the banquet and writing awards celebration at the National Press Club on Monday, and visits with elected officials on Tuesday. Find full meeting agenda here.

On Monday, April 8th, at 2:00pm in the Crentz Room, Organic Trade Association's CEO/Executive Director, Laura Batcha, will be speaking on a panel titled "Civil War in Organics". The panel will be moderated by Ed Maixner (Contributing Editor, Agri-Pulse); the other panelists include Steve Etka (Policy Director, National Organic Coalition), Lee Frankel (Executive Director, Coalition for Sustainable Organics), and Dave Chapman (Executive Director, Real Organic Project). 

For more information, contact Maggie McNeil. 

Meeting Information:

April 7-9, 2019 

The Cosmos Club

Washington, D.C.