Winter Fancy Food Show
Sunday, January 19, 2025 - 12:00pm to Tuesday, January 21, 2025 - 11:00am
January 19-21, 2025
Please contact Stephanie Jerger, VP of Operations, to schedule a time to meet on-site at this event!
Las Vegas Convention Center
Las Vegas, Nevada
The 2025 Winter Fancy Food Show, taking place January 19-21, 2025 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, offers trend-setting makers, buyers, and distributors a first look at the products, flavors, and ideas set to reshape retail shelves and menu listings across the country and the world.
- This year’s show will feature the First Taste Experience, a food hall located on the show floor offering a curated showcase of new-to-market products, with a fresh on-trend theme debuting each day. The Show will also feature the new Spark Showcase area, offering all-day programming that will spark new ideas, new connections, and new discoveries via a rotation of expert programming, pitch sessions, and networking opportunities. Additionally, the new Ask the Experts space allows attendees the opportunity to meet with industry experts via 1:1 or small-group sessions to receive personalized guidance for their food businesses.
- The Show will be co-located with Tastemaker's annual gathering of food bloggers and content creators, creating unprecedented opportunities for networking and collaboration between Fancy Food Show attendees and food influencers.
On Tuesday, January 21 at 11:30 a.m., Stephanie Jerger of Organic Trade Association will present Organic Industry Survey data and talk about opportunities and resources to support the transition to organic.
Start each show day with inspiration and veteran guidance; join the SFA Experts at the Spark Stage to learn about a wide range of specialty food industry topics.
Registration is now open, and you can learn more about the benefits of attending here.
Use code OTALV25 for 50% off new registrations for qualified companies/individuals for Retailer, Foodservice, Distributor, Importer, Student/Faculty, Representative/Broker, Investor, and Manufacturer registration categories, at the rate described. The Winter Fancy Food Show will not be open to the general public.
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Sustainable Foods Summit
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 - 8:00am to Thursday, January 23, 2025 - 6:00pm Please contact Tom Chapman, co-CEO, to schedule a time to meet on-site at this event!
January 22-23, 2025 San Francisco, CA
The Sustainable Foods Summit will delve into sustainability schemes, regenerative agriculture, and ecological & packaging impacts. What is the future of third party sustainability schemes? What can be done to raise adoption rates of regenerative agriculture? How are operators measuring and reducing their ecological impacts? How are new technologies creating sustainable ingredients? What green packaging innovations are occurring? Such questions will be addressed in this 15th North American edition, hosted in San Francisco on 22-23rd January 2025.
OTA Co-CEO Tom Chapman will be speaking during the event:
Session 4: Sustainability Schemes This session gives an update on sustainability schemes, focusing on prominent third party standards and eco-labels.
Thursday January 23, 2025 | 2:50pm PT – 3:15pm PT
Topic: Future Direction of Organic Labels
Description: The USDA Organic label is well-established, however new labels are emerging. Organic labels like Regenerative Organic and Real Organic Project are gaining traction. Will we see more organic labels and how will the USDA NOP evolve? We shall debate the future direction of organic labels at the Sustainable Foods Summit, hosted in San Francisco on 22-23rd January.
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OGRAIN
Friday, January 24, 2025 - 12:00pm to Saturday, January 25, 2025 - 12:00pm
January 24-25, 2025
Monona Terrace in Madison, WI
Please contact Lynne Haynor, Organic Conservation Specialist, to schedule a time to meet onsite at this event.
The 9th annual OGRAIN Winter Conference will feature cutting edge ideas from farmers, researchers and industry experts. Farm and research-focused success strategies will be discussed by a range of speakers leading sessions on organic grain production in the Upper Midwest. The conference is an opportunity to learn from local organic grain growers, hear about the latest research, and connect with other organic, transitioning-to-organic, or inquisitive-about-organic grain growers and end-users.
Friday, January 24, 2025: Breakfast at 7:30 am; sessions and trade show (lunch included) from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm; roundtables and exhibit hall 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm.
Saturday, January 25, 2025: Breakfast at 7:30 am; sessions and trade show (lunch included) from 8:00 am – 1:00 pm; organic grain market update and buyer-seller mixer 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm.
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Organic Association of Kentucky Annual Meeting
Thursday, January 23, 2025 - 12:00pm to Saturday, January 25, 2025 - 12:00pm January 23-25, 2025
Please contact Dr. Amber Sciligo, Director of The Organic Center, to schedule a time to meet on-site at this event!
Organic Association of Kentucky Annual Meeting (OAK)’s annual conference, now in its 14th year, includes a growing audience of hundreds of Kentuckians and neighbors active in the region’s food systems: farmers, researchers, nonprofit professionals, federal and state agency partners, allied service providers and conscious consumers working collectively to build a resilient local food system for all. Collaboration among these diverse voices, grounded in the connection to Kentucky farms, soil and communities, provides a rich foundation for learning and growth.
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