Toronto hosts two organic fairs in one week

Posted - September 21, 2009

Toronto hosts two organic fairs in one week

CHFA Expo East and Ethnic & Specialty Food Expo offer a good platform to enter Canada via Toronto, the most ethnic urban center in the world.

The Canadian Health Food Association will be presenting Expo East at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from 2-4 October. October 2 will be the conference day, and October 3-4 will be the trade show itself. Over 500 exhibits are expected at this year’s fair, covering close to 80,000 square feet. In 2008, 3500 retailers, industry professionals and distributors attended, with similar numbers expected this year. The Ethnic & Specialty Food Expo celebrates health, organic and regional foods on October 5-6 near the Toronto airport, at the International Centre in Mississauga.  It will feature a number of organic, ethnic, local and foreign sustainable exhibitors, including Bio-Grape Foods UK and Ocean Wise. Some of the educational seminars include Blogging about Food, Sustainability, and Health & Wellness. Both shows offer a good platform to enter Canada via Toronto, the most ethnic urban center in the world, close to New York and Chicago, two major cities in the East Coast also with a high concentration of cultural diversity and demand for organic and ethnic foods. www.chfa.ca , www.ethnicandspecialtyfood.com