Natural Products Expo East 2006

Expo East attracted more than 23,500 attendees, including nearly 13,000 buyers, who visited about 1,700 booths at the Baltimore Convention Center, Oct. 4 to 7.

Industry advocate Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa (third from right), walked the show floor with (from left) David Seckman, executive director of the Natural Products Association; Andrew Fox, president of NNFA East; Adrienne Mastrobattista, former president of NNFA East; Debra Short, NPA president-elect; and David Taylor, NPA president.

Bob Scowcroft, executive director of the Organic Farming Research Foundation, presents Katrina Frey of Frey Vineyards with a Spirit of Organic award at the Organic Harvest Festival.

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