Organic Produce Summit kicks off with tours, packed opening reception

MONTEREY, CA—I attended the first Organic Produce Summit in 2016 and can remember organizers being pleasantly surprised at the attendance. For a first-time show, it was hard to...

By Pamela Riemenschneider
July 11, 2019
1 minute read

MONTEREY, CA—I attended the first Organic Produce Summit in 2016 and can remember organizers being pleasantly surprised at the attendance.

For a first-time show, it was hard to predict a crowd that, as I remembered it, strained the fire code’s occupant capacity for the host venue’s conference center.

Fast forward a few years, and it looks like we’ve still got a packed crowd, if attendance at the Opening Reception is any indication.

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Pamela Riemenschneider is the Retail Editor for Blue Book Services.

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