International Trade Fair Calendar 2014

January: the Greenshowroom, held from 14 - 16 January in the Kronprinzenpalais, together with the Ethical Fashion Show in the ewerk (picture), presented with their total of 115 brands a major platform for eco and fair clothes during the Berlin Fashion Week. The people discussing orders included buyers and representatives of big companies like Yoox, P&C, Zalando and Otto. Just a few days later, Berlin became – as it does every year - the scene for the International Green Week, the world’s biggest trade fair for food, agriculture and horticulture (16 - 25 January), that again attracted more than 400,000 visitors. The newly designed Organic Hall was packed with visitors, as was the Organic Agriculture Day. 

On 22 – 23 January, business people from Netherlands and abroad came together at BioVak, the specialist trade fair for the whole organic and sustainable sector in Zwolle. At the same time, at the Sustainable Foods Summit in San Francisco the theme of sustainability in the production of food was being discussed. An important event was Veggie World that, with its exhibitions and lectures, drew more than vegetarians to Wiesbaden on 24 - 26 January. Another highlight for the textile industry was Innatex in Hofheim, that was held this year from 25 - 27 January. The international Millésime Bio (27- 29 January) drew more than 800 manufacturers and wine connoisseurs from twelve countries to Montpellier. In Paris, the 40th Vivez Nature, the trade fair for organic and natural products, took place from 31 January - 3 February. (Picture: Sustainable Foods Summit, San Francisco)

February: the world’s leading trade fair for the fresh fruit trade, Fruit Logistica, in Berlin proved to be once again a magnet for visitors from 5 - 7 February. With a combination of fair and festival, congress and gala, plattform eco.ch, held from 20 - 23 February in Basel, made visitors more sensitive to sustainable development and moved the sustainable agenda forwards. (Picture: Lye Cross Farm at BioFach 2013)

The most important event for the worldwide organic industry was BioFach and Vivaness 2014 (held in February). On this occasion – celebrating the 25th anniversary of the world’s leading trade fair for organic food 42,445 visitors made their way to Nuremberg. Professional visitors came from 135 countries, with 44% of all visitors coming from abroad. 2,235 exhibitors from 76 countries (70% of the exhibitors were from abroad) presented themselves to buyers from the food and cosmetics sectors.The top 5 countries the visitors came from were Germany, Austria, Italy, France and Netherlands. In 2014, the focus was on the future of the organic food business and the major theme of Organic 3.0.

We reported earlier in two detailed articles:
BioFach Launch: Strong Growth in Turnover – Politicians Criticised
BioFach 2014: Exhibitors Very Pleased With Quality of Visitors

With its own stand and the ninth international seminar on organic agriculture, Agence Bio took part in the French trade fair for agriculture Salon International de l'Agriculture, that was held in Paris from 22 February - 2 March. The organic food segment and organic agriculture were the centre of attention at the international trade fairs for food, SALIMA, that were held in the Czech trade fair capital Brno from 25 – 28 February. The fifth edition of Bio Foodle, the fair for organic food and more, opened its doors in Charleroi (Belgium) from 28 February – 2 March.
 
March: For the third year in succession, BioAgra, the specialist trade fair for organic agriculture, was held in Plovdiv in the Czech Republic (4 - 8 March). The trade fair calendar for BioCultura, the biggest fair in Spain for organic products and responsible consumer behaviour, began this year again with Valencia (7 - 9 March). Visitors will get together in Poland from 20 - 22 March for the EkoSeedForum. The leading trade fair for the international wine and spirits business, ProWein, invites visitors to Düsseldorf from 23 - 25 March. The Sustainable Foods Summit in Sao Paulo (27 - 28 March) will again focus on sustainability in food production. The regional specialist fairs start this year on 30 March with BioWest in Düsseldorf. (Picture: BioWest 2013)

April: the eighth edition of Biostyl  will take place from 11 - 13 April in Prague. People will meet in Regional at BioOst  in Berlin on 6 April. Natural and Organic Products Europe will attract exhibitors and professional visitors to London from 13 - 14 April. Moscow is the venue from 18 - 20 April for EcoCityExpo, and Moscow is similarly the venue for the Green Apple Festival  from 24 - 26 April. (Picture: EcoCityExpo 2013)

May: Spanish, Portuguese and French manufacturers will display to trade visitors their many organic wines at Five Bio 2014, that takes place from 6 - 7 May.  The second of four annual BioCultura trade fairs is hosted by Barcelona from 8 – 11 May. Organic Monitor invites visitors to attend the Sustainable Cosmetics Summits North America from 15 -17 May in New York. Votre Nature shows its new face in Lyons from 16 - 18 May. In particular, small companies and start-ups will exhibit their wares on 18 May at Next Organic in Berlin. The most important industry event for the booming organic sector in China is BioFach in Shanghai from 22 - 24 May. Exhibitors and visitors will flock to Ekogala (23 – 25 May) in Rzeszów in Poland. (Picture: Lovechock at Next Organic 2013)

June / July / August: the biggest get-together of the organic industry in Central and Eastern Europe is the Organic Marketing Forum that will be held from 1 - 2 June in Warsaw.  BioFach America Latina  in cooperation with BioBrazil is scheduled for 4 - 7 June in São Paulo. The European edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit takes place from 5 – 6 June in Amsterdam. Greenshowroom  and the Ethical Fashion Show return to Berlin from 8 – 10 July. The next edition of Innatex will be held from 2 - 4 August again in Hofheim.

September: the exhibition for fair trade, Fair & Friends, will attract visitors from 5 - 7 September to  Dortmund. From 6 - 9 September, the international exhibition for organic and natural products Sana will take place in Bologna. BioNord will be held in Hanover on 14 September 2014. From 18 - 20 September, Baltimore will be the venue of BioFach America / All Things Organic. Regional trade fairs come to an end with BioSüd on 28 September 2014 in Augsburg. (Picture NürnbergMesse: BioFach America)

October: after its successful premiere in Bilbao, BioCultura returns to the Basque country from 3 – 5 October. The Natural Cosmetics Conference will be held from 7 - 8 October in Berlin. IFOAM invites guests to Istanbul for the Organic World Conference to be held from 13 – 15 October. The third edition of Natural Products Scandinavia and the second edition of Nordic Organic Food Fair return to Malmö from 26 – 27 October.
(Picture: Nordic Organic Food Fair 2013)

November: international trade visitors will congregate in Tokyo for BioFach Japan (20 - 22 November). Biologica 2014 will take place in Thessaloniki from 2- 4 November. The textile industry will meet for the Textile Sustainability Conference 2014 in Portland, Oregon, USA, from 10 - 12 November 2014. From 13 - 15 November, NürnbergMesse invites visitors to BioFach India together with India Organic in Bangalore in the south of India. Almost at the same time (13 - 16 November), Madrid will host the last BioCultura of the year. (Picture NürnbergMesse: BioFach India together with India Organic, Bangalore)

Tip: You can find these and other trade fairs and events in our database of important dates. The list is continuously updated. Is your event missing? If so, please contact us or enter your data yourself: in German, English or French.