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Bittman, ExpoWest and the Rise of "Natural" - Evan Kleiman
The picture above show one of the bags of samples I collected from the Natural Products Expo in Anaheim. Driving home with it in my car was one of the more dangerous driving experiences I’ve had recently. Some folks seemed to be collecting enough to furnish an earthquake kit for a family of ten. I attended the first ExpoWest in 1981. According to their Fast Facts sheet I was one of 3000 who attended that first year. I remember a sparsely filled convention center with homemade booths serving different versions of hemp, the plant. And herbal tea. Lots of herbal tea. By last year there were nearly as many...Continue reading »
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