WHAT:
All Things Organic, North America’s Only All-Organic Conference and Trade Show (www.atoexpo.com).

All Things Organic will feature 250+ exhibitors, attendees from 44 states and 25 countries, an extensive education program and numerous networking activities .

The 2004 ATO show will be co-located with the Food Marketing Institute’s FMI Show, the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade’s (NASFT) Fancy Food Show, the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association’s (UFFVA) United 2004 Produce Expo & Conference and the U.S. Food Export Showcase.

KEYNOTE ANNOUNCEMENT
Dr. David Suzuki to be opening keynote speaker at All Things Organic.

Recognized as a world leader in sustainable ecology, Dr. Suzuki of Vancouver, British Columbia, is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster. He is known to millions as the host of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s popular science television series, The Nature of Things. His television appearances, which explain the complexities of natural science in a compelling way, have consistently received high acclaim.

Title of Keynote:
Rediscovering the Human Place in the Biosphere, scheduled for Sunday, May 2, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Sandra Steingraber to be closing keynote speaker at All Things Organic

Sandra Steingraber, ecologist, author and cancer survivor, will give a keynote address at All Things Organic on Tuesday, May 4, from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Steingraber is an internationally recognized expert on the environmental links to cancer and reproductive health. She is the author of Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment and Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood, and has been dubbed
today's Rachel Carson.

WHEN: May 2-4, 2004
WHERE: McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
TO ATTEND: Visit www.atoexpo.com for details.
RSVP AND PRESS CREDENTIALS REQUIRED FOR ATTENDANCE/INTERVIEWS

Contact:
Ruth Auslander at: rauslander@divcom.com (207) 842-5556

ABOUT:
Organic Trade Association (OTA) is the membership-based business association representing the organic industry in North America. Its mission is to encourage global sustainability through promoting and protecting the growth of diverse organic trade. OTA’s more than 1,200 members include growers, shippers, retailers, processors, certifiers, farmer associations, brokers, consultants and others. (www.ota.com)

Diversified Business Communications provides information and market access through trade exhibitions, magazine publishing, and online resources on five continents. In addition to serving the natural products/organics market, DBC produces over fifteen food exhibitions organized throughout the US, Europe, Australia and Asia. Full Moon Communications, a subsidiary of Diversified, produces Organic Products Europe and Natural Products Europe, and publishes Natural Products magazine. (www.divbusiness.com)