Top 5 Organic Food Trends for 2012

Written by Max Goldberg on January 4, 2012. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

I see these five products, issues and technologies making some real noise in the organic food industry this year.

AFRICAN SUPERFOODS

In the U.S., we are very familiar and comfortable with superfoods from Latin America, such as maca, chia seeds, and acai.

Yet, Africa has its own group of superfoods as well, and they are only going to grow in popularity.

These extremely nutritious, protein-rich and antioxidant-heavy foods, such as moringa (above) and baobab, will become much more ubiquitous and prominent in 2012.

I have read that moringa has 10x the Vitamin A of carrots, 17x the calcium of milk, 15x the potassium of bananas, 25x the iron of spinach, and 4x the chlorophyll of wheatgrass. Read More »

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Top 5 Non-Food Organic Products of Expo East 2011

Written by Max Goldberg on September 29, 2011. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

For the most part, I only cover organic food products here on livingmaxwell, yet I fully understand that living well incorporates a lot more than just food.

While organic food is the primary motivation for me attending the Natural Products Expo East and Natural Products Expo West Trade Shows, I also come across many non-food products that organic consumers ought to know about.

These five really captured my attention at last week’s Expo East in Baltimore. Read More »

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Inn at the Black Olive in Baltimore is the Most Organic Hotel I’ve Ever Visited

Written by Max Goldberg on September 27, 2011. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

When I attended Natural Products Expo East, I stayed at the Inn at the Black Olive, a 12-suite boutique hotel in Baltimore.

I had heard about the Inn at the Black Olive several months ago from David Wolfe when he was in town giving a seminar at Organic Avenue.

David Wolfe couldn’t stop raving about it and told everyone how the owner of the hotel made fresh juice for him and Woody Harrelson at 3:30AM.

Given that Expo East was in Baltimore this year, instead of Boston, I knew that this was absolutely the place I had to stay. Read More »

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Top 5 Organic Products from the 2011 Natural Products Expo East Trade Show

Written by Max Goldberg on September 26, 2011. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

I just returned from Baltimore where I attended the 2011 Natural Products Expo East Trade Show, one of the biggest organic food trade shows of the year.

There were many fantastic organic food products that I saw but these five really captured my attention.

KUR ORGANIC DELIGHTS – BROWNIE


The Kur Organic Delights Brownie was one of the first foods that I sampled at Expo East and the taste absolutely blew me away. Read More »

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My Organic Lunch Yesterday at Liquid Earth

Written by Max Goldberg on September 23, 2011. Follow Max on Twitter: @livingmaxwell.

I am in Baltimore attending Natural Products Expo East, one of the biggest organic trade shows of the year.

During the first day of the show yesterday, I dashed out and grabbed lunch at Liquid Earth, an organic restaurant and juice bar near my hotel. Here is what I had.

DOUBLE SHOT OF WHEATGRASS

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