ATO. All Things Organic. Chicago May 6-8,07

Vanilla, Saffron Imports Booth #654
Thank you everyone for visiting our booth. We were very impressed, but not suprised at the number of inquiries into organic vanilla extract. One of the biggest problem in making organic vanilla extract is not so much the organic vanilla beans, but the lack of organic certified alcohol which composes 35% of the equation in a gallon: in other words, you need around 1270 ml or 44 ounces per gallon. The price can range from $17 to $50 per gallon, depending whom you buy from, so it is very hard to do organic vanilla extract. Anyhow I am working on it and probably in the next 2 months we will have organic certified vanilla extract. We have extract made with organic certified vanilla beans in the mean time. There where a lot of supermarket buyers and buyers in general genuinely interested in organic, not as a trend but as way of better, real nutrition. I talked to Jared Mizrahi of Bule Mountain Organics and Jim Fullmer of STELLAR CERTIFICATION SERVICES, INC., Demeter Association Inc. Biodinamics is the way to go and we at VSI are working toward that goal.
Sincerely,
Juan