Vancouver's Planted Expo: Over 200 exhibitors on May 27 & 28

Planted Expo, Canada’s largest plant-based event, returns to Vancouver at the Vancouver Convention Centre (West) on May 27 and 28, 2023. Attendees will meet over 200 exhibitors ranging from food and beverage providers to beauty products, health and nutrition brands, home decor items, books, restaurants, bakeries, and non-profit organizations.

“We have been producing plant-based events since 2014 and are thrilled to see today’s plant-based market is the strongest we have ever seen,” says Stevan Mirkovich, Co-Owner and Chief Relational Officer of PlantedLife.com. “In 2020 we officially launched Planted Expo and have been focused on creating an event designed to give consumers access to information and providing a forum for speakers to share their life experiences. Our third Planted Expo will give attendees an opportunity to discover over 200 exhibitors from local and global companies making it the perfect event for everyone including those who are just beginning a plant-based journey.”

Vancouver Planted Expo is sponsored by Vancity, OmniPork, Herbaland and Perfect Sports. Attendees will have an opportunity to discover their products at the event alongside over 200 exhibitors. Exhibitors include:

Nuts for Cheese from London, Ontario are chef-crafted, dairy-free, vegan cheeses
Coquitlam’s Avafina Organics offers seeds, gluten free flours, spices and seaweed products created with minimal processing
Harmless Harvest creates ethically sourced coconut water
UK-based dark chocolate brand Doisy & Dam, made with ethically-sourced cocoa, all-natural ingredients, and without palm oil, additives, or E-numbers
Ole Cocktail Co offers award-winning craft cocktails made from real ingredients
Burnaby’s Peak Bakery provides unbaked frozen dough you can put in the oven with a PeakBox whenever you want
Green Cuisine makes specialty vegan foods and products in their own production facility and uses them in their dishes at the restaurant in Victoria, BC
Richmond’s Spread’Em Kitchen has a cult following for making delicious, creamy cheese without dairy, using traditionally cultured cashew nuts
Mindful FÜD created a vegan honey alternative from fresh pressed organic apple juice and will launch the first vegan Hunnie Mustard and Hunnie Hot products
Vancouver’s Behzar Brews, a new, functional beverage company that creates delicious and healthy drinks providing benefits from real ingredients
Born in the home kitchen of a mom on a mission to help her son manage food intolerances and eczema, Kindred Cultures blends naturally fermented kefir water with organic fruits and botanicals to create a healthy choice that tastes as good as it feels
Tempeh Natural Foods started as a school project and now offers tempeh and fermented foods made with organic, non-GMO soybeans in Vancouver, BC
The vision of wellness expert and celebrated cookbook author Karlene Karst, Verily Kitchen offers a collection of ready-to-cook sauces that are fresh and free of preservatives, GMOs, and gluten