Natural Foods Day 2005

On Tuesday, April 12, 2005, more than 165 natural product industry stakeholders from 37 states and the District of Columbia gathered on Capitol Hill for the NNFA’s 8th annual lobbying event, Natural Foods Day. The attendance of participants from across the country shattered last year’s record attendance of more than 120. NNFA members representing every component of the natural products industry educated members of Congress and their aides about NNFA’s legislative and regulatory priorities, each of which would help increase consumers’ access to—and awareness of—safe, effective, and affordable natural products.

“This year's event was NNFA’s most successful lobbying effort to date,” said NNFA Executive Director and CEO David Seckman. “With a variety of issues that pose both opportunities and challenges for our industry, participants effectively conveyed to our nation’s leaders the impact of these issues, in particular, the importance of preserving and implementing DSHEA [the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994].”

Retailers and suppliers representing NNFA West hailed from AZ and CA:

Pictured from left to right:
David Seckman, Jarrow Rogovin, Christopher Jaeger, Kevin Conolly, Tom Wu, Doug Hoiles, Janet Wu, Kerry Forster, Marianne Morgan, Jeff Becker, Michael Hoffman, Peter Gillham and Dot Boyd. Not pictured: Jon Benninger, Arlene Lagos, Kurt Hegetschweiler, Richard Merriam and Scott Polisky.