The Fair is held annually in San Diego's beautiful Balboa Park. In addition to the many booths highlighting environmental issuesand products, the Fair also presents entertainment, artwork, green vehicles, food trucks and booths, and in 2012, one group even gave away young vegetable plants that had been germinated in Israel.
The Earth Fair's website (
visit link) has this to say about itself:
"Our annual EarthFair in Balboa Park is the largest free annual environmental fair in the world. EarthFair 2012 will be our 23rd annual event! Each year, the EarthFair draws around 60,000 visitors.
Produced by 400 volunteers, EarthFair features more than 350 exhibitors, special theme areas, a Food Pavilion, a special Kids’ Activity Area, three entertainment venues, the Children’s Earth Parade, the eARTh Gallery art show, and the Cleaner Car Concourse...
Our exhibitors form the heart of EarthFair. They represent every type of environmental organization, governmental program and commercial enterprise with goods, services and causes that address our environment and quality of life. Our exhibitor fees are graduated to allow everyone to participate, from the smallest organization to the largest corporation.
It's impossible to list everything you'll find at EarthFair: traditional conservation organizations, wildlife preservation groups, products made from natural and organically grown crops, organic gardening information, alternative energy vehicles, ecotourism opportunities, many alternative and traditional health care products and services, pet adoption services, clean air and clean water products, rainforest preservation groups ... the list goes on and on."