Roughly 80 natural products brands and local practitioners are set to fill the Palm Springs Convention Center this Saturday, Nov. 14, as the Naturally Independent Expo opens its doors to the public for the first time. Admission is free, and the event brings together vendors, tastings, and talks from two well-known names in the nutrition world.
According to NBC Palm Springs, the expo's public hours run from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, with longtime nutrition authors Dr. Earl Mindell and Dr. Michael Murray both giving talks. A separate listing in Desert Health News schedules the broader Consumer Day from noon to 4 p.m.
The Desert Health News listing places Consumer Day in the Primrose Ballroom at the Palm Springs Convention Center. Admission is free.
A New Owner Takes Over a Longtime Desert Trade Show
This year's expo marks a change in who's running the show. The event's website states that the 2026 edition is the first Naturally Independent Expo staged under the ownership and management of VRM Media, which acquired the show in November 2025. Despite the change in ownership, the event remains the official trade show of the Positively Natural Network, with the association continuing to support it, and the expo's site says revenue supports the network's work and offsets production costs.
The full trade show runs Friday and Saturday, Nov. 13-14, at the convention center, per the expo's own listing, though Saturday's Consumer Day segment is the portion specifically opened to the general public. Last year's show, held Nov. 14-15, 2025, was organized as a tabletop event under the Positively Natural Network, with an 8-by-10 tabletop booth priced at $750 including a six-foot table, according to the network's own trade show page. That 2025 trade show floor ran Saturday, Nov. 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Local Flavor Tied to Wellness Wednesday Segment
The NBC Palm Springs piece ran as part of its Wellness Wednesday segment, which is sponsored by Clark's Nutrition & Natural Foods Market. As part of that coverage, Thalia Hayden visited Clark's Nutrition in Rancho Mirage, tying the retailer's local presence to the broader wellness-expo preview. For desert residents curious about natural products, local practitioners, or hearing directly from nutrition authors like Mindell and Murray, Saturday offers a free, low-commitment way to explore what's on offer before the exhibit floor closes out the weekend.
