Join a selection of the world’s most renowned berry researchers as we gather in Tampa, Florida, USA to hear them present the latest research that attracts media and consumer attention to berries as a superfruit. Behind news releases on how berries improve heart health, memory and skin health is the work of these research scientists.
The Berry Health Benefits Symposium or BHBS is an international conference dedicated to showcasing the latest scientific research into berries and health.
The symposium, which has been held biennially since 2005, features cutting edge findings in many areas including cognition, berry phytochemicals and metabolites on cardiovascular function & cardio-metabolic health, gut health & gut microflora, berries and the skin and berry special topics.
Put on under the auspices of the National Berry Crops Initiative, the Berry Health Benefit Symposium offers 2 and a 1/2 days of dynamic research presentations and seminar sessions and a 1/2 day chartered bus tour to discover Florida berry farms, the University of Florida Gulf Coast Research and Education Center Balm Campus and finishes with a Cowboy BBQ at the Southern Grace Ranch.