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CNBC’s Jane Wells To Interview CEO of PLUS Brands, Jake Heimark

Los Angeles – August 29, 2019 /AxisWire/ After a sold-out event in Chicago, The Green Market Summit brings its business acumen and data partners to Los Angeles for two days of cannabis brand industry analysis held from September 11-12 at the historic Montalban Theatre, 1615 Vine Street, Hollywood CA. The keynote interview between CNBC’s Jane Wells and the CEO of PLUS Brands, Jake Heimark is taking place from 4:00 to 5:00 PM on day one directly after an appearance by Melissa Etheridge, Founder of Etheridge Farms.

Hosted by the Green Market Report, the cannabis industry’s premier financial news organization, this two-day event will feature a deep dive into the many aspects of branding within the cannabis industry. 

Exclusive industry information will be shared on the celebrity effect on cannabis branding featuring musician and Etheridge Farms Founder Melissa Etheridge, how to manage brand perception for public companies, the world of luxury cannabis, how to work within the media and regulatory guidelines for cannabis brands, how data can help advance your brand, CBD branding, branding at the dispensary level, and we will hear from professional athletes that now have their own brands.

“Our conferences are unique within the glut of cannabis events in that we zero in on one topic and then dig in with both hands,” said Green Market Media Co-founder and CEO, Debra Borchardt. “This makes it more valuable for our attendees because they walk away with real value-added information. You can’t get this type of nitty-gritty detail from a general topic cannabis conference.”

The audience will include cannabis industry insiders and leaders from the state of California and beyond that want to learn branding secrets that would cost thousands of dollars from consultants. Attendance is limited and is expected to sell out quickly. To get your ticket, please visit https://www.greenmarketsummit.com/tickets/.

“PLUS is excited to partner with the Green Market Report for their Summit in LA to continue to educate individuals on the exciting opportunities within our emerging industry,” said PLUS Products CEO Jake Heimark. “We look forward to sharing our story and the progress we have made towards building an international cannabis brand.” 

Located in Hollywood, the event is made possible through event partnerships with PLUS Products, Jushi, House of Saka, Mattio Communications, LA Weekly, Akerna Corporation & MJ Freeway, MMLG, Bluma Wellness, Athletes For Care, KCSA Strategic Communications, and many more. Following the Summit, there will be a private cocktail event on the Rooftop at The Montalban Theatre. 

Tickets for the event and early bird pricing are still available, but the spacing is limited. For more information, please visit: www.GreenMarketSummit.com 

WHAT: Green Market Summit: The Advanced Economic State of Cannabis

WHEN: September 11-12, 2019

WHERE: Ricardo Montalban Theatre, 1615 Vine Street, Los Angeles, California 90028

About Green Market Report:

The Green Market Report (GMR) is headquartered in the Financial District of New York City with an office in Los Angeles. GMR is poised to be the center for trustworthy business, financial and economic news, and intelligence. The site offers coverage on financial matters including news briefs on business, cultivation, and extraction, cannabis company stock prices, and wholesale cannabis pricing. For more information, please visit www.greenmarketreport.com or email info@greenmarketreport.com. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @GreenMarketRpt.

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Port Richey, FL – July 31 /AxisWire/ MagicalButter.com of Pasco County, Florida has earned a spot on the 9th Annual 50 Florida Companies to Watch list, a statewide competition that identifies companies expected to see significant growth over the next several years. GrowFL, an economic development organization, announced the honorees on July 31st, 2019.

MagicalButter invented the world’s first countertop Botanical Extractor (MB2e), designed for infusing the essence of healthy herbs like cannabis, lavender, and moringa, to name a few, into butter, oil, tinctures, lotions, and more.

The top 50 companies were selected from more than 500 nominees. All honorees are considered “second-stage” companies — those with six to 150 full-time employees and $750,000 to $100 million in annual revenue. Elements they share include: strong management team, competitive market position, strong community involvement, innovative products, and empowered employees.

“These stand-out companies are all led by entrepreneurs, and have demonstrated their capacity and intent to grow,” Dr. Tom O’Neal, GrowFL executive director, said in announcing the honorees. “They also all have critical intellectual property or a niche position that gives them a competitive edge in their markets.”

MagicalButter’s CEO, Garyn Angel, saw a need for an effective and affordable decarboxylation method for health conscious consumers who wanted to make herbal products at home, and invented the DecarBox in 2017. This high-grade silicone shell and digital thermometer probe was the first of it’s kind and created a new category in the industry.

The cannabis edibles market has more than doubled since 2011, according to ArcView Research and BDS Analytics, and could be worth more than $4.1 billion in Canada and the United States by 2022, making it a promising opportunity for investment. Demand for MB2e has risen in parallel and MagicalButter has expanded to Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

MagicalButter not only caters to recreational consumers, but has also carved out a unique niche as a cannabis culinary resource for chefs, business owners, and patients across the globe. The MB2e helps consumers easily integrate cannabis into their diet.

MagicalButter has also developed a line of hemp-derived CBD products in the pet, beauty, and wellness categories. Hemp is a new and fast-growing category that MagicalButter is set to dominate.

Randi Sether is a digital marketing strategist at MagicalButter. If you would like more information about MagicalButter products and recipes go to: https://www.magicalbutter.com.

About MagicalButter

MagicalButter is an entirely new category of products. The MagicalButter machine MB2e is the world’s first countertop botanical extractor designed for creating recipes infusing the essence of healthy herbs into butter, oil, grain alcohol, lotions, and more. Most important are the amazing benefits of certain plants people all over the world are discovering can be used to enrich their health. MagicalButter products are consistently affordable, easy to use, made from premium quality materials, and offer peerless customer service from TeamMB. As a team, we own the company, we design the products, we use them, we truly care about quality and about each customer—and our fans tell us it shows in the personalized attention they receive. Together We Win. https://www.magicalbutter.com

Las Vegas, NV & Saint Joseph, MO – June 26, 2019 /AxisWire/ Indiva Advisors LLP, a leading full-service CPA firm that provides high-quality accounting, tax and advisory financial services for cannabis and hemp businesses throughout the West Coast, has expanded its service capabilities by acquiring Missouri Cannabis CPA, a Saint Joseph, MO-based practice; effective June 24. This is a strategic alliance that will drive growth for Indiva Advisors in the developing Midwest marijuana economy.

“We are beyond excited for this merger,” said Indiva Advisors Managing Partner, Jessica Velazquez. “Expanding into this emerging market and joining forces with Tiffani Higgins opens up incredible opportunities for our firm and our clients. My passion from day one has been to reach businesses of all sizes across the US and this puts us closer to that goal.”

Indiva Advisors is the leading CPA firm dedicated to the cannabis and hemp industries, with a team of experts bringing more than 40 years of experience. The company is operated by passionate and devoted CPAs and other financial professionals, all bringing a wide array of skills, specializations and knowledge. Indiva Advisors assists business owners and C-suite executives in achieving their goals by providing guidance on financial, transactional, and general business matters.

“I am so excited to partner with Indiva Advisors,” said Tiffani Higgins, CEO of Missouri Cannabis CPA. “We can help new Missouri businesses get started in the cannabis space and provide them with the top-tier support that larger companies already receive.”

Higgins specializes in working with small business owners on tax, accounting, payroll and other financial areas.

Event offers conversations with California’s cannabis leadership, updates on important new regulations, and celebrates the launch of the California Bureau of Cannabis Control’s powerful new ad campaign

Los Angeles, CA – June 14, 2019 /AxisWire/ The United Cannabis Business Association (UCBA), the premier trade association for legal retail cannabis in California, announces its second annual Policy Summit, presented by Linx. The one-day event is on June 21, at the Montalban Theater in Los Angeles.

The Summit provides access to key decision makers and industry leaders in a unique environment to give cannabis professionals insight on changing regulations and market conditions that will significantly impact their businesses. The one-of-a-kind event will conclude with a sun-filled rooftop VIP mixer featuring a Sessions short order kitchen by Chef Holden Jagger of Altered Plates, live music and entertainment.

The Summer Summit will also serve as the launch of the Bureau of Cannabis Control’s California new public awareness and education campaign, designed to help businesses and consumers recognize the differences between legal and illicit cannabis products and retailers.

The summit will feature candid discussions on issues that impact California cannabis businesses and consumers, with notable speakers that include:

Nicole Elliott – Senior Advisor on Cannabis to Governor Newsom Lori Ajax – Chief of the CA Bureau of Cannabis Control Cat Packer – Executive Director and GM of the LA Department of Cannabis Regulation Fiona Ma – CA State Treasurer Councilmember Herb Wesson – Los Angeles City Council President Senator Steven Bradford, CA Senate District 35 Assemblyman Tom Lackey, CA Assembly District 36 Richard Parrott – CalCannabis Cultivation Licensing, CA Department of Food and Agriculture Rasha Salama – Branch Chief, CA Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch Laurie Holcomb – CEO of Gold Flora Farms and King’s Crew Dispensary

The UCBA Summer Summit is presented in collaboration with the Humboldt County Growers Alliance (HCGA) – the trade association representing the most legal cultivation businesses in California, and brings together two of the most influential cannabis industry associations in the state.

Attendees to the Summit will enjoy Linx giveaways, specials with neighboring dispensaries, a rooftop lounge, and a brand education mezzanine with executives from some of the most successful businesses in the industry, including Gold Flora, Original Pot Company, Canndescent, Beboe, Cresco, Born from Flora, Genius, Delta 9, 1 PUFF, Kanha Treats, LA Kush, Boxcar Supply Company and more.

The Second Annual UCBA Policy Summit and BBQ is on June 21, 11a-6p, at the Montalban Theater, 1615 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. For tickets, visit: bit.ly/UCBA2019Summit

Veterans and Social Equity applicants receive free admission.

For information on UCBA, visit: www.ucba.com

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Arcadia Biosciences’ Hawaiian Hemp Farm in Full Bloom

Arcadia Specialty Genomics, the company’s new cannabis unit, cultivates six Hawaiian hemp strains on its 10-acre Hawaiian facility.

DAVIS, Calif. (May 7, 2019) /AxisWire/ – Just two months after announcing the launch of Arcadia Specialty Genomics, a new cannabis-dedicated division of agricultural crop improvement leader Arcadia Biosciences, the company is releasing images of its first crop of sun-grown, Hawaiian hemp.

Arcadia Specialty Genomics focuses on the development of novel cannabis varieties possessing productivity, pest resistance and crop quality traits for license to cultivators in federal and state legal markets, and as products such as hemp-derived CBD oils for the nutraceutical and food industries.

In March, the company revealed it had been granted an Industrial Hemp Pilot Program (“HIHPP”) License by Hawaii’s Department of Agriculture. The license allows for the cultivation of industrial hemp for the purposes of agricultural and academic research. Hemp and hemp products produced under the program may be commercially sold.

With a 10-acre field station in Hawaii, Arcadia is producing its first research crop of hemp to test the impact of climate and geography on crop parameters like yield and quality. Arcadia Specialty Genomics’ scientists and agronomists are evaluating and characterizing the performance of a number of local strains against various climate and biological conditions to understand the attributes of each, as well as identify opportunities for improvement. In addition, the company has hired full time staff at its Hawaii facility to oversee the ongoing research and grow operations.

“It’s highly gratifying to see our first hemp research crop taking root in Hawaii, having planted six different Hawaiian strains,” said Matt Plavan, president of Arcadia Specialty Genomics and CFO of Arcadia Biosciences. “In order to solve for crop variability – a major concern for U.S. hemp farmers – we first need to understand its drivers. We’re applying the sound, scientific approaches we’ve used to improve other crops, such as wheat, to create new breeds of superior hemp.”

Hawaii is the first state where Arcadia Specialty Genomics has commenced its research and cultivation of hemp in federal and state legal cannabis markets, using non-GMO techniques to produce superior U.S. hemp crops.

While traditional agricultural crops can be difficult to grow and export economically in Hawaii, the rich soil and warm climate are ideal for cultivating high-value crops such as hemp.

Arcadia Biosciences is a recognized leader bringing deep experience and established capabilities in this kind of crop innovation and optimization, delivering proven results safflower, wheat and durum such as:

• A 100 percent increase in the production of omega-6 GLA for safflower
• Two to six times more fiber than standard wheat and durum with its proprietary GoodWheat flour
• A 65 percent reduction in allergenic gluten content in its GoodWheat flour
• 30 percent more lysine, an essential amino acid, in GoodWheat compared to standard wheat

The company expects to harvest its first crop of Hawaiian-grown research hemp this summer. For more information, visit www.arcadiabio.com.

About Arcadia Specialty Genomics

Arcadia Specialty Genomics is a strategic business unit of Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. leveraging the market-leading capabilities of its parent company to deliver crop innovation into developing proprietary, industry-leading cannabis germplasm. Focused on productivity, pest resistance and favored quality traits, Arcadia Specialty Genomics’ innovations serve the state- and federally-legal nutraceutical, food and industrial markets. For more information, visit www.arcadiaspecialtygenomics.com

About Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKDA) develops and markets high-value food ingredients and nutritional oils that help meet consumer demand for a healthier diet. Arcadia’s GoodWheat branded ingredients deliver health benefits to consumers and enable consumer packaged goods companies to differentiate their brands in the marketplace. The company’s agricultural traits are being developed to enable farmers around the world to be more productive and minimize the environmental impact of agriculture. For more information, visit www.arcadiabio.com.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: Arcadia Specialty Genomics’ expectations about the cannabis industry and potential demand for our products; the uncertainty of the laws and regulations relating to cannabis and products derived therefrom; the inherent uncertainty associated with the development of new projects; our ability to obtain proper licenses and successfully complete research programs related to cannabis; the acceptance of our products in the marketplace; the impact of competitive products and pricing;  risks related to costs, delays and uncertainties associated with potential future scientific research, product development, clinical trials and the regulatory approval process; our partners’ and affiliates’ ability to develop commercial products incorporating cannabis related traits, and complete the regulatory review process for such products; our compliance with laws and regulations that impact our business, and changes to such laws and regulations; our future capital requirements and ability to satisfy our capital needs; our ability to develop, enforce and defend our intellectual property rights; and the other risks set forth in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including the risks set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 and other filings. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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