Sean MurphyHemp and SustainabilityHebrew University, 3/8/16

When you besiege a city for many days to wage war against it to seize it, do not destroy its trees by swinging an axe against them, for from it you will eat, and you shall not cut it down.

Deuteronomy 20:19-20

Protecting God’s Creation

“I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.”

The Lorax

“The Earth, our home, is beginning to look like an immense pile of filth.”

Pope Francis

Behold. Hemp.

.3% THC

Public Private Alternatives

Land/Real Estate

Impact Bonds& Grant Making

Investing in the Hemp

Value Chain

Investing in the Hempfor Impact

1. Agriculture (food & medicine)

2. Water

3. Energy

4. Climate Change

5. Plastic/Lumber Replacement

The Hemp “Impact” Investor Question:

Do you target higher profit margins with consumer / ag tech products or invest in

lower profit margin businesses with a higher impact (e.g. seed development, land,

cultivation and industrial processing)?

UN Business ForumBusiness Case for Corporate Climate Adaption Panel

Stuart Gulliver, CEO/Chairman, HSBC Bank

ROBERT. H. HERZFormer Chairman, FASB

MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERGSASB, Chair of the Board

Did you know?89% of global institutional investors will request sustainability information directly from companies, but only 10% of companies are integrating sustainability metrics into 10-K filings.

Food

Hemp as Technology

Acquisitions

Media/PRLegal Counsel

Melissa Mellen Patrick ReaAndrew Stoll David LinkDoug Brown

Advisor Advisor Mentor

Editorial Advisors Writers & Researchers

Arcview Market Research Deputy Editor (3rd Edition)

Carla Ooyen, MBAResearch Director

1. Food

- Dairy- Bread- Grains- Beverages- Snack Foods- Packaged and

Prepared Foods- Condiments

2. Supplements

3. Personal Care

4. Consumer Textile

5. Other Consumer- Pet Food- Pet Supplements- Household Cleaners- Paper- Jewelry/Crafts- Other

6. Industrial Applications

- Automotive- Green building- Industrial Textiles- Bedding Materials- BioFuels- BioPlastics- Oil Wells- Other

7. Hemp CBD

Market Sectors Breakdown

Global Hemp Industry (2014-2015)

26% GrowthCBD Industry (2015)

$85MU.S. Hemp Industry (2020)

$1.5B

Europe going Flat in 2016… what does it mean?

• France as Europe’s biggest hemp grower with 11,450 ha under the crop in 2015. Rounding out the top five were Lithuania (2,367 ha); Italy (2,070 ha); Croatia (1,600 ha); and Germany (1,486 ha).

France LCDA 5500 Italy Assocanapa 2000Internal Eurochanvre 1800Dun Agro 1172

• Hurd processed for hempcrete is selling for between €350-€360 per ton on the continent, and sources say the straw is available, however transportation costs can considerably impact the end price. Source EHIA

The Netherlands HempFlax 572Germany HempFlax (west) 541HempFlax/BaFa (east) 120Austria BaFa (with HempFlax) 150

What’s Really Going On?

The Agriculture Act oF 2014 “The Farm Bill” Passes (Feb. 2014)

• Colorado registered 164 growers this year, with about 3,512 acres outside and 487,000 square feet of indoor grows, including 14 in Pueblo County.

• Colorado farmers planted 2,000 acres of hemp in 2015, up about 250 acres in 2014.

Behold. A Colorado CBD Hemp Field.

And a Colorado CBD Hemp harvest.

The Hemp Wars? Pueblo, Colorado

U.S. Challenges

1. Full Federal Commercial Legalization

2. Seed Quality and Availability

3. Federal Farm Programs and Pesticides

Market Opportunities

1. Innovations Across Value Chain

2. Education: Farmer and Public

3. Hemp CBD Market

The time to get involved in hemp is now.