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Related-Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related-Party Transactions

Note 23. Related Party Transactions

The Company’s related parties include Moral Compass Corporation (“MCC”) and the John Sperling Foundation (“JSF”). The rights to the intellectual property owned by Blue Horse Labs, Inc. (“BHL”) were assigned to its sole shareholder, the John Sperling Revocable Trust (“JSRT”) due to BHL’s dissolution and then subsequently to the JSF. The JSF is deemed a related party of the Company because MCC, the Company’s largest stockholder, and the JSF share common officers and directors.

Transactions with related parties are reflected in the consolidated financial statements under amounts due to related parties. Outlined below are details of agreements between the Company and its related parties:

JSF receives a single digit royalty from the Company when revenue has been collected on product sales or for license payments from third parties that involve certain intellectual property developed under research funding originally from BHL. Royalty fees due to JSF were $48,000 and $64,000 as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, and are included in the consolidated balance sheets as amounts due to related parties.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company leased land on the island of Molokai, Hawaii from an entity owned by Kevin Comcowich, the Chair of the Company’s Board of Directors, and his wife. The Company used to grow hemp on this land to support the operations of its joint venture Archipelago Ventures Hawaii, until the expiration of the lease in February 2022. The original lease was executed in February 2019, covers 10 acres of land, has a term of two years and provides for rent payments of $1,200 per acre per year. In March and April 2020, the Company entered into two lease amendments for two additional 10-acre parcels and two additional 15-acre parcels, at the same lease rate of $1,200 per acre per year, and with a term of two years. The Company made lease payments in the amount of $0 and $84,000 during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Mr. Comcowich served as the Company's interim chief executive officer from January 1, 2022 to February 1, 2022, and received $34,000 in total compensation for his services in this role.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company sold Archipelago equipment to Mr. Comcowich at fair value. The impact of the transaction on the consolidated financial statements was not material.