RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

On June 3, 2020, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Adam Hershey, Interim Chief Executive Officer, board member and investor, pursuant to which he would act as a strategic consultant for the Company, including providing assistance with the sourcing and evaluation of merger and acquisition deals, strategic capital and strategic partnerships or joint ventures. Mr. Hershey is paid an initial monthly rate of $8,333 for the services, subject to certain adjustments. We paid $24,999 and $8,333 for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $49,998 and $8,333 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

We currently have a lease agreement with Dalton Adventures, LLC in which we rent 17,000 square feet of greenhouse space in Boulder, Colorado for $34,636 a month, of which $30,900 is base rent and $3,736 is property taxes. The owner of Dalton Adventures, LLC is a principal shareholder and board member of the Company. We incurred approximately $115,000 and $81,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $230,000 and $81,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.

On December 23, 2020, our four current board members of the Company purchased senior convertible promissory notes from the Company for an aggregate amount of $320,000. A board member who resigned in May 2021 purchased $30,000 of the senior convertible promissory notes from the Company. These notes are included in the 10% Notes discussed in Note 7. Accrued interest earned and owed to the board members was $17,079 as of June 30, 2021.