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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 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 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $74,997 and $33,332 for the nine months ended September 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 $101,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $344,000 and $182,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.

We currently have a lease agreement with Bellewood Holdings, LLC in which we rent retail space for the Trees Englewood retail store in Englewood, Colorado for $10,000 per month. The owner of Bellewood Holdings, LLC is a principal shareholder and board member of the Company. We incurred approximately $11,871 of rent expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021.

On December 23, 2020, four of our current board members 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 $25,257 as of September 30, 2021.