EXHIBIT 99.1

Thursday October 11, 8:01 am Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: Active IQ Technologies, Inc.

Active IQ Technologies Acquires FMS/Harvest; Acquisition Furthers Leadership
Position in On-Farm Accounting

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Active IQ Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIQT
- news), a leading provider of eServices and accounting applications to small
and mid-sized businesses, today announced that it has acquired FMS Marketing,
Inc. (FMS/Harvest). FMS/Harvest (http://www.fmsharvest.com), based in New Lenox,
Ill., is a leading provider of farm-based accounting systems, including its
state-of-the-art Perception Accounting Software.

FMS/Harvest is the third accounting software provider acquired by Active IQ this
year, Following its earlier purchases of Champion Business Systems and Red Wing
Business Systems. With nineteen years of experience in the farm accounting
market, FMS/Harvest extends Active IQ's leading position in the on-farm
accounting market. Combined with its Red Wing AgCHEK(TM) product line, Active IQ
now dominates this important market with more than 10,000 farm users. The
acquisition increases the total number of small and growing businesses using
various Active IQ products to over 20,000.

Kenneth Brimmer, CEO of Active IQ, commented, "FMS/Harvest brings outstanding
core technology to our Ag group and is immediately synergistic with Red Wing
AgCHEK. We look forward to bringing more advanced solutions to our many farm
users, enhancing farm productivity and extending our market presence."

About Active IQ Technologies, Inc.

Active IQ Technologies, Inc. ( http://www.activeiq.com ) provides products and
services that meet the eBusiness needs of small and medium-sized organizations.
Through its Accounting Applications software division, it also provides
accounting solutions. The company's Epoxy Network is a service-based solution
that provides fully integrated eBusiness solutions to existing legacy
applications. Active IQ is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn.

About FMS Marketing, Inc.

FMS Marketing, Inc., is a full service supplier of software to the agricultural
industry. FMS/Harvest has been serving the agricultural industry with complete
computerized solutions for more than nineteen years. The company's team of
professionals includes farmers, programmers and computer analysts, bringing more
than 50 years of experience to the design of the powerful Perception Accounting
Software product.

The Company notes that statements in this press release, and elsewhere, that
look forward in time, which include everything other than historical
information, involve risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company's
actual results of operations. These forward-looking statements are made in
reliance upon safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Accordingly, actual results may differ materially from those
contemplated by the forward-looking statements.

SOURCE: Active IQ Technologies, Inc.