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The Solution Under Our Feet:
How Regenerative Organic Agriculture
Can Save Your Bacon
John W. Roulac, Founder & CEO
Nutiva’s Hemp Offering
2
New Hemp Foods
3
Nutiva Organic Hemp
65.8%
33.5%
52.8%
48.3%
19.5%
33.6%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Hemp Oil Hempseed Hemp Protein
Nutiva's Share of Organic Market
Nutiva's Share of Total Market (Organic & Non-Organic)
Nutiva’s hemp is always
organic – no pesticides or
chemical fertilizers used in
the growing process
Nutiva helped pioneered
the hemp food industry in
the US and is a leader in
legalizing the farming of
industrial hemp.
Source: SPINS Scan Natural
Period Ending 2/22/15
Nutiva Gives Back 1%
100s of Organizations Funded
GMO Inside
Rodale
Institute
EcoFarm Vote Hemp
Over $3 Million Donated to:
Sustainable
Farming
Food &
Environmental
Activism
Trees &
Gardens
Healthy
Communities
Nutiva Donating 750 Chestnut Seedlings
to Farmers & Ranchers
US Organic food sales exceed $45 billion in 2015 *
*United States Organic Foods Market Forecast & Opportunities 2020 by Research & Markets 2015
$32.3B
2013
$35B
2014
$45B
2015
Divergence Between Supply & Demand of Organics in the US
4%
96%
Food Sales
Organic
Food Sales
Non-
organic
food sales
0.7%
99.3%
Organic US Acreage
Organic
Acres
Non-
organic
Acres
Hemp: America’s Homegrown Superfood
The Search for Omegas
Organic Hemp is nature’s ideal
balance of omega-3 & omega-
6 fatty acids – loaded with
magnesium, zinc, & iron
4 out of 10 consumers are
looking for an alternative to
fish oil
Certified Organic Hemp –
Earth’s Premier Renewable Resource
Hemp Construction
Low carbon
Easy to process &
build
Replaces energy
intensive & toxic ti-
vec installation &
glass
“Hempcrete” housing
Wright’s 1918 article
“Wisconsin’s Hemp Industry”
"Hemp has been demonstrated to
be the best smother crop for
assisting in the eradication of quack
grass and Canada thistles… At
Waupon in 1911 the hemp was
grown on land badly infested with
quack grass, and in spite of an
unfavorable season a yield of two
thousand one hundred pounds of
fiber to the acre was obtained and
the quack grass was practically
destroyed."
Canadian Hemp Licensed Acreage 1998-2014
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
Number(ac)
Year
1135 License
768 Cultivation
11.5K ha CFX-2
13.6K ha Finola
Health Canada
108,462 ac
43,912 ha
67% increase
Hemp Seed, Grain & Contract Pricing
Canadian Dollar
Sown at 20-30lb/ac
Seed Cost $2.25-3.00/lb
Avg. Grain Yield
20-30bu*/ac = 880-1320 lb/ac
(49-74bu*/ha = 985-1478kg/ha)
Contract Pricing
Certified Organic $1.75+/lb
Conventional $0.75+/lb
*Bushel (bu) = 19.96kg/ha (44 lb/bu)
Growing Hemp
General Observations
Avoid wet cold soils
Soil temperature: warm < 46.4° F
Equipment – cracking seed
Seeding rate 25-30 to 40lb/ac
Plant shallow into moisture
Requires quick emergence
Weed competition
No registered pesticides - food
Needs Nitrogen- crop rotation, fertilizers
Regulations
Hemp- relatively modest for the amount of biomass
Can absorb and preserve water for a long time
www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/index.html
HEMP – an Ancient Plant with a Future
Agronomic Benefits
Hemp naturally suppresses weeds and returns nitrogen back to the soil.
Adding new crops to a rotation helps break disease cycles.
Preliminary research shows that hemp in rotations may decrease soybean nematodes cyst
populations.
Hemp requires low to zero chemical inputs of herbicides, insecticides and fungicides.
Frost and drought tolerant but it cannot handle standing water as seedlings.
Hemp can be seeded later than other crops and it can be re-seeded if required.
The crop is day length sensitive thus it flowers about the same time each year.
Reference: Hermann, Anndrea 2008. Appendix D.
Canadian National Industrial Hemp Strategy (NIHS)
pp. 284-344, – Literature Review of the Agronomics
of Industrial Hemp: Seeding and Harvesting
Literature Review Agronomics: Industrial Hemp
Seeding and Harvesting.
Slide credit: Hermann, A and Owen, A.
Image: Owen, Manitoba, Canada 2011
Q
uality - Integrity - Knowledg
e
www.HempIndustries.org
Primary Production
Harvesting, Drying & Storage
Intact hull and the ‘nut’ should be creamy white color
Harvest at 18% moisture or less but no more than 25%
Immediate drying under aeration to 9-8% moisture content
Prevent heating & crusting in bin by turning
2 year storage under proper conditions
Continually monitoring the grain as it can become unstable.
Hopper bottom bins
Grain from Combine
A. Hermann
A. Hermann
Shifting Story of Climate Change
New story – oceans are becoming
acidic, destroying our oxygen supply
Solution: new app to drawdown carbon
via regenerative & pasture systems
Current story argues the planet is
getter hotter
Solar & wind is the answer
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
~30% emitted
via agriculture
Largely
attributable to
animals &
Nitrogen
Fertilizers
92.5% of
farmland is
devoted to
animal
production
• emits by far the
most GHGs
Rodale Institute: Down-to-Earth
Solution to Climate Change
“Regenerative
Organic
Agriculture”
Maximize carbon
fixation, minimize
loss of carbon once
returned to soil
Reverse the
Greenhouse Effect
Organically
managed soils
can convert
carbon CO2 from
a greenhouse gas
into  a food-
producing asset
A Monster Algae Bloom Takes Over the Pacific Ocean
Health & Safety
Glyphosate/RoundUp®
Found in human
& animal urine,
animal tissues –
contradicts
regulatory
assumptions &
industry
assuances
Antimicrobial
effect on
animals’ gut
flora.
Linked to birth
defects in
rabbits & rats –
evidence
contradicts
regulatory
conclusions.
Evidence of
endocrine
disruption in rat
testicular cells.
RoundUp®
found to be 125
times more toxic
than glyphosate
– contradicts
regulatory
assumptions &
industry
assurances
Glyphosate
residues in
animal feed
linked to low
trace minerals in
cattle body
tissues
5 Principles of Soil Health from Natural Resources Conservation Service
Compost &
Cover Soil
Plant Cover
Crops
Minimize
Soil
Disturbance
Maximize
Diversity
Integrate
Livestock on
Land
Imagine healthy soils & a healthy future…

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How Regenerative Agriculture Can Save Your Bacon!

  • 1. The Solution Under Our Feet: How Regenerative Organic Agriculture Can Save Your Bacon John W. Roulac, Founder & CEO
  • 4. Nutiva Organic Hemp 65.8% 33.5% 52.8% 48.3% 19.5% 33.6% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Hemp Oil Hempseed Hemp Protein Nutiva's Share of Organic Market Nutiva's Share of Total Market (Organic & Non-Organic) Nutiva’s hemp is always organic – no pesticides or chemical fertilizers used in the growing process Nutiva helped pioneered the hemp food industry in the US and is a leader in legalizing the farming of industrial hemp. Source: SPINS Scan Natural Period Ending 2/22/15
  • 5. Nutiva Gives Back 1% 100s of Organizations Funded GMO Inside Rodale Institute EcoFarm Vote Hemp Over $3 Million Donated to: Sustainable Farming Food & Environmental Activism Trees & Gardens Healthy Communities
  • 6. Nutiva Donating 750 Chestnut Seedlings to Farmers & Ranchers
  • 7. US Organic food sales exceed $45 billion in 2015 * *United States Organic Foods Market Forecast & Opportunities 2020 by Research & Markets 2015 $32.3B 2013 $35B 2014 $45B 2015
  • 8. Divergence Between Supply & Demand of Organics in the US 4% 96% Food Sales Organic Food Sales Non- organic food sales 0.7% 99.3% Organic US Acreage Organic Acres Non- organic Acres
  • 10. The Search for Omegas Organic Hemp is nature’s ideal balance of omega-3 & omega- 6 fatty acids – loaded with magnesium, zinc, & iron 4 out of 10 consumers are looking for an alternative to fish oil
  • 11. Certified Organic Hemp – Earth’s Premier Renewable Resource
  • 12. Hemp Construction Low carbon Easy to process & build Replaces energy intensive & toxic ti- vec installation & glass “Hempcrete” housing
  • 13. Wright’s 1918 article “Wisconsin’s Hemp Industry” "Hemp has been demonstrated to be the best smother crop for assisting in the eradication of quack grass and Canada thistles… At Waupon in 1911 the hemp was grown on land badly infested with quack grass, and in spite of an unfavorable season a yield of two thousand one hundred pounds of fiber to the acre was obtained and the quack grass was practically destroyed."
  • 14. Canadian Hemp Licensed Acreage 1998-2014 0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000 Number(ac) Year 1135 License 768 Cultivation 11.5K ha CFX-2 13.6K ha Finola Health Canada 108,462 ac 43,912 ha 67% increase
  • 15. Hemp Seed, Grain & Contract Pricing Canadian Dollar Sown at 20-30lb/ac Seed Cost $2.25-3.00/lb Avg. Grain Yield 20-30bu*/ac = 880-1320 lb/ac (49-74bu*/ha = 985-1478kg/ha) Contract Pricing Certified Organic $1.75+/lb Conventional $0.75+/lb *Bushel (bu) = 19.96kg/ha (44 lb/bu)
  • 16. Growing Hemp General Observations Avoid wet cold soils Soil temperature: warm < 46.4° F Equipment – cracking seed Seeding rate 25-30 to 40lb/ac Plant shallow into moisture Requires quick emergence Weed competition No registered pesticides - food Needs Nitrogen- crop rotation, fertilizers Regulations Hemp- relatively modest for the amount of biomass Can absorb and preserve water for a long time www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/index.html
  • 17. HEMP – an Ancient Plant with a Future
  • 18. Agronomic Benefits Hemp naturally suppresses weeds and returns nitrogen back to the soil. Adding new crops to a rotation helps break disease cycles. Preliminary research shows that hemp in rotations may decrease soybean nematodes cyst populations. Hemp requires low to zero chemical inputs of herbicides, insecticides and fungicides. Frost and drought tolerant but it cannot handle standing water as seedlings. Hemp can be seeded later than other crops and it can be re-seeded if required. The crop is day length sensitive thus it flowers about the same time each year. Reference: Hermann, Anndrea 2008. Appendix D. Canadian National Industrial Hemp Strategy (NIHS) pp. 284-344, – Literature Review of the Agronomics of Industrial Hemp: Seeding and Harvesting Literature Review Agronomics: Industrial Hemp Seeding and Harvesting. Slide credit: Hermann, A and Owen, A. Image: Owen, Manitoba, Canada 2011 Q uality - Integrity - Knowledg e www.HempIndustries.org
  • 19. Primary Production Harvesting, Drying & Storage Intact hull and the ‘nut’ should be creamy white color Harvest at 18% moisture or less but no more than 25% Immediate drying under aeration to 9-8% moisture content Prevent heating & crusting in bin by turning 2 year storage under proper conditions Continually monitoring the grain as it can become unstable. Hopper bottom bins Grain from Combine A. Hermann A. Hermann
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  • 21. Shifting Story of Climate Change New story – oceans are becoming acidic, destroying our oxygen supply Solution: new app to drawdown carbon via regenerative & pasture systems Current story argues the planet is getter hotter Solar & wind is the answer
  • 22. Greenhouse Gas Emissions ~30% emitted via agriculture Largely attributable to animals & Nitrogen Fertilizers 92.5% of farmland is devoted to animal production • emits by far the most GHGs
  • 23. Rodale Institute: Down-to-Earth Solution to Climate Change “Regenerative Organic Agriculture” Maximize carbon fixation, minimize loss of carbon once returned to soil Reverse the Greenhouse Effect Organically managed soils can convert carbon CO2 from a greenhouse gas into  a food- producing asset
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  • 25. A Monster Algae Bloom Takes Over the Pacific Ocean
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  • 29. Health & Safety Glyphosate/RoundUp® Found in human & animal urine, animal tissues – contradicts regulatory assumptions & industry assuances Antimicrobial effect on animals’ gut flora. Linked to birth defects in rabbits & rats – evidence contradicts regulatory conclusions. Evidence of endocrine disruption in rat testicular cells. RoundUp® found to be 125 times more toxic than glyphosate – contradicts regulatory assumptions & industry assurances Glyphosate residues in animal feed linked to low trace minerals in cattle body tissues
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  • 32. 5 Principles of Soil Health from Natural Resources Conservation Service Compost & Cover Soil Plant Cover Crops Minimize Soil Disturbance Maximize Diversity Integrate Livestock on Land
  • 33. Imagine healthy soils & a healthy future…