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MARCH 2020 ISSUE 53

EDITORIAL TEAM Cy Williams Publisher/Editor

Tammi Stanhope Ontario Editor

Rainbow Smithe BC Editor

Janine Morra Ontario Editorial Team

Stephanie James Maritimes Editorial Team

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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” Mar n Luther King Jr March was a strange month - As this Pandemic swept across Europe during our High! Canada Magazine High! European Tour, we found ourselves in a new world, almost overnight. While in Spain, we saw an en re city shut down, begin to impose curfews and essen ally shut the en re country down around us. We returned home a er only a week abroad to a two-week quaran ne period where we watched the same sort of thing begin to unfold here at home. On behalf of the magazine, I wish our readers nothing but the best during these difficult mes. We implore you to stay home as much as possible. If you can work from home - please do so. If you are a front line worker, providing essen al services please know you are valued and your own safety is just as important to us as our own. Your courage does not go unno ced! To everyone else, remember to check in on your older rela ves, remember that everyone is lucky enough to have someplace to go and isolate during this pandemic. Homelessness did not just go away because we ourselves are home and safe and cannot see it.

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“Registra on is one of the most important aspects of being marketready as these product orders build from organic farmers.” Management is currently nego a ng with poten al s a l e s a n d d i st r i b u o n partners to support our market expansion in these states. The company looks forward to announcing distribu on agreements soon. Orders from food and commodi es farmers are on track to outpace those from cannabis growers by the end of the year.

ONIT Sciences has announced that it has secured a contract for the distribu on of its products by Yei Tec S.A. De C.V. Yei Te c i s a f u l l - s e r v i c e distribu on company with 70 seasoned sales experts covering all farming regions of the country and a team of 35 agronomists, who set input protocols for Yei Tec customers. The company currently services over 1,000 farms with sizes from 5,000 acres to over 100,000 a c re s , g ro w i n g c ro ps ranging from mango, guava and strawberries to corn, beans, zucchini, jalapenos and other peppers.

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Anthony (Tony) Lawand, Sales & Marketing Visionary, One World Ventures Inc (OTC: OWVI)

Toronto, Canada and will consider m o re l o c a t i o n s a s t h e n e e d permits. W h a t w a s i t a b o u t O W V I b u s i n e s s a c t i v i t i e s t h a t impressed you the most? As you know I’ve always tried to be ahead of the curve in this industry and can sense a truly historic opportunity when I see one. What I started to see happening was that with the more & more acceptance hemp & CBD products gained in the market, the more taxed and regulated it became too. Local governments have also tried to prohibit cannabis businesses from operating in some local communities & anywhere in the USA this billion dollar industry operates almost exclusively in CASH (lack access to banking). Businesses can’t deduct business & o p e ra t i n g ex p e n s e s f ro m Federal taxes & subject to paying a penalty for paying in cash (subject to intense scrutiny by IRS). As a result, it was the partnership between OWVI and the NAAC (another company I helped found) through its acquisition with Aqueous International Corporation that irst caught my attention. This alliance solved a lot of the problems that were crippling the industry & also allowed for international companies to have a presence in the USA quickly & ef iciently. I got very excited at the prospects and untapped potential it oﬀered. Some advantages to operating on the Nation include a higher ef iciency model with lower labor & operational costs, Federal tax bene its available, less taxes & regulations than other States & Countries & a swift permitting & licensing process. Located at the

center of the four corners of the southwest United States with access to nearby domestic and international airports, airstrips, railroad and major highways (I-40 corridor), the Navajo Nation also has an unlimited water & power supply made available to the business. Also, I’d heard several times from speakers at national industry events that many investors were turning to economically distressed areas to operate a cannabis business as these communities were welcoming cannabis businesses with open arms. Can you tell us more about the Sovereign Navajo Nation & what does Sovereign mean? The Navajo Nation has an area of over 27,000 square miles and is situated on the four corners of the southwestern Colorado Plateau, within the CO, NM, AZ, UT States in America. Very often, the size is compared to that of the state of West Virginia and remains the largest reservation in the United States with a population of over 350,000. They have their own corporate banking, environmental and diplomatic missions. They also have many strategic relationships with other Tribes and other countries, such as Switzerland, Israel and Cuba. The Navajo Nation has remained completely Sovereign through their refusal to sign the Indian Reorganization Act, presented by the U.S. Congress in 1934. As a Sovereign Nation of the USA, the Navajo can enact their own regulations and laws concerning cannabis but model their rules to align with those States that have already legalized so not to be in con lict. While the US

government's position on cannabis production does not allow for any business to receive any tax credits and employer bene its in this industry, on the Navajo Nation there are several readily available. Near Farmington, New Mexico there is 110,630 acres of farmland watered by the Navajo Reservoir and the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project (NIIP) canal. This project delivers water from the San Juan River which is connected to the Colorado River basin. The Navajo Nation maintain 51% ownership of the San Juan River water rights and make available to the business. The Navajo Nation also has access to unlimited and low cost electricity with large, multiple facilities that produce energy. These include power plants, natural gas and solar arrays. A r e t h e r e o t h e r g l o b a l b u s i n e s s e s t h a t c u r re n t ly operate on the Nation already? A b s o l u t e l y. We i n v i t e a l l o rga n i z a t i o n s to j o i n o t h e r successful businesses already operating such as Wells Fargo, Bank of America. Orville Redenbacher, Peabody Energy, Raytheon Missile and more. What are some of the recent h i g h l i g h t s yo u ’ ve a l r e a dy accomplished? When OWVI and Aqueous International Corporation merged c o m p a n i e s i n J a n u a ry 2 0 1 9 forming a strategic alliance with the Native American Agricultural Company and the Navajo, we then provided the funding for their P i l o t H e m p P ro g ra m . T h i s program was brought up to USDA approved standards, resulting in the production of Hemp seeds and

Biomass We are incredibly proud of all that our team accomplished so far and will continue to create a tremendous amount of opportunities for the small family farm, local communities, the U.S. economy, and a myriad of other industries bene icial to the Navajo. Other highlights included: Providing on-the-job training for traditional Navajo farmers and laborers: We assembled a task force of over 200 farmers / laborers to rehabilitate over 300 acres of local farms and teach them how to grow the hemp plant. They went from ield to ield to help each other irrigate, water, plant seeds, weed, and harvest their farms, producing millions of viable seeds. Submitting Navajo Hemp Regulations to USDA: To maintain our primary regulatory authority. Developing a brand strategy and prototypes for Navajo Gold: As Navajo Nation’s signature CBD/Hemp brand, we created its visual identity and began production of hemp/CBD prototype products that will be

launched in 2020. We opened irst Hemp & CBD Store on Navajo Nation: The Navajo Gold Health & Wellness Center is based in Shiprock, NM featuring tinctures, capsules, topicals & edibles for sale. Online ordering and sales to begin in late 2020. NAAC envisions hemp as a way to re b u i l d t h e N ava j o fa r m i n g economy and also bring the young people back to the Nation to an industry they can work, grow and thrive in and I certainly agree. Hemp cultivation can connect the Navajo people’s past to its future and can provide many agricultural and economic advantages for the Tribe.

What are some of the products and services you now oﬀer? We are very proud of our current involvement with the Native Americans in the USA and in developing their lands for hemp and cannabis businesses to thrive. By inviting businesses to operate on Sovereign Nations, we aim to bring wealth and prosperity to Native American peoples while accomplishing strategic goals that build shareholder value. We oﬀer several opportunities for the broader cannabis industry with a focus on commercial cultivators, processors, manufacturers, distributors, and re t a i l . We c o m p ly w i t h government regulations, and work with our national and global partners to educate and advise them on operating a hemp or cannabis business in the USA. Through this work with the Navajo, we also saw the opportunity to create a unique signature brand for their Reservation that ultimately will have a portion of sales going back to support native community programs. We are currently developing a premium full spectrum hemp product line that features everything from hemp cigarettes, tinctures, cosmetics, pet products with some other new innovations coming very soon. I’ve

always been adamant on producing the very best CBD products possible and not for just higher margins. We will also create custom private label products. Our research has shown that people especially Europeans and Asians identify with Native Americans in a positive light as their spiritual and natural culture are well suited to bring all organic crafted products to these markets. We have designed Navajo Gold to become a leading brand on the market and want our tag line â&#x20AC;&#x153;All Native. All Naturalâ&#x20AC;? to really mean something. Lastly, to supplement our own supply cultivated on the Navajo, we represent two of the largest manufacturers in the world to sell CBD and CBG in bulk who have given our organization the rights to publicly market their products. We have some of the best pricing in the industry with all the proper certi ications and lab results available. We launch our website in Spring 2020 with over 200,000 KGs of CBD and 50,000 KGS of CBG pharma grade product ready for delivery anywhere it is allowed.

Does your organization have any expansion plans? As I predicted during our last interview the CBD industry became much bigger and more exciting than THC, especially with the legalization of hemp through the 2018 Farm Bill that was passed over a year ago. The cannabis-related products and mixed lines are growing exponentially as CBD helped fuel the cannabis renaissance and solidi ied its medicinal and nutritional value worldwide. Even the previous skeptics of cannabis legalization are coming to realization that CBD and its relatives such as like CBG (Cannabigerol)/ CBN ( C a n n a b i n o l ) / C B C (Cannabichromene) are gaining traction as the industry emerges extremely fast.

So, as a result we are working on several projects to add other revenue streams with one including developing a Direct Marketing Division along with a signature product Scienatra that will both manufacture and distribute hemp and CBD products catering to the Asian immigrant market in the USA with a strong focus on the China & European markets too. This brand will aim to provide products that perfect balance of all natural ingredients combined with the latest scienti ic breakthroughs. Where do you see yourselves a year from now? In the coming year, we look forward to building upon our success and accomplishments as we continue to rapidly expand our footprint and bring new hemp products to market. We are very satis ied with the Navajo on having the land, water, energy, people, regulations, as well as the systems and controls needed to allow for commercial hemp production in a secure, accountable, track-able, and Federally compliant manner. It is our goal that for 2020 that we create even more jobs for the local

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farmer, including all “A to Z” services from harvesting to drying, bagging, curing, storing, nitrogen sparging, machine trimming, hand trimming, extracting and selling creating a “one stop shop” for the small to large family farm. Any inal thoughts you want to leave us with? Doing business on the Navajo Nation is both smart business and personally ful illing and it is incredible to be a part of such a unique, pro itable, and sustainable venture. I have inally found an ef iciency model that meets the needs of all parties involved while still building s h a r e h o l d e r va l u e f o r t h e company. I’d like to think of this as the next Silicon Valley but with cannabis companies instead of technology…or as we like to refer to it as “Canna Valley”. So, we’re taking a place at the table of the 4.41 Billion USD global hemp

industry which can literally replace and transform much of the material, food and energy of the world. As hemp returns as a viable, organic alternative for food, clothing, housing, medicine and fuel systems, we are keen to not only be a part of the industry, but to transform these communities as well. Hemp is also known to

have properties that bioremediate toxins in the soil and sequester carbon—both of which could help address the environmental challenges the Navajo face.