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to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements include the following:
−Removed: · the effect of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”)
−Removed: pandemic on our ability to obtain funding through various financing transactions or arrangements;
· volatility or decline of our stock price;
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· potential fluctuation in quarterly results;
−Removed: · low trading volume and price of our investment in AESE Shares;
· inability to maintain adequate liquidity to meet our financial obligations;
−Removed: · failure to obtain sufficient sales and distributions of our freeze-dried fruit product offerings;
+Added: · failure to obtain sufficient sales and distributions for our freeze-dried product offerings;
+Added: · supply chain disruption and delay;
+Added: · transportation, labor, and raw material cost increases;
· litigation, disputes and legal claims involving outside parties;
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Overview and Outlook
−Removed: On March 20, 2021,
−Removed: our first freeze drier successfully completed its production testing.
−Removed: The company is now producing its own freeze-dried fruits and vegetables
−Removed: from individual quick freeze (IQF) raw materials.
−Removed: Freeze dried food production also continues to be supplemented by our relationships
−Removed: with co-manufacturing partners.
−Removed: In addition, we completed the build-out of our production facility in March, and have finalized products
−Removed: and packaging, while delivering samples to potential B2B customers.
−Removed: During the second quarter
−Removed: of 2021, we launched our direct-to-consumer freeze-dried consumer packaged goods (CPG) food brand, under our Sow Good brand.
−Removed: launched its first line of non-GMO products including six ready-to-make smoothies and nine snacks.
−Removed: The smoothie lineup offers a mix of
−Removed: both new and familiar flavors:
+Added: We continue to sell our products
+Added: online via our direct-to-consumer channels, in addition to our growing pipeline of business-to-business customers.
+Added: In March of 2021, we
+Added: completed the construction of our first freeze drier and, in antiparticipation of the increased production demands for our products and
+Added: freeze-drying expertise, we are in the development process of our second and third freeze driers.
+Added: During the first quarter of
+Added: 2022, we expanded our ‘Sustain Us’ brand, which offers a line of granolas, snacks, and soups that are marketed toward outdoor
+Added: adventure activities, everyday snacking and meal prep needs, and long-term food storage.
+Added: During 2021, we completed build-out of our production
+Added: facility and launched our direct-to-consumer freeze dried consumer packaged goods (CPG) food brand, under our Sow Good brand.
+Added: launched eleven ready-to-blend smoothies, nine fruit snacks, and six vegetable snacks.
+Added: The smoothie lineup offers a mix of both new and
+Added: familiar flavors:
Açaí of Relief (açaí, blueberry);
Mint to Be (banana, coconut, mint);
−Removed: Apeeling (banana, strawberry).
−Removed: Sow Good packaged snack lineup includes single-ingredient fruits and vegetables such as Mon Cherry (cherries);
−Removed: Cool Beans (edamame);
−Removed: and What’s Apple’n (apples).
−Removed: On July 23, 2021, we launched
−Removed: six new gluten-free granola products under the Sow Good brand.
−Removed: Sow Good’s granola products are made with health-conscious ingredients
−Removed: such as freeze-dried fruit, almonds, hemp hearts, and coconut oil.
−Removed: Granola products are initially being sold direct-to-consumer and will
−Removed: later be targeted to the business-to-business segment.
−Removed: Our unique food products are targeting the large, and growing, freeze-dried food
−Removed: products market.
−Removed: The global freeze-dried food products market is estimated by Technavio to total nearly $60B in 2020, with the
−Removed: United States representing almost 30% of the total.
−Removed: Technavio further projects market growth to continue at over 8% per year through
−Removed: With the extensive freeze-dried manufacturing and food product-focused business development experience of our senior management
−Removed: team, we believe we are well positioned to lead the Company's growth and development in the freeze-dried food industry.
+Added: and Berry Apeeling
+Added: (banana, strawberry).
+Added: Sow Good’s packaged snack lineup includes fruits and vegetables such as Mon Cherry (cherries) and What’s
+Added: the Dill (sweet potato chips with dill).
+Added: We also launched four new gluten-free granola products under the Sow Good brand.
+Added: granola products are made with health-conscious ingredients such as freeze dried fruits, almonds, and hemp hearts.
+Added: Our unique food products
+Added: are targeting the large, and growing, freeze dried food market.
+Added: With the extensive freeze
+Added: dried manufacturing and business development experience of our senior management team, we are confident that we are well positioned to
+Added: lead the Company's growth and development in the freeze dried food industry.
Going Concern Uncertainty
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021,
−Removed: the Company had incurred recurring losses from operations resulting in an accumulated deficit of $40,626,166, and had cash on hand of
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, the
+Added: Company had incurred recurring losses from operations resulting in an accumulated deficit of $45,104,556, and had cash on hand of $1,814,988.
We are too early in our development stage to project revenue with a necessary level of certainty;
−Removed: therefore, we may not have
−Removed: sufficient funds to sustain our operations for the next twelve months and we may need to raise additional cash to fund our operations.
−Removed: These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The Company has commenced sales
−Removed: and continues to develop its operations.
−Removed: In the event sales do not materialize at the expected rates, management would seek additional
−Removed: financing or would attempt to conserve cash by further reducing expenses.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that we will be successful in achieving
−Removed: these objectives.
+Added: therefore, we may not have sufficient
+Added: funds to sustain our operations for the next twelve months and we may need to raise additional cash to fund our operations.
+Added: These factors
+Added: raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: The Company has commenced sales and continues
+Added: to develop its operations.
+Added: In the event sales do not materialize at the expected rates, management would seek additional financing or
+Added: would attempt to conserve cash by further reducing expenses.
+Added: There can be no assurance that we will be successful in achieving these
The Company has incurred recurring
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Results of Operations for the Three Months
−Removed: Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.
+Added: Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021
The following table summarizes
−Removed: selected items from the statement of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
+Added: selected items from the statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Three Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
Cost of goods sold
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Interest expense
−Removed: Loss on disposal of property and equipment
−Removed: Loss on investment in Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc.
+Added: Gain on early extinguishment of debt
+Added: Gain on investment in Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc.
Total other income (expense)
−Removed: $ (1,582,157 )
−Removed: $ (2,492,204 )
−Removed: Revenues commenced during
−Removed: the current year, which were generated by online sales of our freeze-dried foods products.
−Removed: The revenues were $21,137 for the three months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2021, as we test launched our products.
−Removed: The Company did not earn any revenues during the comparative three months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2020.
−Removed: We anticipate increased revenues over the remainder of the year, although there can be no assurance.
+Added: Revenues consist primarily
+Added: of online freeze-dried foods product sales.
+Added: The revenues were $48,372 for the three months ended March 31, 2022, as we continued
+Added: to launch our product lines.
+Added: The Company did not earn any revenues during the comparative three months ended March 31, 2021.
+Added: We anticipate
+Added: increased revenues over the remainder of the year, although there can be no assurance.
Cost of Goods Sold
Cost of goods sold for the
−Removed: three months ended September 30, 2021 were $19,396, primarily consisting of material costs and labor on the sales of freeze-dried
−Removed: food products, resulting in a gross profit of approximately 8% during the quarter.
−Removed: The Company did not have any cost of goods sold during
−Removed: the comparative three months ended September 30, 2020.
+Added: three months ended March 31, 2022 were $47,491, primarily consisting of material costs and labor on the sales of freeze-dried food products,
+Added: resulting in a gross profit of approximately 2% during the quarter.
+Added: The Company did not have any cost of goods sold during the comparative
+Added: three months ended March 31, 2021.
General and administrative expenses
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Salaries and benefits for
−Removed: the three months ended September 30, 2021 were $936,783, compared to $805,938 for the three months ended September 30, 2020,
−Removed: an increase of $130,845, or 16%, Salaries and benefits included stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended September 30,
−Removed: 2021 of $306,018, compared to $322,888 for the three months ended September 30, 2020, a decrease of $16,870, or 5%.
−Removed: Stock-based compensation
−Removed: consists of $145,566 and $322,888 of stock options expense incurred in the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively,
−Removed: and $160,452 of expense related to shares of common stock issued to officers and consultants in the current period for services rendered.
−Removed: The increase in salaries and benefits was primarily due to increased operations as we developed our freeze-dried food operations and stock-based
−Removed: compensation, as management accepted stock-based compensation in lieu of cash.
+Added: the three months ended March 31, 2022 were $916,155, compared to $757,144 for the three months ended March 31, 2021, an increase
+Added: of $159,011, or 21%, Salaries and benefits included stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022 of $144,261,
+Added: compared to $375,891 for the three months ended March 31, 2021, a decrease of $231,630, or 62%.
+Added: Stock-based compensation consists
+Added: of $134,261 and $121,221 of stock options expense incurred in the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $10,000
+Added: and $254,670 of expense related to shares of common stock issued to officers and consultants for services rendered in the three months
+Added: ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
+Added: The increase in salaries and benefits was primarily due to increased operations as we developed
+Added: our freeze-dried food operations, as partially offset by a reduction in stock-based compensation, as management accepted stock-based compensation
+Added: in lieu of cash in the comparative period.
Professional services
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$62,693 for the 2022 period, compared to $101,899 for the 2021 period, a decrease of $39,206, or 38%.
−Removed: The decrease was primarily due
−Removed: to legal fees incurred in connection with our asset purchase agreement with S-FDF, LLC in the comparative period that were not necessary
−Removed: in the current period.
+Added: The decrease was primarily due to
+Added: legal fees incurred in connection with creating our brand in the comparative period that were not necessary in the current period.
Other general and administrative expenses
Other general and administrative
−Removed: expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2021 was $472,369, compared to $45,001 for the three months ended September 30,
+Added: expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $405,076, compared to $286,821 for the three months ended March 31, 2021,
an increase of $118,255, or 41%.
−Removed: The increase is primarily attributable to increased administrative infrastructure as we seek to
−Removed: scale the production and sales of our freeze-dried products.
−Removed: Depreciation expense for the
−Removed: three months ended September 30, 2021 was $64,863, compared to $380 for the three months ended September 30, 2020, an increase
+Added: The increase is primarily attributable to increased administrative infrastructure as we seek to scale
+Added: the production and sales of our freeze-dried products.
+Added: Depreciation expense for
+Added: the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $65,226, compared to $4,996 for the three months ended March 31, 2021, an increase
of $60,230, or 1,206%.
−Removed: The increase is attributable to the addition of new equipment placed in service in late 2020 and early 2021.
+Added: The increase is attributable to the addition of new equipment placed in service throughout 2021.
Other income (expense)
In the three months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2021, other expense was $1,697, consisting entirely of interest expense on our EIDL loan with the SBA.
−Removed: During the comparative
−Removed: three months ended September 30, 2020, other expense, on a net basis, was $1,510,651, consisting of $1,695 of interest expense derived
−Removed: from the business loans the Company received from Cadence Bank, N.A and RBC Capital Markets, LLC and additional operating loans from
−Removed: the PPP and EIDL programs, a loss on the disposal of equipment of $5,369, and a net loss on investments in Allied Esports Entertainment,
−Removed: securities of $1,503,601, as offset by $14 of interest income.
+Added: March 31, 2022, other expense was $103,793, consisting of $44,069 of interest expense on our EIDL loan with the SBA and loans from our
+Added: officers and directors, and $59,724 related to the amortization of warrants issued as a debt discount on the loans from our officers and
+Added: During the comparative three months ended March 31, 2021, other income, on a net basis, was $342,983, consisting of a
+Added: $113,772 gain on early extinguishment of debt and a net gain on investments in Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc.
+Added: securities of $230,723,
+Added: as offset by $1,512 of interest expense derived from the operating loans the Company received from the PPP and EIDL programs.
Net loss for the three months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2021 was $1,582,157, compared to $2,492,204 during the three months ended September 30, 2020, a decreased
−Removed: net loss of $910,047, or 37%.
−Removed: The decreased net loss was due primarily to our loss on investments in Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc.
+Added: ended March 31, 2022 was $1,552,062, compared to $807,877 during the three months ended March 31, 2021, an increased net loss of
+Added: $744,185, or 92%.
+Added: The increased net loss was due primarily to $297,409 of increased operating losses over the prior year, as we ramped
+Added: up our operations, and prior years gains of $113,772 and $230,723 on the forgiveness of our PPP loan and gains on the sale of our investments
+Added: in Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc.
securities in the comparative period.
−Removed: Results of Operations for the Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30, 2021 and 2020.
−Removed: The following table summarizes
−Removed: selected items from the statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
−Removed: Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
−Removed: Cost of goods sold
−Removed: Operating expenses:
−Removed: General and administrative expenses:
−Removed: Salaries and benefits
−Removed: Professional services
−Removed: Other general and administrative expenses
−Removed: Total general and administrative expenses
−Removed: Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Total operating expenses
−Removed: Net operating loss
−Removed: Other income (expense)
−Removed: Interest expense, including $377,440 of warrants issued as a debt discount for the nine months ending September 30, 2020
−Removed: Loss on disposal of property and equipment
−Removed: Gain on early extinguishment of debt
−Removed: Gain (loss) on investment in Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc.
−Removed: Total other income (expense)
−Removed: $ (3,947,828 )
−Removed: $ (4,421,001 )
−Removed: Revenues commenced during
−Removed: the current year, which were generated by online sales of our freeze-dried foods products.
−Removed: The revenues were $28,213 for the nine months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2021, as we test launched our products.
−Removed: The Company did not earn any revenues during the comparative nine months ended
−Removed: September 30, 2020.
−Removed: We anticipate increased revenues over the remainder of the year, although there can be no assurance.
−Removed: Cost of Goods Sold
−Removed: Cost of goods sold for the
−Removed: nine months ended September 30, 2021 were $24,295, primarily consisting of material costs and labor on the sales of freeze-dried
−Removed: food products, resulting in a gross profit of approximately 14% during the period.
−Removed: The Company did not have any cost of goods sold during
−Removed: the comparative nine months ended September 30, 2020.
−Removed: General and administrative expenses
−Removed: Salaries and benefits
−Removed: Salaries and benefits for
−Removed: the nine months ended September 30, 2021 were $2,610,884, compared to $1,330,135 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020,
−Removed: an increase of $1,280,749, or 96%, Salaries and benefits included stock-based compensation expense of $1,015,233, compared to $393,831
−Removed: for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, an increase of $621,402, or 158%.
−Removed: Stock-based compensation consists of $407,031 and
−Removed: $393,831 of stock options expense incurred in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $608,202 of expense
−Removed: related to shares of common stock issued to officers and consultants in the current period for services rendered.
−Removed: The increase in salaries
−Removed: and benefits was primarily due to increased operations as we developed our freeze-dried food operations and stock-based compensation,
−Removed: as management accepted stock-based compensation in lieu of cash.
−Removed: Professional services
−Removed: Professional services were
−Removed: $270,779 for the 2021 period, compared to $327,090 for the 2020 period, a decrease of $56,311, or 17%.
−Removed: The decrease was primarily due
−Removed: to legal fees incurred in connection with our asset purchase agreement with S-FDF, LLC in the comparative period that were not necessary
−Removed: in the current period.
−Removed: Other general and administrative expenses
−Removed: Other general and administrative
−Removed: expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was $1,183,453, compared to $186,380 for the nine months ended September 30,
−Removed: 2020, an increase of $997,073, or 535%.
−Removed: The increase is primarily attributable to increased administrative infrastructure as we seek to
−Removed: scale the production and sales of our freeze-dried products.
−Removed: Depreciation expense for the
−Removed: nine months ended September 30, 2021 was $129,915, compared to $1,030 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, an increase
−Removed: of $128,885, or 12,513%.
−Removed: The increase is attributable to the addition of new equipment placed in service in late 2020 and early 2021.
−Removed: Other income (expense)
−Removed: In the nine months ended September 30,
−Removed: 2021, other income was $243,285, consisting of a gain on investments in Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc.
−Removed: securities of $133,944 and
−Removed: a gain on early extinguishment of debt of $113,772 related to the forgiveness of the PPP loan, as offset by $4,431 of interest expense
−Removed: derived from the operating loans the Company received from the PPP and EIDL programs.
−Removed: During the comparative nine months ended September 30,
−Removed: 2020, other expense was $2,576,366, consisting of $384,456 of interest expense derived from the business loans the Company received from
−Removed: Cadence Bank, N.A, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and additional operating loans from the PPP and EIDL programs, including $377,440 of
−Removed: expense related to the amortization of warrants issued in consideration of personal guarantees provided for debt financing, along with
−Removed: a net loss on investments in Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc.
−Removed: of $2,186,557, as offset by $16 of interest income.
−Removed: Net loss for the nine months
−Removed: ended September 30, 2021 was $3,947,828, compared to $4,421,001 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, a decrease
−Removed: of $473,173, or 11%.
−Removed: The decreased net loss was primarily due to our gain on early extinguishment of debt and gain on investments in Allied
−Removed: Esports Entertainment, Inc.
−Removed: securities, compared to our prior period loss on investments, as partially offset by increased stock-based
−Removed: compensation and costs associated with the development of our freeze-dried food operations.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The following table summarizes
−Removed: our total current assets, liabilities and working capital at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
−Removed: September 30,
+Added: our total current assets, liabilities and working capital at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
Current Assets
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Working Capital
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021,
−Removed: we had working capital of $3,425,459.
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, we
+Added: had working capital of $3,168,852.
The following table summarizes
−Removed: our cash flows during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
−Removed: Nine Months Ended
−Removed: September 30,
+Added: our cash flows during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
+Added: Three Months Ended
Net cash used in operating activities
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$ (1,194,871 )
−Removed: Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities
Net cash provided by financing activities
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: $ (1,530,940 )
Net cash used in operating
−Removed: activities was $4,304,501 and $1,111,648 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, a period over period
−Removed: increase of $3,192,853.
−Removed: The increase was primarily due to an increase of $1,021,099 in inventory purchases, as well as, increased costs
−Removed: as we moved our operations from Minnesota to Texas to develop our new freeze-dried food business.
+Added: activities was $1,482,598 and $1,194,871 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, a period over period increase
+Added: The increase was primarily due to our increased net loss.
Net cash used in investing
−Removed: activities were $590,250 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
−Removed: Cash used in investing activities were comprised of $1,004,611
−Removed: of fixed asset purchases, as we built out our freeze-dried foods warehouse and equipment, as partially offset by $414,361 of proceeds
−Removed: received from the sale of investments in Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc.
−Removed: securities during the nine months ended September 30,
−Removed: Net cash provided by financing
−Removed: activities was $5,562,511 and $262,925 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
−Removed: All of the 2021 activity
−Removed: was the result of the $2,525,000 we raised from the sale of an aggregate 631,250 shares of the Company’s
−Removed: common stock at $4.00 per share, and another $3,037,511 raised from the sale of an aggregate 714,701 shares sold at $4.25 per share ,
−Removed: compared to $262,925 of net proceeds received and repayments on notes payable in the comparative nine months ended September 30,
+Added: activities were $48,342 and $696,745 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, a period over period decrease
+Added: Cash used in investing activities were comprised of $44,726 of fixed asset purchases, as we built out our freeze-dried foods
+Added: warehouse and equipment, and $3,616 of purchases on trademarks during the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to $38,208 of fixed
+Added: asset purchases, along with $658,537 of construction in progress costs incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2021.
+Added: There were no financing activities
+Added: during the three months ended March 31, 2022.
+Added: Net cash provided by financing activities was $2,525,000 for the three months ended
+Added: March 31, 2021.
+Added: All of the 2021 activity was the result of the $2,525,000 we raised from the sale
+Added: of an aggregate 631,250 shares of the Company’s common stock at $4.00 per share, and another $3,037,511 raised from the sale of
+Added: an aggregate 714,701 shares sold at $4.25 per share .
Satisfaction of our cash obligations for
the next 12 months
−Removed: As of September 30, 2021,
−Removed: our balance of cash was $2,580,489 and we had total working capital of $3,425,459.
+Added: As of March 31, 2022, our
+Added: balance of cash was $1,814,988 and we had total working capital of $3,168,852.
B ased on projections
−Removed: of cash expenditures in the Company’s current business plan, the cash on hand as of September 30, 2021 would be insufficient
−Removed: to sustain operations over the next year.
+Added: of cash expenditures in the Company’s current business plan, the cash on hand as of March 31, 2022 would be insufficient to
+Added: sustain operations over the next year.
We expect to incur significant costs related to the development and operation of our freeze-dried
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Should the Company be successful in launching its products, we may pursue
−Removed: the expansion of our production capabilities through the construction of a second freeze drier.
−Removed: Adding a second freeze drier would require
+Added: the expansion of our production capabilities through the construction of a third freeze drier.
+Added: Adding a third freeze drier would require
approximately $1 million of incremental capital and would likely require the Company to identify additional sources of funding .
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and additional financing in the form of equity or debt as needed.
−Removed: Our ability to scale production
−Removed: and distribution capabilities and further increase the value of our brands is largely dependent on our success in raising additional capital .
+Added: On April 8, 2022, we raised $3.7 million from the sale of Promissory
+Added: Notes and Warrants, including $3,120,000 received from related parties, resulting in approximately $4.4 million of cash on hand as
+Added: of May 1, 2022.
+Added: Our ability to scale production and distribution capabilities and further increase the value of our brands is largely
+Added: dependent on our success in raising additional capital .
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
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