Stevia Corp (STEV)

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I don't think you understand the company's position in the hemp supply chain, as discussed in the conference call. You have every right and reason to be upset about the share increase and share offerings, and I actually agree with you in those regards, however I think it's important to clarify what happened with the Chinese hemp.

George stated on the conference call that the company is positioning itself to fulfill every part of the supply chain, but the company isn't currently growing or managing hemp in China. My interpretation of George's statements on the conference call were that RealHemp was buying wholesale hemp from China, and attempting to turn and sell it to commercial and retail outfits. If this is true, management couldn't have known about "bad soil" until product samples arrived from China, since they weren't physically growing the crop there yet. The quality of the Chinese hemp is not reflective of the quality of Stevia Corp.'s farm management operations, and management has gone so far as to cite this inequality for the delay of its hemp products as they don't want to be associated with this low quality.