AgriFORCE Growing Systems Announces Appointment of Senior Government Affairs and Capital Markets Executive Amy Griffith to Bo...
July 13 2021 - 9:00AM
AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: AGRI), an innovative
agriculture-focused technology company that delivers reliable,
financially robust solutions for high value crops through
proprietary facility design and automation, announces that it has
appointed senior government affairs executive, Amy E. Griffith, to
the Company’s board of directors. Ms. Griffith will serve on the
board's Executive Compensation, Audit, and Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committees.
Amy Griffith is Wells Fargo’s State & Local
Government Relations Senior Leader for the NorthEast Region
encompassing Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode
Island, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine. She was
recruited to Wells Fargo’s Government Relations and Public Policy
team in 2019. In this role, Griffith leads Wells Fargo’s
legislative and political agenda in her region and manages
relationships with state and local policymakers as well as
community stakeholders. From 2008-2019, Griffith led government
relations for sixteen states in the Eastern United States for TIAA
for over a decade. In her role at TIAA, she successfully lobbied
for multiple high-profile issues, including landmark pension reform
legislation adopted in Pennsylvania. Prior to that, she worked in
the aerospace, high tech, education, private and public sectors,
and has managed multiple high-profile political campaigns at the
local, state and national level. She is a graduate of
Gwynedd-Mercy College and holds a Bachelor of Arts in History.
Ms. Griffith stated, “I am honored to join the
board of AgriFORCE to help raise awareness and assist in advancing
the Company’s disruptive business model around its unique IP and
next generation agricultural facility. In stark contrast to
traditional indoor growing environments, this facility is designed
to allow plants to achieve their full genetic yield optimization,
providing a convenient, pesticide free, fresh, and sustainable
product offering. I look forward to working closely with the
management and board of AgriFORCE to help maximize value for
shareholders.”
"I am pleased to welcome Amy, as a new
independent director to the AgriFORCE board and value her expertise
on financial, regulatory and government matters," said Ingo
Mueller, CEO of AgriFORCE. "She joins AgriFORCE at an exciting
time, as we prepare for the commercialization phase of our
proprietary and patent pending facility design and automated
growing system. Importantly, consumers are increasingly seeking out
fresh, locally grown produce and ingredients; however, there are
multiple issues such as crop and pesticide drift – including into
the water table. In addition, given current crop yields,
availability of arable land and projected population growth, many
believe today’s farming methods will be insufficient to meet the
needs of the world's population. Current greenhouse and indoor
growing technologies do not fundamentally address ideal growing
conditions and are often environmentally unfriendly. We believe the
COVID-19 pandemic has only highlighted the urgent issues facing the
current food supply chain and we believe Amy’s background in both
government relations and financial markets will be invaluable as we
raise awareness around these pressing challenges and our unique
solutions. We also believe her appointment illustrates our
commitment to the highest levels of corporate governance.”
About AgriFORCE
AgriFORCE, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGRI) is dedicated
to transforming modern agricultural development through our
proprietary patent pending facility design and automated growing
system. Our methods are designed to produce high-quality,
pesticide-free, locally cultivated crops – cost-effectively and
with the ability to quickly scale, in virtually any climate.
Designed to meet both European Union Good Manufacturing Practices
standards and the United States Department of Agriculture organic
equivalent, we intend to utilize our platform as an industry
accepted standard for, among other things, controlled environment
plant-based vaccine and pharmaceutical biomass, hydroponics and
food production.
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This press release contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements
other than statements of historical facts included in this press
release may constitute forward-looking statements and are not
guarantees of future performance, condition or results and involve
a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result
of a number of factors, including those described from time to time
in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
elsewhere. The Company undertakes no duty to update any
forward-looking statement made herein. All forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of this press release.
Company Contact:Ian PedersenTel: (604)
757-0952Email: ipedersen@agriforcegs.com
Investor Relations:Crescendo Communications,
LLCDavid Waldman/Natalya RudmanTel: (212) 671-1021Email:
AGRI@crescendo-ir.com
Media Relations:AHA Creative Strategies
Inc.Ruth AtherleyTel: 604 846 8461Email: ruth@ahacreative.com
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