These are the basics facts and reasons we think that this is such an important business to establish and why we want you to have the opportunity to be a part of it.

1. Business Plan

2.  Declining and aging farmer population
 Growing food demand worldwide
 By 2050 +3.5 billion more people
 Agricultural production in moving towards big
business, but it have to start small to grow big.
 Our vision is bigger than one project….

3.  Disease, pest pressure, etc. causing a major
decline in tropical fruit & citrus production.
 Contributing to decline:
 Poor land stewardship
 Poor application of technologies available
 Poor integration of conventional & organic cultural
practices
 Demand for tropical fruit and citrus is increasing,
esp. niche markets

4.  Create a “Paradigm” shift & reverse the decline by:
 Practicing environmentally friendly land stewardship
in fruit grove production
 Vermiculture - Soil “husbandry” to create “living” soil
fertility
 Soil nutrition & pest management with natural chemistry
 Use innovative technologies to increase productivity
 Micropropagation & Micro-Budding technologies
 Integrateconventional/organic practices when
appropriate for maximum results

5.  Technology/Production advantages
 Micro-propagation/Micro-bud technologies
 Advanced Hydroponics & Fertigation
 High density planting
 Precision farming  Growing Niche markets
 Plant nutrition  Papaya
 Vermiculture  Pineapple
 Lime
 Bio-security & Phyto-sanitation
 Clementine
 Brand distinctive
 Mango
 Advantage over imports

6.  Micropropagation  Advanced Hydroponics
 Nutrient Optimization

7.  High Density  Bio-security
(750/Ac)
 Niche Markets

8.  Capture 4.2% of the current US market in
the first 3 years of production or 7600 tons of
Papaya’s annually (approx. 50% of US
consumption growth)
 Produce market driven varieties – Sunrise
Solo, Solo, Red Lady, etc. vs. Maradol (Mexico)
 Form strategic par tnerships with
packer/shippers (i.e. New Limeco, Princeton, FL)
 Build brand quality & reputation (Florida
Grown!)

9.  Total US Consumption (2010) 180,600 tons
 9% grow rate avg. since 2000
 International Mexico/Brazil/Belize 2010
 91.8% of US consumption 169,635 tons
 Domestic - Hawaii 2010
 2.2% Exports 4,085 tons
 6.0% Consumption 10,965 tons
 8.2% Total US production 15,050 tons
(USDA – 2011)

10.  COO – Mark A. Pust
 Agribusiness experience beef cattle & grain operation
 20 years as CEO of building trade company
 Additional business management & sales, experience
 CEO – Scott M. Smith
 International agribusiness (grain, vegetables, poultry,
processing) project management.
 Accomplished financial management – UBS
 26 years of business management, sales, consulting

11.  Year 1 – Establish 40 acres of high density
pepper & papaya groves – positive cash flow
 Year 2 - Establish 200 acres of high density
papaya groves in 24 months (150,000 trees)
 Year 3 - Revenues in excess of $4 Million

12.  Obtain Funding – March 2012
 Order equipment, seed, inputs, etc. – April 2012
 Purchase properties by May 2012
 Set up Farm infrastructure & facilities – June 2012
 Begin planting – July 2012
 First fruits – May to August 2013
 Expected ROI = 35-55% annually (1st 3 yr avg.)

13.  Fund project with $200,000
 Secure property purchase
 Secure agreements w/marketing & shipping
partners
 Establish grove operations