Global Hemp Group and Marijuana Company of America provide an update on operations for their joint venture CBD Hemp Farm In Scio, Oregon

Vancouver, BC — (May 15, 2018) - Global Hemp Group Inc. (“GHG” or the “Company”) (CSE: GHG / OTC: GBHPF / FRA: GHG) and joint venture partner Marijuana Company of America, Inc. (OTC: MCOA) (the “Partners”) are pleased to provide an update on their CBD hemp farming project in Scio, Oregon (the “Project”).

Garden operations are well underway at the farm. The initial nursery and propagation rooms for clones has recently been expanded to an additional attached greenhouse as the team continues to produce clones for planting in the current season. In order to maximize planting density, an additional 20,000 high yielding CBD hemp clones are being purchased and will be delivered before the end of May to meet the targeted planting schedule of early June.

The team will be planting the clones on the first 35 acres at the farm. They will be planted “orchard style”, 4 to 5 feet on center, with rows 5 feet apart to provide space for each plant to receive sufficient sunlight, water and nutrients, and mature to maximum size to produce the highest CBD yield possible upon harvest.

Five additional greenhouses have now been purchased for the project. The first two 30ft. x 120ft greenhouses are currently being installed and will provide an additional 7,200 sq. ft. of greenhouse space for the project. The three remaining 42ft x 96ft greenhouses will begin installation before the end of May. When installed, these additional greenhouses will increase greenhouse space by a further 12,096 sq. ft., for a total of 19,296 active greenhouse space.

The Scio farm will employ both traditional outdoor orchard style cultivation and perpetual harvest in greenhouses. The Partners are currently evaluating additional greenhouse technologies for expansion of indoor cultivation space to augment its perpetual harvest model square footage. This dual strategy will optimize revenue generation throughout the year to minimize the impact of single crop harvesting in October when most other hemp CBD farms harvest and typically drive prices down. Market prices tend to climb throughout the year as less biomass is available for processing and distribution, as is occurring with current market prices. By August it is expected that full spectrum CBD oil will be in tight supply and prices will continue to climb until after the October 2018 harvest season is processed.

The team is in the process of ordering the required equipment to facilitate farm operations from planting through harvesting, drying and storage.

In addition, the Partners are currently evaluating a field analytics software application to be employed for data collection and analysis to optimize farming operations. The software will be used to evaluate the three cultivation methods being employed by the Partners in 2018; high yielding CBD cultivars grown orchard style outdoors in Scio, Oregon, perpetual harvest in greenhouses also at Scio, and traditional dense field cropping with lower yielding CBD cultivars in New Brunswick, Canada. Results will assist the team in determining optimal yield per acre for future expansion of acreage in both the United States and Canada.

“The Scio Oregon high yielding CBD hemp project is something that we have been working on putting together most of this year. It’s great to see that the project is now officially underway, and we look forward to sharing pictures and results of the operation as we go forward”, stated Charlie Larsen, President of Global Hemp Group.

For Further Information Contact:

Global Hemp Group
Tel: 424-354-2998
info@globalhempgroup.com
https://globalhempgroup.com

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