AgTech Scientific will produce non-hemp based food products at its 1,900,000 square foot greenhouse to aid the country during the COVID-19 supply chain crisis


PARIS, Ky., April 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is unprecedented in its impact on the American people. Schools, public facilities, government offices and businesses have closed in an effort to mitigate the spread of the virus.

In addition to business pauses and closures, a demand for capable companies to take leadership within their respective essential supply chains and keep the engine of the American economy turning is needed now more than ever before.

AgTech Scientific is proud to announce that we will immediately begin utilizing essential employees and greenhouse indoor farming capabilities to serve our nation’s supply chain, to help ease the increasing demand on our food supply systems at this time and beyond. This will not affect AgTech’s ability to supply hemp or hemp derived products. Thanks to the combined management experience under the AgTech umbrella, supply chain disruption, which is commonplace across agricultural industries, was modeled and has allowed the organization to ensure that it consistently keeps more than a one-year supply of raw materials on hand.

Ultra-modern, stable, and controlled growing environments are needed during this pandemic and we believe will continue to be more prevalent in the new economy going forward.

AgTech remains dedicated to protecting employees by encouraging remote work and increasing safety standards for those continuing to work on-site.

We encourage you to remain vigilant and take appropriate steps to protect yourself against the virus during this critical time.

About AgTech Scientific

Headquartered in Paris, Kentucky, AgTech Scientific is a large-scale food supplement provider and product manufacturer with hemp derived compounds as its key ingredients for sale in bulk and in its proprietary consumer packaged goods. AgTech Scientific is dedicated to compliance and controlling every channel within its supply chain to ensure full chain of custody for its R2S (Root to Shelf™) brand of products. 

The company has two large facilities in Paris, Kentucky within close proximity to each other. The 2,000,000 million sq. ft. greenhouse and ag-processing center allows for year-round indoor cultivation and serves outdoor farming operations in Central Kentucky.

The purpose built 50,000 sq. ft. extraction and manufacturing center (phase 2 completion expected in Q2, 2020) has been designed and is being constructed to meet GMP and ISO standards, producing a variety of bulk T Free formulates and consumer products to mass market scale.

The AgTech family includes partners and subsidiaries in 13 states for additional indoor/outdoor growing, extraction, consumer packaged goods manufacturing and distribution.

In 2017, the company signed agreements with leading U.S. universities to research AgTech’s hemp derived formulates for safety, dosing, efficacy and delivery methods through quantitative and qualitative clinical studies. The first publication date is anticipated by mid-2020.

Watch the following video on AgTech Scientific’s 2019 Harvest here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbI8RonupO8&t=2s

To learn more about AgTech Scientific and see additional content, visit our website at http://www.agtechscientific.com/ or contact corporate communications at:

Jessica Scott
Director of Corporate Communications
jessica@agtechscientific.com

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