Stevia First Corp. Featured in Good Morning America Article by ABC News Online

SACRAMENTO, CA--(Marketwired - Oct 31, 2013) - Stevia First Corp. (OTCQB: STVF) ("Stevia First" or the "Company"), an early-stage agribusiness based in California's Central Valley growing region and focused on the industrial scale production of stevia, the all-natural zero-calorie sweetener that is rapidly transforming the food and beverage industry, is pleased to advise that it was recently featured in a Good Morning America article on ABC News online, titled "Goodbye Tobacco, Hello Stevia, Say Tobacco Growers".

The article poses the question, "After tobacco: What?" The answer envisions US farmers considering making the move to the valuable but lesser known crop stevia as a solution. The article points out that the value is growing, partially due to the fact that about 55 million American households bought stevia-sweetened products in the past year, according to Nielsen data.

Robert Brooke, CEO of Stevia First, comments in the article that most U.S. consumers had never heard of stevia in 2008, the year the FDA approved its use as a sugar-substitute, even though it has been widely used in Japan for decades and has been grown in South America for hundreds of years. The article profiles stevia as a zero-calorie, all-natural sweetener used by Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and a fast-growing list of other food and beverage manufacturers.

And as a crop for US farmers, stevia and tobacco share similarities because both can thrive in the same climates and soils. Stevia can be planted, grown and processed using many of the same techniques and much of the same equipment as tobacco. It's not a one-to-one match by any means, as Stevia First's agronomist, Jeremiah Mann tells ABC. But it's close enough for tobacco farmers to regard stevia as a promising alternative.

The Company is delighted to be featured prominently in the article, and invites the public to read the entire story at: http://goo.gl/fAIG9B. 

About Stevia First Corp. (OTCQB: STVF)
Stevia First Corp. is seeking to establish a vertically-integrated enterprise in the U.S. that uses technological expertise in fermentation-based stevia production and improves upon traditional stevia farming and processing methods. Stevia First's U.S. operations are located in the heart of California's Central Valley, one of the world's most productive agricultural regions. For more information visit: www.steviafirst.com. 

About the Stevia Industry
The market for all-natural, zero-calorie stevia sweeteners is expanding rapidly. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates stevia intake could eventually replace 20-30% of all dietary sweeteners. The total global sweetener market was estimated at $58.3 billion in 2010. For more information visit: www.steviafirst.com. 

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