Gov. Little and senators,

I started the first hemp CBD company in Idaho three years ago. We have helped thousands of people with many conditions with CBD without THC. Our products have won awards and are shipped to several countries around the globe.

We are in the process of introducing a new organic extraction process that will revolutionize the CBD market and we are also introducing Zeoform.com to the U.S.; Global CBD joint venturing to license Zeoform technology that is converting hemp fiber to replace petroleum-based hard surfaces with biodegradable and sustainable solutions. Both of these technologies are multi-billion dollar industries. We just signed an agreement with an Oregon farmer to start producing hemp on 200 of his 22,000 acres, with plans to expand in the next two years to 11,000 of those acres. We would have LOVED to be doing this with Idaho farms, but we can’t.

We project $7B in sales in the next two years with our extraction alone. We have many farmers ready to grow hemp in Idaho for both CBD and fiber products if you give them the green light. We need your help to pass HB122 and give Idaho farmers a chance to catch up to an extremely fast growing industry. Our Idaho farmers are the ones being hurt by the inability to grow hemp.

Hemp is NOT marijuana. We have one of the best growing environments for hemp and we can’t even put a plant in the ground. Let’s imagine how many high paying jobs that come from producing hemp fiber building materials, boats, home products, food products, drink products and more. Our bodies have an ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM (ECS) that is made to accept and utilize CBD/other cannabinoids. How can CBD be bad if our bodies are made to take them? There are 52 known conditions that CBD provides benefits to. How do we deny access to CBDs to our friends, family and communities?

Let us unshackle Idaho farmers and provide a way for more income, taxes, jobs in the agricultural sector and become the leaders I know we can be in the hemp industry.

JOEL BORDEAUX

CEO

Global CBD

Sandpoint