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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

On June 3, 2020, we entered into a consulting agreement with Adam Hershey, Interim Chief Executive Officer, board member and investor, pursuant to which he would act as a strategic consultant for the Company, including providing assistance with the sourcing and evaluation of merger and acquisition deals, strategic capital, and strategic partnerships or joint ventures. Mr. Hershey is paid an initial monthly rate of $8,333 for the services, subject to certain adjustments. We paid $24,999 for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 and $49,998 for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.

We currently have a lease agreement with Dalton Adventures, LLC in which we rent 17,000 square feet of greenhouse space in Boulder, Colorado for $29,691 a month, of which $27,000 is base rent and $2,691 is property taxes. The owner of Dalton Adventures, LLC is a principal shareholder and board member of the Company. We have paid approximately $89,073 and $115,000 in rent for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively and $192,627 and $230,000 in rent for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

We had a lease agreement with Bellewood Holdings, LLC in which we rented retail space for the Trees Englewood retail store in Englewood, Colorado for $11,287 per month, of which $10,000 is base rent and $1,287 is property taxes. The owner of Bellewood Holdings, LLC is a principal shareholder and board member of the Company. In June 2022, the building was sold to an unrelated party. We paid approximately $22,574 and nil of rent expense for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively and $52,287 and nil for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

On December 23, 2020, four of our current board members purchased senior convertible promissory notes from the Company for an aggregate amount of $320,000. These notes are included in the 10% Notes discussed in Note 7. Accrued interest earned and owed to the board members was $37,344 as of June 30, 2022.