DAVIS, Calif. and CLEWISTON, Florida (February 16, 2012) – Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an agricultural technology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and human health, and the U.S. Sugar Corporation, one of the nation’s largest fully integrated producers of sugarcane and refined cane sugar accounting for approximately 8 percent of all U.S. sugar production, today announced that they have signed an agreement to develop Nitrogen Use Efficient (NUE) and Water Efficient (WE) sugarcane. Under the terms of the agreement, U.S. Sugar receives exclusive rights to the use of Arcadia’s NUE and WE technologies in sugar and energy cane in the U.S.

Arcadia’s NUE technology enables crops to maintain high yields while requiring significantly reduced levels of nitrogen. A fairly water-intensive crop, sugarcane will also benefit from WE technology, which protects yields and reduces water resource requirements. The combination of Arcadia’s NUE and WE technologies with U.S. Sugar’s integrated breeding, production and processing enables the development of high-yielding sugarcane that could require about half the amount of nitrogen as conventional sugarcane, offering economic benefits to growers and a measurable positive impact on the environment.

With more than 25 million hectares cultivated globally, sugarcane is the world’s largest sugar crop. Efficient use of nitrogen significantly contributes to higher yields in sugarcane. In some production areas, sugarcane can be among the most nitrogen intensive crops grown.

“Sugarcane is a major global crop that contributes significantly to agricultural economies, food markets and energy markets,” said Eric Rey, president and CEO of Arcadia. “NUE and WE technologies will help improve on-farm economics for sugar cane farmers and benefit the environment through reduced carbon and water footprints for consumer foods and fuels that utilize sugar. U.S. Sugar’s clear leadership position and commitment to innovation and sustainability in sugarcane makes them an ideal partner for us.”

“Integrating Arcadia’s NUE and WE technologies into our sugarcane operations aligns perfectly with U.S. Sugar’s long-term strategy of being the lowest cost and most efficient cane sugar producer and refiner,” said Ken McDuffie, senior vice president, sugarcane operations for U.S. Sugar. “Integrating technology that preserves limited water resources and benefits the environment is also in keeping with our company’s sustainable agricultural practices.

About Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.
Based in Davis, Calif., with additional facilities in Seattle, Wash. and Phoenix, Ariz., Arcadia Biosciences is an agricultural technology company focused on the development of agricultural products that improve the environment and enhance human health. For more information visit www.arcadiabio.com.

About U.S. Sugar Corporation
U.S. Sugar Corporation is one of the country’s largest privately held agricultural firms. The Company farms 180,000 acres of the most productive farmland in the United States. In 2008, its newly consolidated and automated milling and refining facility at Clewiston became the world’s largest vertically integrated sugar cane milling and refining operation — capable of processing 38,000–42,000 tons of sugarcane per day and producing ~750,000 tons of refined sugar per year. In addition to sugar and citrus farming and processing, the Company also owns a short-line railroad – the South Central Florida Express. For more information, visit www.ussugar.com.

DAVIS, Calif. (January 31, 2012) – Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an agricultural technology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and human health, today announced that it has been awarded a 5-year, $4.5 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop salt-tolerant rice and measure greenhouse gas emissions from conventional rice fields in Bangladesh and Nitrogen Use Efficient (NUE) crops in Indonesia. Arcadia’s activities will contribute to Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative.

It’s estimated that between $15 billion and $20 billion in global crop yields are lost annually due to the effects of salt-impacted soil and water. In Bangladesh, salinity reduces crop productivity on an estimated 1 million hectares along the country’s costal areas, where salt-water intrusion is an ever-present and growing problem. An estimated 53 percent of the coastal areas are affected by salinity. Average rice yields in salt-impacted areas of Bangladesh are estimated at between 2.5 and 3 tons per hectare, compared to 4 tons per hectare in more favorable soils. Rice is central to Bangladesh’s economy and agriculture, accounting for nearly 18 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and providing about 70 percent of an average citizen’s total calories. Rice growing areas total about 10 million hectares and account for 75 percent of the country’s total agricultural land, and 93 percent of its cereal crop hectares. The rice sector is by far the most important provider of rural employment. Development of salt-tolerant rice varieties for the region can have a significant impact on the country’s economy and food security.

As part of the grant, Arcadia will also conduct NUE Rice field trials and measure greenhouse gas emissions in Indonesia and will gather baseline greenhouse gas emission measurements from conventional rice fields in Bangladesh.

Globally, agriculture is the second-leading industrial source of greenhouse gas emissions – accounting for more emissions than the transportation sector. The use of nitrogen fertilizer is a key driver of agricultural emissions. Arcadia’s NUE technology, which enables crops to produce high yields using significantly less fertilizer, can have a major positive impact on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The company and its technology licensees have demonstrated in more than 20 field trials in five crops and multiple growing regions that NUE technology can significantly reduce fertilizer use while maintaining high yield levels. The greenhouse gas measurement work that will be done through the USAID grant will help refine methodologies that could allow farmers to gain carbon credits from reduced fertilizer use.

In addition to on-the-ground work in Bangladesh and Indonesia, Arcadia will work alongside researchers from those countries in the company’s Davis, Calif. research facilities and various field trials.

“USAID projects have had a measurable impact in the development of crops that improve food security in developing countries. Under this latest grant, our work in rice will further the USAID mission and can help growers in Bangladesh produce more food on the same amount of land,” said Eric Rey, president and CEO of Arcadia. “Our efforts in Indonesia can help reduce global dependence on nitrogen fertilizer, making growers more productive using fewer resources and with a lower carbon footprint. We anticipate that farmers in developing and developed countries will be increasingly able to earn credits for reduced carbon emissions and simultaneously improve farm economics and the environment.”

“We are facing the huge global challenge of feeding a world population that is expected to increase by one-third by the year 2050,” said Dr. Julie Howard, USAID’s Chief Scientist in the Bureau for Food Security and Senior Advisor to the Administrator on Agricultural Research, Extension and Education. “That means finding innovative ways to increase crop production on less land in an unpredictable climate. USAID is proud to work with partners like Arcadia and agricultural scientists in developing countries as we strive, together, to contribute to the growth and resilience of the food supply of tomorrow.”

About Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.
Based in Davis, Calif., with additional facilities in Seattle, Wash. and Phoenix, Ariz., Arcadia Biosciences is an agricultural technology company focused on the development of agricultural products that improve the environment and enhance human health. For more information visit www.arcadiabio.com.

About USAID
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency that provides economic, development and humanitarian assistance around the world in support of the foreign policy goals of the United States. As stated in the President’s National Security Strategy, USAID’s work in development joins diplomacy and defense as one of three key pieces of the nation’s foreign policy apparatus. USAID promotes peace and stability by fostering economic growth, protecting human health, providing emergency humanitarian assistance, and enhancing democracy in developing countries. These efforts to improve the lives of millions of people worldwide represent U.S. values and advance U.S. interests for peace and prosperity. www.usaid.gov

About Feed the Future
Feed the Future is the United States Government’s global hunger and food security initiative. It supports country-driven approaches to address the root causes of hunger and poverty and forge long-term solutions to chronic food insecurity and undernutrition. Drawing upon resources and expertise of agencies across the U.S. Government, this Presidential Initiative is helping countries transform their own agriculture sectors to grow enough food sustainably to feed their people. www.feedthefuture.gov

DAVIS, Calif. (November 8, 2011) – Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an agricultural technology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and human health, announced that it was nominated for Best Novel Agricultural Technology at the Agrow Awards in London for its Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) technology. The Agrow awards are judged by a panel of nine internationally renowned agricultural scientists and industry leaders.

Arcadia’s NUE technology enables plants to achieve high yields using significantly less nitrogen fertilizer than conventional plants. Nitrogen fertilizers enable farmers to achieve the high yields that drive modern agriculture. The use of nitrogen fertilizer will continue to increase substantially as global population and food requirements grow. International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) forecasts suggest that nitrogen fertilizer applications will total nearly 100 million tons per year in 2011.

While fertilizers are effective in driving crop yield improvements, they also have a negative impact on the environment. Since most plants are generally able to utilize less than one-half of the nitrogen fertilizer applied to fields, much of the remaining nitrogen fertilizer leaches from the soil into water and pollutes lakes, rivers, aquifers and oceans. In addition, a significant portion of the applied nitrogen fertilizer volatizes in the form of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that is nearly 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide. In fact, agriculture is the second largest industrial contributor to global greenhouse gases (GHGs) — ahead of the transportation sector and behind only electrical and heat generation. It is estimated that nitrogen fertilizer accounts for one-third of the GHGs produced by agriculture.

By significantly reducing global dependence on nitrogen fertilizer, NUE technology can have a significant positive impact for both on-farm profitability and the environment. Arcadia estimates that if the top six global crops used one-half as much nitrogen as they currently do, the impact on GHG emissions would equal removing all of the automobiles from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. The company has successfully demonstrated NUE’s effectiveness in multiple global crops in growing regions around the world.

“The Agrow awards are widely seen as a premier agricultural industry event at which innovation is recognized by our peers. Our award nomination, along with the progress we’ve made with our partners around the world, is continued validation of the potential NUE has to help make farmers more profitable and better environmental stewards,” said Eric Rey, President and CEO of Arcadia.

About Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.
Based in Davis, Calif., with additional facilities in Seattle, Wash. and Phoenix, Ariz., Arcadia Biosciences is an agricultural technology company focused on the development of agricultural products that improve the environment and enhance human health. For more information visit www.arcadiabio.com.

DAVIS, Calif. and MOUNT EDGECOMBE, SOUTH AFRICA (October 31, 2011) – Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an agricultural technology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and human health, and the South African Sugarcane Research Institute (SASRI), a world-renown agricultural research institute that services South African sugarcane growers and millers, today announced that they have signed an agreement to develop Nitrogen Use Efficient (NUE) sugarcane. Under the terms of the agreement, SASRI receives exclusive research rights to the use of Arcadia’s NUE technology in sugarcane in Africa.

Arcadia’s NUE technology enables crops to maintain high yields while requiring significantly reduced levels of nitrogen fertilizer. The combination of Arcadia’s NUE technology and SASRI’s genetic resources enables the development of high-yielding sugarcane that could require about half the amount of nitrogen fertilizer as conventional sugarcane, offering economic benefits to growers and a measurable positive impact on the environment.

With more than 25 million hectares cultivated globally, sugarcane is the world’s largest sugar crop. Nitrogen fertilizer is a significant contributor to high yields in sugarcane, and in some production areas it is among the most nitrogen intensive crops grown.

“Sugarcane is a major global crop that contributes strongly to rural economies, food markets, and energy markets,” said Eric Rey, president and CEO of Arcadia. “NUE technology will result in improved economic results for farmers and, in parallel, reduced carbon footprints for consumer foods and fuels that utilize sugar. SASRI’s clear leadership position and commitment to innovation and sustainability in sugarcane makes them an ideal partner for us.”

“Recognizing the considerable costs associated with nitrogen fertilizers, SASRI is eager to explore avenues that will deliver enhanced efficiencies for sugarcane farmers,” said Carolyn Baker, director of SASRI. “Working with Arcadia’s technology opens exciting research opportunities for us.”

About Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.
Based in Davis, Calif., with additional facilities in Seattle, Wash. and Phoenix, Ariz., Arcadia Biosciences is an agricultural technology company focused on the development of agricultural products that improve the environment and enhance human health. For more information visit www.arcadiabio.com.

About SASRI
A division of the South African Sugar Association based in Mount Edgecombe, KwaZulu-Natal, SASRI conducts research into the development of new sugarcane varieties and the improvement of crop management and farming systems for the long-term sustainability of the South African sugar industry. For more information visit www.sasa.org.za.

DAVIS, Calif. (October 19, 2011) – Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an agricultural technology company focused on developing technologies and products that benefit the environment and human health, today announced that it has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) worth approximately $950,000 to develop technology that enables plants to produce high levels of oil in their leaves and stems. The technology could significantly increase the amount of energy produced by plants, making the production of biofuels and other oleochemicals more cost efficient and environment friendly.

The Arcadia project is designed to produce vegetable oil in plant leaves and stems, turning plant parts that are not usually harvested for many crops into a source of concentrated energy. Vegetable oil is the most concentrated source of energy made by plants, but is usually made only in seeds. Crops can yield remarkably high amounts of fixed carbon per acre in leaves and stems; however, conversion of fixed carbon to usable energy is relatively inefficient. The development of plants that produce oil in leaves and stems, as well as in seed, will increase total energy
production per acre and significantly decrease the carbon footprint of resulting biofuels. These crops will offer a new source of sustainable transportation fuel.

The University of California, Davis (UCD), has discovered technology that enables the production of oil in plant leaves and stems. Arcadia Biosciences, in collaboration with Dr. Katie Dehesh at UCD, will utilize this technology to ultimately develop new crops, such as sorghum, that have high leafy biomass production per acre. In addition to high biomass, forage sorghum can effectively be grown on land not currently used for food crops. Development of sorghum varieties that generate
oil in leaves and stems would significantly reduce the cost of base material for biodiesel production and use marginal land. Arcadia Biosciences is already working on enhanced productivity of sorghum on non-food farmlands utilizing the company’s other crop improvement technologies.

“Finding sustainable, plant-based alternatives to fossil fuels is a high priority worldwide. Current sources, however, are inherently inefficient and require high levels of energy to produce. And with pressure on arable land resources needed for food production, it’s been a challenge to develop truly sustainable plant-based fuels,” said Eric Rey, president and CEO of Arcadia. “Successful development of new crops that produce oil in all parts of the plant can measurably increase oil production per acre and offer a more sustainable bioenergy alternative.”

The Arcadia grant is part of the DOE Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program to facilitate innovation in energy research. The Agency recently invested $156 million in groundbreaking energy research and development programs.

About Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.
Based in Davis, Calif., with additional facilities in Seattle, Wash. and Phoenix, Ariz., Arcadia Biosciences is an agricultural technology company focused on the development of agricultural products that improve the environment and enhance human health. For more information visit www.arcadiabio.com.

“Picking this year’s GoingGreen Global 200 was a very competitive process, as literally dozens of great greentech companies are emerging out of the pack, raising big money, and gaining significant market traction,” says Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. “This year’s winners clearly represent some of the highest-growth opportunities we’ve seen in the private company marketplace and underscore that many of the greentech sectors VCs have been betting on are booming.”

“The team at Arcadia is working hard to develop technologies and products that benefit the environment, and it is gratifying that our efforts are recognized and acknowledged by the marketplace,” said Eric Rey, president and CEO of Arcadia. “Fresh water is our planet’s single most important natural resource, and farming is a significant source of consumption. The development of crops that use water more efficiently can reduce the crop’s dependency on fresh water and improve farm profitability.”

Arcadia’s Water Efficient (WE) technology enables crops to produce high yields under reduced or sub-optimal water conditions. This technology can make farming more efficient and reserve more fresh water resources for human consumption. By combining WE with Arcadia’s Nitrogen Use Efficient (NUE) technology, which enables crops to produce high yields using less nitrogen fertilizer, farmers can have significantly lower impact on the environment and increase on-farm profitability.

Arcadia will be honored at AlwaysOn’s GoingGreen Silicon Valley event on September 27, 2011 in San Francisco.

About Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.
Based in Davis, Calif., with additional facilities in Seattle, Wash. And Phoenix, Ariz., Arcadia Biosciences is an agricultural technology company focused on the development of agricultural products that improve the environment and enhance human health. For more information visit www.arcadiabio.com.

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This milestone field test was conducted in Phoenix using the Company’s 320-square-meter solar concentrating dish, the largest solar dish in North America. The dish delivered thermal energy in the form of 2000 “suns” of concentrated sunlight into its advanced high-temperature solar thermal receiver. Inside this receiver compressed air was superheated, and that superheated air was used to power a high-speed turbine alternator and produce electrical power.

“The Company believes that integrating a gas turbine engine with a solar dish concentrator has never been achieved on this large scale,” said Brad Forst, CEO. “This is an enormous milestone in our development program. This proof of concept sets the stage for the commercialization of our technology which is well under way,” he said.

The test was the third stage of an integrated development plan. The Company previously announced the commissioning of its solar dish in late 2010, and in June 2011 announced the successful testing and high-temperature performance of its proprietary receiver.

“This system performance gives us confidence that we can achieve significant operational advantages over other concentrating solar power (CSP) systems, such as steam-based trough and power towers that require water cooling, and over typical photovoltaic (PV) that are intermittent in nature,” said Herb Hayden, Chief Technical Officer. “Our unique air-based turbine cycle has the potential for high efficiency, and can be constructed from distributed scale up to any size. It is inherently air-cooled, and so does not use any water for cooling. For firm-power reliability, the turbine may be hybridized with fuel for continued power generation during clouds and evening hours,” Hayden said.

The turboalternator and receiver components were developed in partnership with Brayton Energy LLC, of Hampton, N.H.

The full-scale field testing was conducted at the Company’s headquarters and operations facility at Southwest Solar Research Park in Phoenix, Arizona. www.swsolartech.com

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“This advisory committee will come together to continue investigating the challenges of coexistence among different forms of agricultural production,” said Vilsack. “I hope this committee will recommend workable solutions that will enhance the ability of all farmers to grow the crops they want in order to effectively meet the needs of their customers.”

The AC21 is composed of 22 members from 16 states. The members represent the biotechnology industry, the organic food industry, farming communities, the seed industry, food manufacturers, state government, consumer and community development groups, the medical profession, and academic researchers.

Russell C. Redding, Interim Dean of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Delaware Valley College, in Aspers, Penn., will serve as Chair of the AC21.

The other members of the AC21 are:

Isaura Andaluz, Executive Director, Cuatro Puertas, Albuquerque, N.M.;

Paul C. Anderson, Executive Director, International Programs, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Mo.;

Laura L. Batcha, Chief of Policy and External Relations, Organic Trade Association, Putney, Vt.;

Charles M. Benbrook, Chief Scientist, The Organic Center, Enterprise, Ore.;

Barry R. Bushue, Farmer, Vice-President of the American Farm Bureau Federation and President of the Oregon Farm Bureau, Boring, Ore.;

Daryl D. Buss, Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.;

Lynn E. Clarkson, Farmer and President, Clarkson Grain Company, Cerro Gordo, Ill.;

Leon C. Corzine, Farmer, Assumption, Ill.;

Michael S. Funk, Chairman, United Natural Foods, Inc., Nevada City, Calif.;
Douglas C. Goehring, North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture, Menoken, N.D.;

Melissa L. Hughes, Corporate Counsel and Director, Government Affairs, CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley Family of Farms, Viroqua, Wis.;

Darrin Ihnen, Farmer and Chair, National Corn Growers Association, Hurley, S.D.;

Gregory A. Jaffe, Director, Biotechnology Project, Center for Science in the Public Interest, McLean, Va.;

David W. Johnson, Assistant Director of Research, Cal/West Seeds, La Crosse, Wis.;

Keith F. Kisling, Farmer and Chairman, Oklahoma Wheat Commission, Burlington, Okla.;

Josephine O. (Josette) Lewis, Director, Agricultural Development, Arcadia Biosciences, Davis, Calif.;

Mary-Howell R. Martens, Farmer and Manager, Lakeview Organic Grain LLC, Penn Yan, N.Y.;

Marty D. Matlock, Professor of Ecological Engineering, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.;

Angela M. Olsen, Senior Advisor and Associate General Counsel, DuPont Company and Pioneer Hi-Bred, Arlington, Va.;

Jerome B. Slocum, Farmer and President, North Mississippi Grain Company, Coldwater, Miss.;

Latresia A. Wilson, Vice-President, Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association, Florida Chapter, farmer, and physician, Ocala, Fla..

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The testing was conducted using the Company’s 320 square meter solar concentrating dish, the largest solar dish in North America. The dish is capable of delivering over a quarter megawatt of thermal energy in the form of concentrated sunlight, focusing the equivalent heat of 2,000 suns into the proprietary design “receiver.” Inside this receiver compressed air is super-heated to power a high speed turbine alternator. Initial testing was conducted with attenuation screens on the dish to reduce the input energy to 50 kWth, approximately 20% of full capacity. Even at this reduced power, the receiver operated at the temperature goal of 925 C (1700 F), and met goals for efficiency.

“This high temperature performance achieved far exceeds typical 400 C temperature of other concentrating solar power (CSP) systems, such as trough and power towers, that use steam turbine technology to produce electricity, and the system requires no water cooling. The Company’s unique air based turbine cycle, operating at much higher temperatures, is designed to achieve greater than 30% efficiency. This efficiency would far exceed typical photovoltaic (PV) or other CSP solar power systems,” said Herb Hayden, Chief Technical Officer.

“We are moving our solar-turbine technology forward consistently and methodically. This is the latest big milestone in our development work,” said Brad Forst, CEO. “We believe we are the leading innovators in this space.”

The test results and data also position the project for the next phase of funding from the US Department of Energy (“DOE”) under a program being conducted by Brayton Energy LLC with participation by Southwest Solar.

Testing is conducted at the Company’s facility at Southwest Solar Research Park in Phoenix, Arizona. www.swsolartech.com

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