Stevia Nutra Corp. announced the appointment of Richard F. Kugelmann as Chairman of the Board, and Dr. Robert Michet to the Board of Directors. Mr. Kugelmann to Stevia Nutra Corp.

a vast knowledge in both the cannabis and hemp growing industry. Stevia is looking forward to completing its first cycle of hemp growing. The initial planting encompasses 145 acres in southern Minnesota prime farming land.

Expansion will proceed on 160 acres of contiguous property, leased for the next five years, with options to expand its growing capacity to more than 1,500 acres in the future. Stevia Nutra will be harvesting its first crop by the end of September 2019. Stevia Nutra Corp.

is also looking forward to an additional licensed hemp farming agreement with the leasing of 6,000 acres in Iowa. A one acre parcel includes a successful test planting of the Stevia sweetener plant. Stevia Nutra is now exploring the planting of Stevia to be sold wholesale.

This additional production of Stevia sweetener furnishes a separate and additional opportunity to farm both Hemp and Stevia, subject to the State of Iowa legislature's vote to approve Hemp.