Davis, California, USA
May 8, 2019

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKDA), a food ingredient company and proven leader in agricultural innovation to improve the quality and nutritional content of crops, today released its financial and business results for the first quarter of 2019.

“With the launch of Arcadia Specialty Genomics™ in the first quarter of 2019 and research trials already underway, we are now leveraging our years of expertise in plant science, advanced breeding and regulatory affairs to offer value-added innovations in cannabis,” said Raj Ketkar, president and CEO of Arcadia.

“We also advanced both our GoodWheat™ specialty ingredients and HB4 drought tolerant soybeans this quarter, scaling production and building seed supply to support commercialization later in 2019,” he said.

Q1 2019 Operating and Business Highlights

• New Business Unit Dedicated to Cannabis. In February 2019, Arcadia launched Arcadia Specialty Genomics, to leverage the company’s years of plant science, industry and regulatory expertise, offering value-added capabilities for rapid growth in cannabis-based functional ingredients. This dedicated business unit will develop a proprietary germplasm estate and traits for license to cultivators in federal and state legal markets, for products serving the nutraceutical and food industries. These innovations are made possible through a proprietary approach combining conventional breeding, TILLING and gene editing. Matt Plavan, Arcadia’s CFO, will lead the business unit as president of Arcadia Specialty Genomics.

• Hemp Research Underway in Hawaii. Hawaii’s Department of Agriculture granted Arcadia Biosciences a license for its Industrial Hemp Pilot Program in March. With this license, Arcadia Specialty Genomics began its research and cultivation immediately, planting in April.

• GoodWheat Production Scales in Preparation for Commercial Launch. Arcadia completed its counter-season GoodWheat production trials in the first quarter, with harvest early in the second quarter. The company’s agricultural operations team is building supply in preparation for commercialization, with the first sales of GoodWheat expected by the end of 2019.

• Verdeca Introduces Pre-Commercial HB4 Drought Tolerant and Herbicide Tolerant Soybeans to Growers in Argentina. Verdeca, a joint venture between Arcadia and Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp., introduced HB4 soybeans at Expoagro, the largest farm show in Argentina. More than 1200 growers visited the Verdeca pavilion, and many signed on to the company’s Bio-Innovator program, which grants priority access to test the HB4 soybean varieties in their fields.

Q2 Highlights

• Experienced Science Leader Hired as Head of R&D. On April 8, Randy Shultz, Ph.D. joined Arcadia’s leadership team as head of research and development. Shultz is the former global crop lead at Inari Agriculture, where he also served as director of R&D and senior director of R&D strategy. He has deep expertise in gene editing and new plant breeding technologies, as well as an established reputation as a keen R&D strategist. Shultz will be exploring new partnerships and licensing opportunities to build Arcadia’s capabilities in cannabis and advance future innovations in the GoodWheat portfolio of novel wheat attributes.

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Financial Snapshot

(Unaudited)

($ in thousands)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2019				2018				Favorable / (Unfavorable)
									$				%
Total Revenues		158				214				(56	)			(26	)%
Total Operating Expenses		4,376				4,053				(323	)			(8	)%
Loss From Operations		(4,218	)			(3,839	)			(379	)			(10	)%
Net Loss		(12,612	)			(10,615	)			(1,997	)			(19	)%

Revenues

In the first quarter of 2019, revenues were $158,000, compared to revenues of $214,000 in the first quarter of 2018. The quarter-over-quarter decrease was primarily impacted by the decrease in government grant revenue, partially offset by the increase in product sales. Over the next six to 15 months, as the company transitions to its new focus on health and nutrition quality products, Arcadia expects revenue from government grants and research contracts revenues to be replaced by product and trait revenues.

Operating Expenses

In the first quarter of 2019, operating expenses were $4.4 million, compared to $4.1 million in the first quarter of 2018. Research and development (R&D) spending increased by $109,000 in the first quarter of 2019, primarily the result of the timing of expenses relating to Verdeca. General and administrative (SG&A) costs for the first quarter of 2019 were $191,000 higher than the first quarter in 2018, driven primarily by higher employee expenses due to the growth of the commercial development team. Cost of product revenues was $23,000 higher in the first quarter of 2019 compared to 2018 due to additional product sales in 2019.

Net Loss

Net loss for the first quarter of 2019 was $12.6 million, or a loss of $2.64 per share, a 19 percent increase from the $10.6 million loss in the first quarter of 2018. The quarter-over-quarter increase was largely due to the $6.6 million greater increase in the change in the fair value of common stock warrant and common stock adjustment feature liabilities this quarter versus the same quarter last year, partially offset by the $4.0 million initial loss on common stock warrant and common stock adjustment feature liabilities that was recorded in the first quarter of 2018.