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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Organization

 

References in the notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements to “the Company”, “Terra Tech”, “we”, “us”, or “our” are intended to mean Terra Tech Corp., individually, or as the context requires, collectively with its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

 

Through MediFarm, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“MediFarm”), MediFarm I, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“MediFarm I”), and MediFarm II, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“MediFarm II”), subsidiaries in which the Company owns interests, the Company operates and/or plans to operate medical marijuana dispensary facilities, cultivation, and production facilities in Nevada. Through Blüm San Leandro, a California corporation (“Blüm San Leandro”), the Company operates a medical marijuana retail dispensary and production facility in San Leandro, California. Through MediFarm So Cal Inc., a California mutual benefit corporation (“MediFarm SoCal”), the Company operates a medical marijuana retail dispensary in Santa Ana, California. Through MediFarm I Real Estate, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“MediFarm I RE”), the Company owns real property on which a medical marijuana dispensary is located and operated by MediFarm I. Through Black Oak Gallery, a California corporation (“Black Oak”), the Company operates a medical marijuana retail dispensary, a medical marijuana cultivation facility, and has a second medical marijuana cultivation facility in the early stages of construction, all in Oakland, California. Through IVXX, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“IVXX LLC”), and IVXX, Inc., a California corporation (“IVXX Inc”); together with IVXX LLC (“IVXX”), the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, the Company produces and sells a line of cannabis flowers, as well as a line of cannabis pure concentrates through Black Oak Gallery’s permit. The Company is a wholesale seller of locally grown hydroponic produce, herbs and floral products through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Edible Garden Corp., a Nevada corporation (“Edible Garden”). EG Transportation LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“EG Transportation”), supports the distribution of Edible Garden product.

 

On April 1, 2016, the Company acquired Black Oak. Black Oak operates a medical marijuana retail dispensary and cultivation in Oakland, California under the name Blüm, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 23, 2015 (the “Merger Agreement”), with Generic Merger Sub, Inc., a California corporation and our wholly-owned subsidiary, and Black Oak.

 

Since the Merger was completed on April 1, 2016, Black Oak’s financial results are included in our unaudited consolidated financial statements subsequent to that date.

 

Due to changes in planned operations of the MediFarm dispensaries, the Company acquired an additional 38% ownership for no additional consideration during August 2017. Previously, the Company owned 60%. As of September 30, 2017, the Company has 98% ownership of MediFarm. In connection with the ownership change the Company recorded a $1,830,925 adjustment to additional paid in capital representing the change in non-controlling interest.

 

On August 17, 2017, the Company formed a wholly owned legal entity, MediFarm SoCal, to acquire all assets of Tech Center Drive Management, LLC (“Tech Center Drive”) and 55 OC Collective, Inc. (“55 OC”). 55 OC owns and holds the cannabis dispensary license in the city of Santa Ana, California. Tech Center Drive manages and operates a dispensary under the license of 55 OC. On September 13, 2017, MediFarm SoCal acquired all of the assets of Tech Center Drive and 55 OC. The acquisition was accounted for in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805-10, “Business Combinations”; see “Note 4 – Acquisition” for further information. MediFarm SoCal’s sole purpose is to operate a medical marijuana retail dispensary.