HemperFi

Ms. Woertz:

Congratulations on your new post as CEO of Archer Daniels Midland. It's a notable switch for ADM to bring on a female from the Oil & Gas industry, and I was pleased to hear the news that ADM is serious about becoming a leader in the carbohydrate economy.

That said, HemperFi has not exactly praised ADM in previous posts. Given ADM's unmitigated pursuit for profit maximization with disregard towards the small-scale famer, it's unlikely that favorable entries will suddenly appear.

However, I'm hopeful that ADM sits at a historic crossroads. Here's a wonderful opportunity to fix a less-than-perfect (and I'm being gracious here) company history. Your noted advocacy against MTBE in the 1990s and your clear commitment to biofuels leads me to believe that perhaps we can look forward to more grounded, fairer, better governed, ADM.

And lastly, a favor. We need your help in the misguided, non-fact-based, anti industrial hemp campaign the current administration has brought to bear on the American public. It's not right for farmers and other would-be entrepreneurs, not to mention the environment and the public.

Thank You,
HemperFi