Lesley Fries Email and Phone Number

Brand development

Soqdet Farms was founded in Denver, February 2016, as a boutique sustainably driven and restoratively focused medical cannabis cultivation company. We adhere to organic and regenerative agricultural practices, along with consumer safety 3rd party testing every step of the way – with complete transparency from seed to sale. We thoroughly enjoy being a part of the regulatory and policy making endeavors of our global industry as we enter new markets, as well as, continuing to develop ours at home. We take pride in holding ourselves to a higher standard on environmental ethics and smarter agricultural techniques and working with minority populations. Current operations include Colorado, North Carolina, and Colombia, South America.

Entrepreneur projects included but not limited to-•NC Real Estate Broker (Keller Williams-Asheville) from first time home buyers to luxury real estate. • EB Fine Arts Foundation Grant awarded for ‘Persuasion’ (Hudson, NY 2012) • By The Way: Traveling with Lesley Fries (2009) by Scion Press• Owner of “NOW Gallery” (Sylva, NC 2008)• ‘Street’ innovated projects and gallery installations and promotional marketing • Curator and Artist for the group show ‘var•ied’ (Asheville 2003)• Procured my own clients and project fulfillment for landscaping, painting, and general renovations•investment property ownership (Sylva 1998)

A plant medicine cultural and community gathering ground and gallery. Promoting a natural and healthy lifestyle. Knowledge is sustainable power.

Bio-tech cancer research: “Biophysical chemistry related to oxidative stress; chemical kinetics; inhibition of Superoxide Dismutase enzymes by low molecular weight compounds”• Chemical synthesis and testing, using NMR spectroscopy, for various designs of the substrate

•Orchestration of production of original music via studio sessions accumulating over 200 hours • Managed and produced visual media• Coordinated mass communications, marketing strategies, and public relations• Promotion of The Honeycutter’s 1st album and the two day concert “Playing itForward’ at the Diane Wortham Theatre

Collaborated with the Basque and Spanish government funded NGO recognized by UNESCO on a number of dialogue projects, artistic communication endeavors, and educational workshops with international diplomats and artists regarding a variety of issues surrounding international society, culture, and politics, including mediation for the ETA cease fire, which was achieved in 2011. • Collectively researched and brainstormed future project plans for the development of the new International Art and Peace Program in Gernika• Assisted in overseeing the implication of our art and social justice project, used in ‘Imagine Peace’ later held in Vienna, and educational workshops for participants in both rural and urban Bizkaia • 1st International Gathering on Art and Peace Conference 2003: Visiting Artist; 16th International Convention on Culture and Peace 2006: Project Collaborator