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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.20549
 
FORM 10–Q
 
 (Mark One)
x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011
 
o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from ___________ to _____________
 
Commission File Number: 000-53208
 
SINO GREEN LAND CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Nevada
 
54-0484915
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
Suite 2711A, 27/F, Exchange Tower,
33 Wang Chiu Road, Kowloon Bay,
Kowloon, Hong Kong
People's Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices, Zip Code)
 
+852-3104-0598
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes x No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes x No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
 
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
 
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
x
 
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
     
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o No x
 
The number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of November 11, 2011 is as follows:
 
Class of Securities
 
Shares Outstanding
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
 
245,550,504
 
 
 
 

 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
PART I
 
 
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
ITEM 1.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2011 (unaudited) and December 31, 2010
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Other Comprehensive Income for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (unaudited)
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011  and 2010 (unaudited)
     
 
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
4  - 15
     
ITEM 2.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
16  
     
ITEM 3.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
26 
     
ITEM 4.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
27 
     
 
PART II
 
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
     
     
ITEM 6.
EXHIBITS.
28 

 
 
 

 
 
SINO GREEN LAND CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
             
   
SEPTEMBER 30,
   
DECEMBER 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
   
(Unaudited)
       
ASSETS
           
             
Current Assets
           
   Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
616,891
   
$
925,329
 
   Accounts receivable, net
   
271,740
     
261,403
 
   Inventories
   
61,724
     
8,684
 
   Other current assets
   
138,499
     
114,026
 
         Total Current Assets
   
1,088,854
     
1,309,442
 
             
-
 
   Property and equipment, net
   
6,275,128
     
6,238,784
 
   Construction in progress
   
35,849,007
     
14,332,199
 
   Long-term prepayments – land usage rights
   
25,297,348
     
21,955,769
 
   Deposits
   
507,640
     
487,916
 
     
67,929,123
     
43,014,668
 
       Total Assets
 
$
69,017,977
   
$
44,324,110
 
                 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
                 
Current Liabilities
               
   Accounts payable and accrued expenses
 
$
3,205,196
   
$
2,734,849
 
   Shares to be issued
   
300,000
     
454,817
 
   Derivative liability
   
233,130
     
908,142
 
   Due to related party
   
225,709
     
120,840
 
       Total Current Liabilities
   
3,964,035
     
4,218,648
 
                 
Commitments and Contingencies
               
 Common shares contingently redeemable
   
2,746,250 
     
 
Shareholders' Equity
               
Preferred stock, par value $.001 per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized, of which 2,000,000 shares are designated as series A convertible preferred stock, with 1,259,858 and 1,409,858 shares outstanding on  September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively
   
1,260
     
1,410
 
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 780,000,000 shares authorized, 232,550,455 and 157,793,840 issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively
   
232,551
     
157,794
 
Additional paid in capital
   
36,413,637
     
19,438,509
 
Retained earnings
   
21,351,450
     
18,624,692
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
   
4,308,794
     
1,883,057
 
   Total shareholders' equity
   
62,307,692
     
40,105,462
 
                 
   Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
 
$
69,017,977
   
$
44,324,110
 
 
The accompanying notes are integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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SINO GREEN LAND CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND OTHER COMPERHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 AND 2010
(UNAUDITED)
 
   
THREE MONTHS ENDED
   
NINE MONTHS ENDED
 
   
SEPTEMBER 30,
   
SEPTEMBER 30,
 
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
 
                         
Sales
 
$
29,539,710
   
$
30,986,669
   
$
109,577,789
   
$
94,313,597
 
Cost of goods sold
   
27,642,824
     
27,619,647
     
99,642,052
     
84,179,783
 
Gross profit
   
1,896,886
     
3,367,022
     
9,935,737
     
10,133,815
 
                                 
Operating expenses
                               
   Selling expenses
   
595,941
     
727,852
     
2,289,197
     
2,182,192
 
   General and administrative expenses
   
1,626,260
     
1,354,325
     
5,467,528
     
3,160,126
 
       Total operating expenses
   
2,222,201
     
2,082,176
     
7,756,725
     
5,342,318
 
                                 
Operating income (loss)
   
(325,315)
     
1,284,845
     
2,179,012
     
4,791,497
 
                                 
Other income(expense)
                               
   Interest income
   
8,520
     
322
     
9,164
     
2,265
 
   Change in derivative liability
   
90,984
     
320,063
     
675,011
     
674,445
 
   Other (expense)
   
(124,268
)
   
(2,274
   
(136,429
)
   
(6,877
)
Total other income (expense)
   
(24,764
   
318,111
     
547,746
     
669,833
 
Income (loss) before income taxes
   
(350,079
)
   
1,602,956
     
2,726,758
     
5,461,330
 
Income taxes
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Net income (loss)
   
(350,079
 
$
1,602,956
   
$
2,726,758
     
5,461,330
 
Deemed preferred stock dividend
                           
(350,000
)
Net income (loss) applicable to common shareholders
 
 $
(350,079
   
1,602,956
     
2,726,758
   
 $
5,111,330
 
                                 
Comprehensive income:
                               
Net income
   
(350,079
)
   
1,602,956
     
2,726,758
     
5,461,330
 
Other comprehensive income
                               
Foreign currency translation gain
   
1,150,969
     
471,493
     
2,425,737
     
656,736
 
                                 
Comprehensive income
 
$
800,890
   
$
2,074,449
   
$
5,152,495
   
$
6,118,066
 
Earnings per share
                       
                           Basic
 
$
(0.00
 
$
0.01
   
$
0.01
   
$
0.04
 
                           Diluted
 
$
(0.00
 
$
0.01
   
$
0.01
   
$
0.03
 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
                               
                           Basic
   
247,050,454
     
138,113,712
     
222,315,636
     
121,973,448
 
                           Diluted
   
247,050,454
     
171,029,400
     
240,411,220
     
156,627,222
 
 
The accompanying notes are integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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SINO GREEN LAND CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 AND 2010
(UNAUDITED)
   
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Cash flows from operating activities
           
Net income
 
$
2,726,758
   
$
5,461,330
 
   Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
               
       Depreciation and amortization
   
1,894,440
     
849,324
 
       Change in derivative liability
   
(675,011
)
   
(674,445
)
       Allowance for doubtful accounts
   
9,727
     
-
 
       Stock compensation
   
429,000
     
976,021
 
   Change in current assets and liabilities:
               
       Accounts receivable
   
(9,953
   
(42,435
)
       Inventories
   
(51,533
   
7,725
 
       Other current assets
   
(28,361
   
606,461
 
       Accounts payable and accrued expenses
   
470,346
     
(76,300
)
       Advances from customers
   
(3,160
   
(34,058
)
                 
Net cash provided by operating activities
   
4,762,253
     
7,073,623
 
                 
Cash flows from investing activities
               
  Purchase of property and equipment
   
(121,720
   
(246,968
)
  Payment of construction costs
   
(4,238,312
)
   
(9,814,260
)
  Payments for land usage rights
   
(3,246,758
   
(3,300,863
)
Net cash used in investing activities
   
(7,606,790
   
(13,362,091
)
                 
Cash flows from financing activities
               
      Proceeds from sale of common stock, net of offering cost
   
2,366,000
     
5,336,677
 
       Increase in amounts owed to related party
   
104,869
         
Net cash provided by financing activities
   
2,470,869
     
5,336,677
 
             
-
 
Effect of exchange rate change on cash and cash equivalents
   
65,230
     
52,613
 
             
-
 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
   
(308,438
   
(899,178
)
                 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning balance of period
   
925,329
     
1,987,616
 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
 
$
616,891
   
$
1,088,438
 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
               
    Interest expense paid
 
$
-
   
$
-
 
    Income taxes paid
 
$
-
   
$
-
 
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
               
Deemed dividend on preferred stock associated with its beneficial conversion feature
           
350,000
 
Issuance of common stock for construction services
   
16,846,168
     
-
 
                 
 
The accompanying notes are integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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SINO GREEN LAND CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
 
1.
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Sino Green Land Corporation (the “Company”) was incorporated in Nevada in March 2008 under the name of Henry County Plywood Corporation, as the successor by merger to a Virginia corporation organized in May 1948 under the same name. On March 23, 2009, the Company’s corporate name was changed to Sino Green Land Corporation.

The Company, through its Chinese operating subsidiaries and a variable interest entity, is engaged in the wholesale distribution, marketing and sales of premium fruits in China.

On January 15, 2009, the Company entered into a share exchange agreement with Organic Region Group Limited (“Organic Region”), its stockholders and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Zhuhai Organic Region Modern Agriculture Ltd. (“Zhuhai Organic”), and Guangzhou Organic Region Agriculture Ltd. (“Guangzhou Organic”), Fuji Sunrise International Enterprises Limited (“Fuji Sunrise”), Southern International Develop Limited (“Southern International”) and HK Organic Region Limited (“HK Organic”). Pursuant to the share exchange agreement and a related agreement with the Company’s two former principal stockholders:

The Company issued to the former stockholders of Organic Region a total of 81,648,554 shares of common stock, constituting approximately 98% of its outstanding stock, in exchange for all of the capital stock of Organic Region; and
 
The Company’s former majority stockholders sold to the Company 1,666,298 shares of common stock, representing 50% of the outstanding shares, for $500,000 non-interest bearing convertible promissory notes, which were paid in 2009. The Company has no further obligations to the former majority stockholders.

Prior to the closing of these transactions, the Company, then known as Henry County Plywood Corporation, was not engaged in any business activity.

The Company is the sole stockholder of Organic Region, a British Virgin Islands corporation which was incorporated on January 30, 2003. Organic Region is the sole stockholders of five limited liability companies organized under the laws of the People’s Republic of China, each of which is a wholly foreign-owned entity, known as a WFOE: Zhuhai Organic, Guangzhou Organic, Fuji Sunrise, Southern International, HK Organic, and Guangzhou Metro Green Trading Ltd. Guangzhou Metro Green Trading Ltd, wholly owned by Southern International, was formed on March 31, 2010 and is engaged in the wholesale distribution, marketing and sales of grocery products, and real estate and consulting services in China.
 
 
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The Company operates its business under an exclusive agreement with Xiong Luo, the Company’s chief executive officer. The exclusive operating agreement between the Company and Mr. Luo does not have an expiration date and may be terminated (1) by either party in the event of a material breach of contract, bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, or in the event of the termination of Mr. Luo’s license or the approval of the license; or 2) by the Company with or without reason. Mr. Luo’s business license, which allows him to conduct the fruit trading business through the Company, expires on July 18, 2012.   The renewal procedure is routine and does not require the Company to demonstrate any further qualifications in order to obtain such renewal. Mr. Luo uses the business license to operate an agricultural trading business under the name of Guangzhou Greenland Co. Ltd. (“Guangzhou Greenland”). Pursuant to this agreement, Organic Region provides consulting services, including business operations, human resources and research and development services, to Mr. Luo with respect to Guangzhou Greenland, which enables Guangzhou Greenland to operate its agricultural trading business in China. In exchange for such services, Mr. Luo has agreed to pay a consulting services fee to Organic Region equal to all of the revenues obtained by Guangzhou Greenland. The agreement also provides the Company with the sole ability to control Guangzhou Greenland’s daily operations and financial affairs, appoint its senior executives and approve all matters requiring stockholder approval. Mr. Luo also irrevocably granted the Company an exclusive option to purchase, to the extent permitted under PRC law, Mr. Luo’s interest in Guangzhou Greenland and agreed to entrust all the rights to exercise voting power to any person appointed by the Company. Guangzhou Greenland is considered an entity indirectly owned and 100% controlled by contract. Accordingly, the Company’s financial statements include, and are consolidated with, the financial position and results of operations of Guangzhou Greenland. Substantially all of the Company’s revenue is derived from the business of Guangzhou Greenland.
 
2.
LIQUIDITY AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company had net income of $2,726,758 and cash flow from operations of $4,762,253. The Company had a working capital deficiency of $2,875,181 at September 30, 2011.  The Company has historically financed its operations principally from cash flows generating in operating activities and from external financing raised in private placement transactions.
 
The Company has also undertaken a plan to diversify the business into the distribution of green, organic and premium imported food products, through the establishment of a distribution hub, which it anticipates will be an emerging area of its business. The Company has constructed and leases approximately 600,000 square feet of space in two buildings in the Guangzhou Yuncheng wholesale market and also leases refrigerated storage space in an adjacent location. The Company plans to sublease the facilities to independent vendors who will sell their own products. To a significantly lesser extent, the Company plans to sell imported premium food products. This project is called the Metro Green Project. The Company has invested approximately $36.7 million, including $19.9 million paid on cash and $16.8 million in shares of common stock (Notes 5 and 10) to unrelated parties for the construction of warehouse, office space and cold storage facilities on leased properties that are intended to be used for the Metro Green Project.  These construction projects are materially completed.  Management estimates that the remaining costs for completion will amount to approximately $0.6 million. The Company is seeking potential investors for the Metro Green Project; however, because of the low price of the Company’s common stock, the lack of an active trading market and the Company’s capital structure, the Company may not be able to obtain such financing on reasonable terms, if at all. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to rent the Metro Green Project or, find suitable investors.
 
Management believes, based on the Company’s historical ability to fund operations using internally generated cash flow and the progress made towards completing the Metro Green Project that the Company’s currently available cash and funds it expects to generate from operations will enable it to operate its current business through at least October 1, 2012. However, the Company continues to have ongoing obligations with respect to the Metro Green Project regardless of whether the venture is successful and it expects that it will require additional capital in order to execute its longer term business plan. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, or encounters unforeseen circumstances that place constraints on its capital resources, management will be required to take various measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing the Company’s business development activities, suspending the pursuit of its business plan, controlling overhead expenses and seeking to sell or lease assets associated with the Metro Green Project or the Company’s fruit distribution business. Management cannot provide any assurance that the Company will raise additional capital if needed. The Company has not received any commitments for new financing, and cannot provide any assurance a new financing will be available to the Company on acceptable terms, if at all.
 
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
Basis of presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and on the same basis as the annual audited consolidated financial statements. The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2011, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 are unaudited, but include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which management considers necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented. The results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2011 or for any future interim period. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K, which was filed with the SEC on March 31, 2011.
 
 
 
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Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and Guangzhou Greenland, a100% controlled entity owned by Mr. Luo, as described in Note 1. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
Reclassifications

Certain amounts in the prior period financial statement have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

Use of estimates

The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Management makes these estimates using the best information available at the time the estimates are made; however, actual results could differ materially from those results.

Significant estimates and assumptions include valuing equity securities and derivative financial instruments issued in financing transactions and in share-based payment arrangements, accounts receivable reserves and inventory. Certain estimates, including accounts receivable and inventory reserves and the carrying amounts of intangible assets could be affected by external conditions including those unique to the industry and general economic conditions. It is reasonably possible that these external factors could have an effect on our estimates that could cause actual results to differ from our estimates. We re-evaluate all of our accounting estimates at least quarterly based on these conditions and record adjustments, when necessary.
 
Cash and cash equivalents

The Company considers all cash on hand and in banks, including accounts in book overdraft positions, certificates of deposit and other highly-liquid investments with maturities of three months or less, when purchased, to be cash and cash equivalents.

Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable are recognized and carried at original sales amount less an allowance for uncollectible accounts, as needed.

The Company’s policy is to maintain reserves for potential credit losses on accounts receivable. Management reviews the composition of accounts receivable and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer creditworthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment patterns to evaluate the adequacy of these reserves. Account balances deemed to be uncollectible are charged to the allowance for doubtful accounts after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had accounts receivable, of $271,740, and $261,403, net of allowance for bad debts in the amount of $0 and $9,559, respectively.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment is stated at cost, including any cost to place the property into service, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is recorded on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets which currently range from 3 to 5 years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or the term of the lease. Maintenance, repairs and minor replacements are charged to operations as incurred; major replacements and betterments are capitalized. The cost of any assets sold or retired and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts at the time of disposition, and any resulting profit or loss is reflected in income or expense for the period.
 
 
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Impairment of long-lived assets

The Company reviews long-lived for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable through the estimated undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the assets. Whenever any such impairment exists, an impairment loss will be recognized for the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value.

The Company tests long-lived assets, for recoverability at least annually or more frequently upon the occurrence of an event or when circumstances indicate that the net carrying amount is greater than its fair value. An impairment loss is recognized when sum of the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition is less than its carrying amount. The assessment is based on the carrying amount of the long-lived asset at the date it is tested for recoverability, whether in use or under development. There were no events or changes in circumstances that necessitated a review of impairment of long-lived assets as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

Revenue recognition
 
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104 based on when (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (ii) delivery or performance has occurred, (iii) the fee is fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectability of the sale is reasonably assured.
 
Foreign currency translation

The Company’s functional currency is the United States dollar. The Company’s subsidiaries in the PRC and Hong Kong maintain their books and records in their functional currency, the Chinese Yuan Renminbi (“RMB”) and Hong Kong dollar (“HKD”), being the primary currency of the economic environment in which their operations are conducted, respectively.
 
The Company’s reporting currency is the US dollar.  Assets and liabilities of the PRC/Hong Kong subsidiaries are translated at the current exchange rate at the consolidated balance sheet dates, and revenues and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates during the reporting periods. Translation adjustments are reported in other comprehensive income.

Fair value measurements

Fair value is determined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. US GAAP also establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires classification based on observable and unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The fair value hierarchy distinguishes between assumptions based on market data (observable inputs) and an entity’s own assumptions (unobservable inputs).
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs”, which is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05, “Presentation of Comprehensive Income”. Under the amendments in this ASU, an entity has two options for presenting its total comprehensive income: to present total comprehensive income and its components along with the components of net income in a single continuous statement, or in two separate but consecutive statements. The amendments in this ASU are required to be applied retrospectively and are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011, with early adoption permitted. The Company intends to conform to the new presentation required in this ASU beginning with its Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2012.
 
In the nine months period ended September 30, 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-01 through ASU No. 2011-09, except for ASU No. 2011-04, and No. 2011-05 disclosed above, the ASU’s entail technical corrections to existing guidance or affect guidance related to specialized industries or entities and therefore have minimal, if any, impact on the Company.
 
 
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3.
DUE TO RELATED PARTIES
 
Due to related parties includes expense reimbursements payable to Mr. Xiong Luo in the amounts of $225,709 and $120,840 as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The amounts do not bear interest and are payable on demand.
 
4.
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property and equipment consist of the following as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010:
 
   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Leasehold improvements
 
6,534,567
   
    6,229,188
 
Manufacturing machinery
   
377,829
     
    426,456
 
Office equipment
   
155,377
     
    110,199
 
Motor vehicle
   
18,883
     
     18,149
 
Total
   
7,086,656
     
6,783,992
 
                 
Less: Accumulated Depreciation
   
(811,528
)
   
(545,208
)
Property and Equipment, net
 
$
        6,275,128
   
$
6,238,784
 
 
Depreciation expense amounted to $238,918 and $81,440 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
 
Depreciation expense amounted to $82,388 and $40,302 for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
 
5. CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS

Construction in progress represents capital expenditures that the Company has incurred with respect to the Metro Green Project described in Note 2. Such costs include the direct costs of both exterior and interior construction, including the decoration of the facilities that, upon completion, will be used in the Company’s Metro Green Project.  The facilities are located on two adjacent properties that the Company leases under two separate operating lease agreements expiring in 2027 and 2028. Capitalization of these costs will cease and the cost of the assets will be transferred from construction in progress to the appropriate category of property and equipment when substantially all the activities necessary to prepare the assets for their intended use are completed.  A summary of the cumulative exterior and interior costs of constructing these facilities, which consist of office space, warehouse facilities and a cold storage facility that will comprise a green, organic and imported foods trading distribution hub, are as follows:
 
   
Exterior
Construction
   
Interior
Construction
   
Total
 
Beginning balance
 
$
9,563,540
   
$
4,816,147
   
$
14,379,687
 
Addition capital expenditures during the period made in:
                   
-
 
Cash
           
4,238,312
     
4,338,312
 
Shares of common stock
   
8,403,167
     
8,443,000
     
16,846,167
 
Effect of exchange rate differences
   
749,728
     
511,931
     
1,261,659
 
Ending balance
 
$
18,716,435
   
$
18,009,390
   
$
36,725,825
 
Less accumulated amortization
   
(876,818
)
   
-
     
(876,818
)
   
$
17,839,617
   
$
18,009,390
   
$
35,849,007
 
 
The exterior construction of these facilities is substantially complete and the property has been put to limited use. Accordingly the Company recorded approximately $829,000 of amortization associated with the use of these facilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2011.
 
 
 
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Exterior Construction Costs
 
On January 5, 2011, The Company entered into an agreement with three unrelated parties (the “contractors”), who constructed a 26,528 square meter (approximately 275,000 square foot) building that the Company will use in operations for its proposed Metro Green Project.  Pursuant to the agreement, the Company prepaid construction costs amounting to approximately RMB 55.7 million, (approximately $8.4 million) in exchange for the lease and full use of the building through the expiration date of the underlying land lease, which expires on April 30, 2028. The contract provided the Company with the option to pay the full amount of the construction costs in cash or shares of common stock with an aggregate fair value approximately equal to the contractual cost of the construction project. Accordingly the Company issued 40,015,084 shares of common stock to the contractor as payment in full for the construction contract.  The Company recorded the exterior construction at the contractual price because the contractual price was deemed to be the more readily determinable value in this transaction.
 
Interior Construction Costs
 
On June 14, 2011, the Company issued a total of 4,692,326 shares of common stock to two contractors for services rendered and to be rendered in connection with the configuration of the space in the Company’s new building. The aggregate fair value of these shares amounted to approximately $1,173,000. The Company recorded the interior construction costs at the contractual price because the contractual price was deemed to be the more readily determinable value in this transaction.
 
On June 17, 2011, the Company issued 12,307,907 shares of common stock to one contractor for services rendered in connection with the interior construction and decoration of the Company’s new building. The aggregate fair value of these shares amounted to approximately$3,077,000.These shares were issued pursuant to an agreement dated April 3, 2011. The Company recorded the interior construction costs based on the more readily determinable contract price.
 
On June 22, 2011, the Company issued a total of 13,975,012 shares of common stock to five individuals for services valued at approximately $4,193,000 relating to the decoration in the Company’s new building. These shares were issued pursuant to agreements dated May 24, 2011. The Company recorded the interior construction costs based on the more readily determinable contract price.
 
6. 
LONG-TERM PREPAYMENTS-LAND USAGE RIGHTS

There is no private ownership of land in the PRC. All land is owned by the government, which grants land use rights for specified periods of time. Guangzhou Greenland has entered into 18 separate land lease and development agreements with a number of farming cooperatives since 2005. The farming cooperatives are authorized to manage and plant the lands by Guangzhou Greenland who, during the term of the lease, has the priority right to purchase the agricultural products at current market prices. The agreements have terms of 25 years expiring at various times through 2036. The payments for the entire 25-year term were payable, and were paid, in full at the inception of the agreements.
 
Guangzhou Greenland uses the straight-line method to amortize the long-term prepayments over the lives of the respective land leases.

Long-term prepayments consist of the following:

   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Long-term prepayment –cost
 
$
29,450,064
   
$
25,115,165
 
Accumulated amortization
   
(4,152,716
)
   
(3,159,396
)
Net
 
$
25,297,348
   
$
21,955,769
 

Amortization expense for the three month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 amounted $266,561 and $257,335, respectively. Amortization expense for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 amounted to$874,203 and $767,884, respectively.  The amortization of the land usage rights is included in cost of revenue.
 
 
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Expected amortization expenses after September 30, 2011 are as follows:

2011
 
$
   303,984
 
2012
   
 1,216,375
 
2013
   
 1,216,375
 
2014
   
 1,200,855
 
2015
   
   1,153,431
 
Thereafter
   
20,206,328
 
Total
 
$
25,297,348
 

7.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accounts payable and accrued expenses are as follows:

   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Accounts payable
 
$
565,154
   
$
336,687
 
Accrued payroll
   
56,777
     
203,466
 
Accrued expenses
   
255,106
     
591,312
 
Rent payable
   
934,461
     
1,251,430
 
Liquidated damages accrual under private placement transactions
   
981,064
     
173,321
 
Commission payable
   
412,633
     
178,633
 
Total
 
$
3,205,195
   
$
2,734,849
 

Rent payable represents the lease payments due to the lessor of the two adjacent tracts of land that the Company is currently leasing for the construction of the Metro Green distribution center described in Note 5 and the cold storage facility that the Company leases in the Guangzhou Yuncheng wholesale market. The two Metro Green land leases have 17 and 18 year lease terms, respectively.  The cold storage lease has a 20 year term.  The Company recorded rent expense using the straight line method for all periods presented.
 
8. 
SHARES TO BE ISSUED
 
The liability for shares to be issued as of September 30, 2011 includes the grant date fair value of $1.5 million shares of fully vested common stock that are to be issued to an unidentified beneficiary of a deceased executive’s estate. The Company will deliver the shares upon receipt of notice from the estate of the named beneficiary.
 
9. 
ACCRUED LIABILITY FOR STOCK PRICE GUARANTEE
 
As of June 30, 3011, we recorded an accrued liability of approximately $1.5 million is due to the 12,307,902 shares of common stock the Company issued to a contractor.  Based on the Company’s agreement with the contractor, the Company will pay the difference in cash if one year from the date the contractor commences work, the Company’s stock is less than $0.25. The liability is based on the difference between the $0.25 per share guaranteed price and the $0.13 market price per share on June 30, 2011. In the third quarter, 2011, the contractor signed the agreement to waive the stock price guarantee provision.  As a result, we reversed the accrued liability for stock price guarantee as of September 30, 2011.
 
10.
EQUITY TRANSACTIONS

Issuance of Shares as Compensation

On February 1, 2009, pursuant to an agreement with an independent director, the Company agreed to pay the director 12,500 shares of common stock every fiscal quarter.  The Company issued 37,500 shares of common stock to the director and recorded compensation expense of $10,875 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

On July 1, 2010, in connection with the election of two directors, pursuant to the director agreements, the Company agreed to issue 25,000 shares of common stock to each of these directors for each three month period of their directorship. The Company has issued 150,000 shares of common stock to the directors and recorded compensation expense of $39,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.
 
 
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On November 5, 2010, The Company entered into an employment agreement with the chief financial officer. Pursuant to the agreement, the chief financial officer is to receive 500,000 shares of common stock, valued at $130,000 with the market price of $0.26 on the grant day.  The shares are issuable in quarterly installments of 125,000 shares on each of October 15, 2010, January 15, 2011, April 15, 2011, and July 15, 2011, provided that the chief financial officer is employed by the Company on those dates, except that, in certain cases, including her death or termination of her employment without cause, the unvested shares vest immediately. The Company has issued 250,000 shares of common stock to the chief financial officer and recorded compensation expense of $78,500 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.
 
On November 18, 2010, The Company entered into an employment agreement with the corporate secretary, who is not an executive officer.  Pursuant to the agreement, the corporate secretary is to receive 250,000 shares of common stock, valued at $85,000 with the market price of $0.34 on the grant day.  The shares is vest in quarterly installments of 62,500 shares on each of December 1, 2010, February 1, 2011, May 1, 2011, and August 1, 2011, provided that he is employed by the Company on those dates, except that, in certain cases, including his death or termination of his employment without cause, the unvested shares vest immediately. The Company has issued 125,000 shares of common stock to the corporate secretary and recorded compensation expense of $46,875 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.
 
On June 21, 2010, The Company authorized the issuance of an aggregate of 7,195,000 shares of its common stock to employees and advisors for services including (i) 2,195,000 shares issued to certain employees and advisors and (ii) 5,000,000 shares issuable to three senior executives with an aggregate grant date fair value of $1,000,000.  Shares granted to these executives include 2,000,000 shares awarded to an executive who died in 2010 and 3,000,000 shares awarded to two other executives who are currently employed by the Company and were issued in quarterly installments through June 2011.  The deceased executive’s shares became fully vested at the time of his death in 2010.  As described in Note 8, the Company is awaiting instructions from the estate of the deceased executive which it required in order to issue the shares.  The Company has issued 1,500,000 shares of common stock to the employees and advisors and recorded compensation expense of $253,500 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

On July 10, 2011, the Company authorized the issuance of an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of common stock to Mr. Xiong Luo, The shares is vest in quarterly installments of 500,000 shares on each of July 15, 2011, October 15, 2011, January 15, 2012 and April 15, 2012. 

The total stock compensation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $58,500 and $360,325, respectively, and $429,000 and $952,146 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 respectively.

Issuance of Common Stock Pursuant to Financing Agreement

On February 14, 2011, the Company sold a total of 13,000,000 shares of common stock to a number of investors at $0.20 per share, for total gross proceeds of $2,600,000 pursuant to certain common stock purchase agreements dated as of January 15, 2011. In connection with the sales of common stock, the Company paid commissions of $234,000.  The agreement provides that if the Company does not have its common stock listed on any of the Nasdaq or NYSE markets by December 31, 2012, the Company will, at the request of the holders, repurchase their shares at the purchase price per share plus interest at 15% per annum.

Accordingly, these shares are presented in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2011 as common shares subject to possible redemption.

Issuance of Common Stock on Conversion of Preferred Stock
 
On January 18, 2011, the Company issued 1,704,000 shares on conversion of 150,000 shares of series A convertible preferred stock.

Issuance of Common Stock in connection with the Proposed Metro Green Project
 
During the nine months ended September 31, 2011, the Company issued a total of 70,990,114 shares of common stock in connection with the construction and interior and related construction with respect to one of the buildings to be used by our proposed Metro Green distribution hub for approximately $16.8 million in construction costs.
 
Warrants
 
               
Weighted
   
Average
 
               
Average
   
Remaining
 
   
Warrants
   
Warrants
   
Exercise
   
Contractual
 
   
Outstanding
   
Exercisable
   
Price
   
Life
 
Outstanding, December 31, 2010
   
25,115,090
     
25,115,090
   
$
0.18
     
3.73
 
Granted
   
  -
     
  -
     
  -
     
  -
 
Repurchased and cancelled
   
 -
     
 -
     
 -
     
 -
 
Exercised
   
 -
     
 -
     
 -
     
 -
 
Outstanding, September 30, 2011
   
25,115,090
     
25,115,090
   
$
0.18
     
2.85
 
 
 
 
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In September 2010, investors holding 20 million warrants signed an agreement to wave price reset provisions.  Accordingly, there are 5,115,090 remaining warrants that feature potential anti-dilution price protection and are therefore recorded as derivative liabilities.

The Company computed the fair value of the derivative liability at the respective balance sheet dates using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:
 
   
Organic Region Warrants
 
   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Fair value of common stock:
 
$
0.12
   
$
0.25
 
Exercise price of warrants:
 
$
0.098
   
$
0.098
 
Expected term (years):
   
2.9
     
3.6
 
Dividend yield:
   
     
 
Expected volatility:
   
43.72
%
   
65.22
%
Risk-free interest rate:
   
1.50
%
   
1.50
%
Unit fair value
 
$
0.05
   
$
0.18
 
Aggregate fair value
 
$
233,130
   
$
908,142
 
 
In accordance with the provisions of ASC 815, the Company is presenting the warrant liability at fair value on the balance sheet, with the corresponding changes in fair value recorded in the Company’s statement of operations for the applicable reporting periods. The Company does not believe that the difference between the fair value derived using the Black Scholes Model and other models that would simulate the effects of variable exercise prices are significant due to the low probability of triggering the reset provisions.
 
The Company developed the assumptions that were used as follows: The fair value of the Company’s common stock was obtained from quoted market prices; the term represents the remaining contractual term of the derivative; the volatility rate was developed based on analysis of the Company’s historical stock price volatility and the historical volatility rates of several other similarly situated companies (using a number of observations that was at least equal to or exceeded the number of observations in the life of the derivative financial instrument at issue); the risk free interest rates were obtained from publicly available US Treasury yield curve rates; the dividend yield is zero because the Company has not paid dividends and does not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future.
 
11.
EARNINGS PER SHARE

The Company computes basic net income per share by dividing net income per share available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period and excludes the effects of any potentially dilutive securities. Diluted earnings per share includes the dilution that would occur upon the exercise or conversion of all potentially dilutive securities into common stock using the “treasury stock” and/or “if converted” methods as applicable.

The following table presents a reconciliation of basic and diluted earnings per share:
 
   
Nine month periods ended
September 30,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Net income available to common shareholders
 
$
2,726,758
   
$
5,111,330
 
                 
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding
   
222,315,636
     
121,973,448
 
Dilutive effect of warrants, options, and preferred stock
   
18,095,584
     
34,653,774
 
Weighted average shares of common stock – diluted
   
240,411,220
     
156,627,222
 
                 
Earnings per share – basic
 
$
0.01
   
$
0.04
 
Earnings per share – diluted
 
$
0.01
   
$
0.03
 
 
 
 
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Three month periods ended
September 30,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders
 
$
(350,079
 
$
1,602,956
 
                 
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding
   
247,050,454
     
138,113,712
 
Dilutive effect of warrants, options, and preferred stock
   
-
     
32,915,688
 
Weighted average shares of common stock – diluted
   
247,050,454
     
171,029,400
 
                 
Earnings per share – basic
 
$
(0.00
)
 
$
0.01
 
Earnings per share – diluted
 
$
(0.00
)
 
$
0.01
 
 
The warrants that were issued by Organic Region in April 2008 were assumed by the Company in connection with the reverse acquisition, are reflected as 3,779,015 and 3,259,938 shares in the number of diluted shares for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively and are reflected 1,982,652 shares in the number of diluted shares for the three months ended September 30, 2010.

Pursuant to a purchase agreement dated on August 7, 2009, the Company, for a total consideration of $1,000,000 (i) issued an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of series A preferred stock, (ii) issued five-year warrants to purchase 10,000,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.14 per share and 10,000,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share, and (iii) granted the investors an option to purchase up to 1,000,000 additional shares of series A preferred stock at a purchase price of $1.00 per share of series A preferred stock.

The outstanding preferred stock had a dilutive effect of 14,316,568 shares and 16,015,987 shares for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The warrants with $0.14 exercise price and $0.25 exercise price had a dilutive effect of 1,445,369 shares and 4,805,576 shares respectively for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Warrants and preferred stock that could potentially dilute earnings per share which were not included in the fully diluted computation for three months ended September 30, 2011 because they would have been anti-dilutive totaled 1,395,309 and 14,316,568 shares, respectively.
 
12. 
INCOME TAXES

The Company is incorporated under the laws of State of Nevada in the United States of America and has legal subsidiaries in the BVI, Hong Kong and the PRC. The Company does not have any employees or assets nor or is it engaged in any income producing activities in the Unites States.  The Company is also not engaged in any income producing activities in the BVI and has limited income producing activities in Hong Kong. The Company is currently delinquent on filing Federal income tax returns in the United States and applicable franchise tax returns in the state of Nevada. The Company’s net operating losses that may be available to offset future taxable income in the United States, if any, are currently  immaterial due to limitations triggered upon past changes in ownership and limited business activity in the United States thereafter.  In addition, it is currently more likely than not that the benefits of any net operating that would be available to offset future taxable income, if any, would not be realized in future periods.
 
Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries in the PRC have been granted tax holidays expiring at various times through 2008 to 2012; however, these entities are currently not directly engaged in any income producing activities. The Company’s only income producing activities are conducted by Guangzhou Greenland, a VIE whose operations are consolidated with those of the Company as a result of agreements with the owner of Guangzhou Greenland as described on Note 1. Guangzhou Greenland is also a tax exempt entity owned by Mr. Luo as a self-employed individual operating a business in the agricultural industry.
 
13. 
CURRENT VULNERABILITY DUE TO CERTAIN CONCENTRATIONS

The Company’s operations are conducted exclusively in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environments in the PRC, and by the general state of the PRC’s economy.

Operations of the Company in the PRC are subject to specific considerations and significant risks. These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic and legal environments and foreign currency exchange. Results of operations of the Company may be adversely affected by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things.
 
 
 
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Since a significant amount of the Company future revenues will be denominated in RMB, the existing and any future restrictions on currency exchange may limit the Company’s ability to utilize revenues generated in RMB to fund any business activities outside China or fund expenditures denominated in foreign currencies.

Almost all of the Company’s products are sold at the Guangdong Yun Cheng Wholesale Market where the Company leases space to sell its produce.
 
No customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s sales for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.
  
The Company has long-term arrangements to purchase its produce from a limited number of farming cooperatives. If the Company is not able to purchase the produce from these farmers, in the event of a product shortage, and it is necessary for the Company to purchase from other suppliers, the costs may be greater due to this kind of short-term nature of arrangements.

Three vendors provided 87.7%, 9.0% and 3.1% of the goods to the Company during the nine months ended September 30, 2011. Accounts payable to these vendors amounted to $0 as of September 30, 2011. Three vendors provided 85.8%, 10.2% and 3.7% of the goods to the Company during the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Accounts payable to these vendors amounted to $0 as of September 30, 2010.  

Three vendors provided 90.5%, 9.3% and 0% of the goods to the Company during the three months ended September 30, 2011. Accounts payable to these vendors amounted to $0 as of September 30, 2011. Three vendors provided 89.6%, 10% and 0% of the goods to the Company during the three months ended September 30, 2010. Accounts payable to these vendors amounted to $0 as of September 30, 2010.  
 
The Company extends credit to its customers based upon its assessment of their credit worthiness and generally does not require collateral. Credit losses have not been significant.

14.
COMMITMENT AND CONTINGENCIES
 
Capital commitment
 
As of September 30, 2011, capital commitment for interior construction of Metro Green Project amounted to $617,112 to be completed within one year.
 
Operating Leases commitments
 
The Company leases various office facilities under operating leases that terminate on various dates.

In 2009, the Company entered an agreement with an unrelated party to lease the land for its proposed first building in the distribution hub in Guangzhou Yuncheng wholesale market for an 18-year term.

In 2010, the Company entered an agreement with an unrelated party to lease the land for its cold storage facility in Guangzhou Yuncheng wholesale market for a 20-year term.  

In 2011, the Company entered an agreement with an unrelated party to lease the land for its proposed second building in the distribution hub in Guangzhou Yuncheng wholesale market for a 17-year and 4-month term.
 
Rent expenses for periods subsequent to September 30, 2011 is as follows:

Remainder of 2011
 
$
660,447
 
2012
   
2,645,350
 
2013
   
2,647,973
 
2014
   
2,468,313
 
2015
   
2,463,609
 
Thereafter
   
33,038,410
 
Total 
 
$
44,284,102
 
 
 
 
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As described in Note 7, the Company accrued the liquidated damage based on the covenants in 2010 private placement transactions. In May 2010, the Company sold 17,000,000 shares of common stock at $0.20 per share pursuant to two agreements, one covering 3,375,000 shares and the other 13,625,000 shares. In October 2010, the Company sold 5,000,000 shares of common stock at $0.20 to two investors. The agreement with the purchasers of 3,375,000 shares in the May 2010 financing and the agreement for the October 2010 financing provide that if, at any time as long as any of the investors holds any of the shares of common stock purchased in the financing, the Company sells shares of common stock or issue convertible notes or preferred stock with a conversion price which is less than the $0.20 price paid in the financing, the Company is to issue additional shares to the investors so that the effective price per share is equal to such lower price. The agreements with each of the groups of investors provide for liquidated damages of 1% per month, payable in cash or stock (based on the closing price of the transaction) if the Company fails to comply with certain covenants, including effecting a reverse split and filing for the listing of our common stock on the American Stock Exchange, within certain timetables.  The potential issuance of additional shares resulting from a downward adjustment in the purchase price of the shares, which would result in increased dilution to the stockholders, together with the potential for liquidated damages, could have an adverse effect upon the market for and the market price of the Company’s common stock.
 
15. 
SUBSEQUENTS EVENTS
 
The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the issuance of the consolidated financial statements and identified the following subsequent events:
 
On October 17, 2011, the Company issued 737,500 shares of common stock to the management and independent directors based on stock compensation agreement described in Note 10, which are fully vested with fair value amounting to $125,495.

On November 2, 2011, two investors exercised their warrants of 454,545 and 181,818, respectively.  The exercise price of the warrants was $0.11.   
 
 
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ITEM 2 
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
The following discussion of the results of our operations and financial condition should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes, which appear elsewhere in this quarterly report. The following discussion includes forward-looking statements.
 
Statements in this quarterly report include “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that express our intentions, beliefs, expectations, strategies, predictions or any other statements relating to our future activities or other future events or conditions. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our business based, in part, on assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may, and are likely to, differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including those described above and those risks discussed from time to time in this quarterly report, including the risks described under “Risk Factors,” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, which includes restated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2009. In addition, such statements could be affected by risks and uncertainties related to the effects of our restatement of our financial statements, weather and natural disasters, our ability to conduct business in the PRC, product demand, including the demand for fruit and vegetable products, our ability to develop and maintain good relations with local cooperative suppliers, our ability to raise any financing which we may require for our operations, including financing for our green produce hub, competition, government regulations and requirements, pricing and development difficulties, our ability to make acquisitions and successfully integrate those acquisitions with our business, as well as general industry and market conditions and growth rates, and general economic conditions. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this quarterly report.
 
Overview
 
We are engaged in the wholesale distribution, marketing and sales of premium fruits in China. Our main products include Fuji apples, emperor bananas and tangerine oranges. We purchase our products directly from farming cooperative groups to whom we provide varying degrees of farming, harvesting and marketing services. Almost all of our products are sold by us at the Guangdong Yun Cheng wholesale market where we lease space to sell our produce.  Until December 31, 2010, we also sold our produce at the Beijing XinFadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market. We sell to trading agents who sell our products to customers in and around the provinces in which the produce is grown.
 
Fruits, such as apples, bananas and oranges, as well as vegetables are considered staples in the Chinese diet, similar to rice and meat, and historically, demand for these products has not fluctuated with the ups and downs of the general economy. As a result, we have not yet seen a significant decline in our business from the recent economic downturn and the global credit crisis. However, if economic conditions further deteriorate, including business layoffs, downsizing, industry slowdowns and other similar factors that affect our distributors, customers, suppliers, farmers and creditors, we could see a reduction in the demand for our products which could have a material adverse effect on our business operations. Since we promote our products as premium foods, in troubled economic times, consumers may purchase cheaper fruits and vegetables rather than our products, which could affect both our revenue and our gross margin.
 
All fruits and vegetables are perishable, and are subject to spoilage if they are not delivered to market in a timely manner. Our ability to both purchase and sell produce is dependent upon a number of factors which are not under our control. Severe weather conditions and natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, frosts, earthquakes or pestilence, may affect our ability both to purchase products and to sell our products at the wholesale markets. Under these conditions, we may incur a higher cost of cold storage with no assurance that, even in the best conditions, spoilage cannot be avoided.
 
Since weather conditions are not uniform throughout China, our competitive position may be impaired if our competitors are able to deliver produce to market at a time when we are not able to make deliveries, either because we are unable to purchase the produce or because we are unable to bring the produce to market.
 
Agricultural products generally are subject to disease, blight and infestation by insects. Our revenue during 2009 was affected by a fruit insect disease which affected sales of our tangerine oranges. Any disease, blight or infestation that affects our produce could materially impair our ability to generate revenue from the affected fruit.
 
 
 
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We only have long-term arrangements to purchase produce from three farming cooperatives. If we are not able to purchase our produce from these farmers, whether because of a shortage, because of government regulations or otherwise, we may be unable to purchase produce from other co-ops or farmers, and if we are able to purchase produce, our costs may be greater, which could impair our gross margins.
 
Substantially all of our produce is grown by farming cooperatives on land which we lease pursuant to 25-year lease and development agreements which we entered into during the period from 2005 to 2011. All of these leases were entered into with the farmers who held the land usage rights from the government. The farming cooperatives consist of many farmers who held the land usage rights. Pursuant to these agreements, as of September 30, 2011, we had paid a total of $29.5 million to the holders of the land usage rights, who are not affiliated with us, and the farmers agreed to manage the land and plant the crops and we received a priority right to purchase the crops at fair market price. The farming cooperatives do not pay us rent for the land. We amortize our up-front lease payments over the life of the leases. The amortization of our lease payments is included in cost of goods sold.
 
We have undertaken a plan to diversify the business into the distribution of green, organic and premium imported food products, through the establishment of a distribution hub (the “Metro Green Project”), which we anticipate can be an emerging area of our business. We have constructed and are leasing approximately 600,000 square feet of space in two buildings in the Guangzhou Yuncheng wholesale market and we also lease refrigerated storage space in an adjacent location.  We plan to sublease the facilities to independent vendors who will sell their own products. To a significantly lesser extent, we plan to sell imported premium food products. We have invested approximately $36.7 million, including $19.9 million paid on cash and $16.8 million in shares of common stock to unrelated parties for the construction of warehouse, office space and cold storage facilities on leased properties that are intended to be used for the Metro Green Project.  These construction projects are materially completed.  We estimate that the remaining costs for completion will amount to approximately $0.6 million. We are seeking potential investors for the Metro Green Project; however, because of the low price of our common stock, the lack of an active trading market and our capital structure, we may not be able to obtain such financing on reasonable terms, if at all. We cannot assure you that we will be able to rent the distribution hub or find suitable investors.  Further, in view of the general tightening of credit in China, it is not likely that we will be able to obtain bank financing for the Metro Green Project.  If we are not able to obtain adequate financing for the distribution hub, it may be necessary for us to discontinue the Metro Green Project or seek to sell or lease that business or our current business.  We intend to investigate possible financing alternatives, although we cannot give any assurance that we will be able to raise the necessary financing on acceptable terms, if at all.  The failure to obtain necessary financing could materially impair our business.
 
While we currently generate sufficient operating cash flows to support our operations, our capital requirements and the cash flow provided by future operating activities, if any, will vary greatly from quarter to quarter, depending on the volume of business during the period and payment terms with our customers. A significant portion of our revenue growth has resulted from increased land usage rights which we lease under long-term leases that require us to pay the rental for the entire lease term at the inception of the lease. In the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we expended $3.2 million to purchase two additional leases from the farming cooperative groups.  In the same period of 2010, we expended an additional $3.3 million to purchase an additional lease. If we are to expand our business, we will need to continue to lease additional farm land on which our produce can be grown, which will require significant additional capital. To the extent that we devote resources to our proposed green foods hub, we may have to reduce the amount we spend for additional farmland, which could adversely affect the growth of our produce business.
 
We presently sell our produce in the wholesale markets, where our customers are wholesale distributors. In connection with, and as part of, our green foods distribution hub, we may seek to market to supermarkets and other retail outlets. To the extent that we develop this business, we would incur additional marketing, shipping and other expenses.
 
The current uncertainty arising out of domestic and global economic conditions, including the disruption in credit markets, along with our stock price and the lack of liquidity in our common stock and our working capital deficiency, may affect our ability to obtain either debt or equity financing which we may require in order to expand our business. Although our products are considered staples in Chinese consumers’ daily life, and, historically, demand for such staples has not fluctuated with the ups and downs of the general economy, if the current economic situation continues to deteriorate, we could see a more drastic reduction in the demand for our products. Since we are marketing our products as premium produce, consumers, in a time of economic difficulties, could purchase non-premium produce, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
 
 
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Factors Affecting September 30, 2011 Results

Our revenue in the third quarter of 2011 reflected in modest decline from the third quarter of 2010, and our operations showed a modest net loss for the third quarter of 2011 as compared with net income of approximately $1.6 million for the third quarter of 2010, primarily because:
 
  
Due to cold weather in the spring of 2011, the harvest for new apples was delayed, as a result of which we did not sell any of the new apple crop in the third quarter of 2011.
 
  
Because the apple crop in 2010 was small our vendors started 2011 with a smaller volume of apples in cold storage.
 
  
We sold a large percentage of the apples that our cooperative farming groups held in cold storage during the first half of 2011, leaving a relatively low volume of apples available for sale during the third quarter.
 
  
The cost of our apples increased during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 from the comparable period of 2010, and we were not able to raise our prices to cover fully our increased expenses.
 
  
During 2011 we implemented a program designed to encourage large wholesalers to buy our apples, which resulted in a decline in revenue from the sale of apples under this program as we charged 2% below our standard prices under this program.
 
Seasonality
 
Our fresh fruit business is highly seasonal. Fuji apples are harvested mainly from late August until early November and are sold throughout the year. Tangerine oranges are harvested in late September through late November with the result that we have nominal sales of tangerine oranges in the third quarter of the year. Emperor bananas are harvested throughout the year. They grow in an eight-month cycle, and are cultivated and harvested all year long. As harvested fruits cannot be stored at room temperature for a long time, they must be processed for sale as soon as they are harvested or stored at a cold temperature. As a result, the sales volume for our produce occurs during the harvesting season and for the months following the harvesting season.
 
We generally experience higher sales in the second half of the year. Sales in second half of 2010 accounted for approximately 56% of our revenue for 2010. If sales in the second half of the year are lower than expected, our operating results would be adversely affected, and it would have a disproportionately large impact on our annual operating results.  Our sales in the third quarter of 2011 were lower than they were in the third quarter of 2010 for the reasons described under “Factors Affecting September 30, 2011 Results.”
 
Because of the large number of green foods products which we plan to distribute through at our green foods distribution hub, there will be many different seasons for the different products we operate. We cannot predict at this time how the seasonality of the various products we propose to sell will affect our overall profitability.
 
Taxation
 
Currently, pursuant to income tax law, the income tax rate for enterprises in PRC is 25% and the value-added tax rate is 13%, unless they qualify under certain limited exceptions. The law gives the foreign-invested enterprises, or FIEs established before March 16, 2007, such as our subsidiaries Zhuhai Organic and Guangzhou Organic, a five-year grandfather period during which they can continue to enjoy their existing preferential tax treatment. During this five-year grandfather period, the old FIEs which enjoyed tax rates lower than 25% under the original EIT law shall gradually increase their EIT rate by 2% per year until the tax rate reaches 25%. In addition, the FIEs that are eligible for a full exemption and 50% reduction under the original law are allowed to retain their preferential treatment until these holidays expire.
 
Guangzhou Organic is tax exempt for 2008 to 2009 and is entitled to a 50% tax reduction for the three years thereafter. Due to the absence of significant business in 2008, Zhuhai Organic was entitled to tax exemption in 2007, and will be entitled to a one-year tax exemption after the business resumes. However, Zhuhai Organic did not constitute a significant source of revenue or income in 2009 or 2008. Guangzhou Greenland, which had net income from operations for the three months and nine months  period ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, is exempt from income tax in accordance with PRC tax regulations as these operations are that of an entity of a self-employed individual operating in the agriculture products industry.
 
 
 
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Results of Operations
 
The following table sets forth information relating to our products for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (dollars in thousands):
 
Period
Product
 
Sales
   
Percentage
   
Cost of Sales
   
Gross Profit
 
Nine Months Ended
Fuji Apples
 
$
96,054
     
               87.8
%
 
$
87,466
   
$
8,587
 
September, 30, 2011
Emperor Bananas
   
9,824
     
                 9.0
%
   
8,826
     
998
 
 
Tangerine Oranges
   
3,348
     
                 3.1
%
   
3,009
     
339
 
 
Vegetables
   
115
     
                 0.1
%
   
85
     
30
 
 
Others
   
237
     
                 0.0
%
   
254
     
(18
)
 
Total
 
109,578
           
$
99,642
   
9,936
 
                                   
September 30, 2010
Fuji Apples
 
$
80,655
     
85.5
%
 
$
72,225
   
8,430
 
 
Emperor Bananas
   
 9,784
     
10.4
%
   
8,553
     
1,231
 
 
Tangerine Oranges
   
                3,511
     
3.7
%
   
                 3,110
     
                  401
 
 
Vegetables
   
                    363
     
0.4
%
   
                     292
     
                     72
 
 
Total
 
$
94,314
           
$
        84,180
   
$
10,134
 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010
 
The following table sets forth the key components of our results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, in thousands of U.S. dollars and as a percentage of sales:
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
   
Change from Three
Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2011
       
2010
         
2010 to September 30, 2011
 
   
Amount
   
Percent
   
Amount
   
Percent
   
Amount
   
Percent
 
Sales
 
$
29,540
     
100.0
%
 
$
30,987
     
100.0
%
 
(1,447
)    
(4.7
)%
Cost of goods sold
   
27,643
     
93.6
%
   
27,620
     
89.1
%
   
23
     
0.1
%
Gross profit
   
1,897
     
6.4
%
   
3,367
     
10.9
%
   
(1,470
)    
(43.7
)%
                                                 
Operating expenses:
                                               
Selling expenses
   
596
     
2.0
%
   
728
     
2.3
%
   
(132
)    
(18.1
)%
General and administrative expenses
   
1,626
     
5.5
%
   
1,354
     
4.4
%
   
272
     
20.1
%
  Total operating expenses
   
2,222
     
7.5
%
   
2,082
     
6.7
%
   
140
     
6.7
%
Operating income (loss)
   
(325
   
(1.1)
%
   
1,285
     
4.1
%
   
(1,610
)
   
(125.3
)%
                                                 
Other income (expenses):
                                               
Interest income
   
  8
     
0.0
%
           
0.0
%
   
  8
     
100.0
%
Change in derivative liability
   
91
     
0.3
%
   
320
     
1.0
%
   
(229
)
   
(71.6
)%
Other income (expense)
   
(124
)
   
(0.4
)%
   
(2
)
   
0.0
%
   
(122
   
6,100.0
%
     
(25
)    
(0.1
)%
   
318
     
1.0
%
   
(343
)
   
(107.9
)%
Income (loss) before income taxes
   
(350
   
(1.2
)%
   
1,603
     
5.2
%
   
(1,953
)
   
(121.8
)%
Income tax
 
 
           
 
                         
Net income (loss)
   
(350
   
(1.2
)%
   
1,603
     
5.2
%
   
(1,953
)
   
(121.8
)%
Comprehensive income:
                                               
Net income (loss)
   
(350
   
(1.2
)%
   
1,603
     
5.2
%
   
(1,953
)
   
(121.8
)%
Foreign currency translation adjustment
   
1,151
     
3.9
%
   
471
     
1.5
%
   
680
     
144.1
%
Comprehensive income:
 
$
801
     
2.7
%
 
$
2,074
     
6.7
%
 
(1,273
)
   
(61.4
)%
 
 
 
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Sales. Sales decreased approximately $1.4 million, or 4.7%, to approximately $29.5 million in the three months ended September 30, 2011 from approximately $31.0 million in the three months ended September 30, 2010.  Sales of our Fuji apples decreased 9.5% in the three months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2010.  Our sales volume decreased by an aggregate of 3,941 tons in the three months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2010.    Our sales declined for the reasons set forth under “Factors Affecting September 30, 2011 Results.”

Cost of Goods Sold. Our cost of goods sold is primarily comprised of the cost of purchasing produce from the farming cooperatives plus amortization of land usage rights. Although our sales decreased, our cost of sales increased $23,177, or 0.1%, in the three months ended September 30, 2011, our cost of sales remained relatively constant reflecting increases in our cost of apples.
 
Gross Profit and Gross Margin. Our gross profit decreased 43.7%, from $3.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2010 to $1.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.  As a result of the 4.7% decline in sales with a substantially constant cost of sales, our gross margins for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 was 6.4%, compared with 10.9% for the quarter ended September 30, 2010.  This decline in gross margin results primarily from the increases in our cost of apples which was not fully reflected in our prices to customers and the incentive program aimed at large wholesalers.
 
Selling Expenses. Our selling expenses are comprised of marketing expense, the salaries of our marketing staff, bonus, rent and other selling expenses. These expenses decreased $131,911, or 18.1%, from $727,852 for the quarter ended September 2010 to $595,941 for the quarter ended September 2011, reflecting our reduced level of sales. As a percentage of sales, selling expenses decreased to 2.0% in the three months ended September 30, 2011 from 2.3% in the three months ended September 30, 2010.
 
General and Administrative Expenses. Our general and administrative expenses are comprised of travel expense, office expense, product development expense, market research expense, exhibition expense, audit expense, advisory expense and other expenses associated with our status as a public company including liquidated damages of resulting from our failure to comply with covenants in stock purchase agreements pursuant to which we sold common stock in 2010.  General and administrative expenses decreased by $271,925, or 20.1%, to approximately $1.6 million in the September 2011 quarter from approximately $1.4 million in the September 2010 quarter.
 
The following table sets forth information as to the items included in general and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (dollars in thousand):
 
   
Three months ended
September 30
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Rent
 
$
574,204
   
$
181,051
 
Compensation (other than equity-based compensation)
   
248,728
     
209,141
 
Equity based compensation
   
58,500
     
360,325
 
Liquidated damages
   
279,000
     
-
 
Professional fees
   
39,904
     
119,802
 
Other
   
425,924
     
484,007
 
Total
 
$
1,626,260
   
$
1,354,325
 
 
As a percentage of sales, administrative expenses increased to 4.4% in the September 2011 quarter as compared to 4.4% in the September 2010 quarter.
 
 
 
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Change in Derivative Liability.   The change in derivative liability reflects a change in the value of derivative securities that were outstanding during the period.  Our only derivative security during these periods are warrants which include a provision for a change in the exercise price of the warrant if we sell common stock at a price which is less than the exercise price of the warrants. We generated income from the change in derivative liability of $90,984 in the three months ended September 30, 2011 period compared to income of $320,063 for the comparable period of 2010.  The change in fair value, as computed using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, primarily reflected the change in our stock price, which was $0.12 per share at September 30, 2011 and $0.13 per share at June 30, 2011. In April 2008, Organic Region, which was then a privately-owned company, issued, for $500,000, its one-year 18% convertible notes in the principal amount of $500,000 and warrants to purchase common stock after Organic Region effects a going public transaction, which includes a reverse acquisition with a publicly traded shell corporation. Due to variability in the terms of the warrants’ exercise price for which accounting rules preclude them from being considered as indexed to our common stock, the warrants are recorded at fair value, with changes in value reported in the income statement each period. Although the debt was paid off in 2009, the warrants remain outstanding.

Tax. Almost all of our income is generated by Guangzhou Greenland, an entity owed by Mr. Xiong Luo, our chief executive officer and president, whose financial statements are consolidated with ours pursuant to ACS 810. Our other operations operated at a loss for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. If the tax exemption were not in effect and we paid taxes at the statutory rate, our income tax expense would have been nominal and $0.3 million for the third quarter of 2011 and 2010, which would not have affected our earnings per share (basic and diluted) for the three months ended September 30, 2011 or 2010.
 
Net Income (Loss). As a result of the foregoing, our net loss was $350,079, or $0.00 per share (basic and diluted) for the three months ended September 30, 2011 period, as compared with a net income of $1.6 million, or $0.01 per share (basic and diluted) for the same period of 2010.
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010
 
The following table sets forth the key components of our results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, in thousands of U.S. dollars and as a percentage of sales:
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
   
Change from Nine
Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2011
 
2010
   
2010 to September 30, 2011
 
   
Amount
   
Percent
   
Amount
   
Percent
   
Amount
   
Percent
 
Sales
 
$
109,578
     
100.0
%
 
$
94,314
     
100.0
%
 
15,264
     
16.2
%
Cost of goods sold
   
99,642
     
90.9
%
   
84,180
     
89.3
%
   
15,462
     
18.4
%
Gross profit
   
9,936
     
9.1
%
   
10,134
     
10.7
%
   
(198
)
   
(2.0
)%
                                                 
Operating expenses:
                                               
Selling expenses
   
2,289
     
2.1
%
   
2,182
     
2.3
%
   
107
     
4.9
%
General and administrative expenses
   
5,468
     
5.0
%
   
3,160
     
3.4
%
   
2,308
     
73.0
%
  Total operating expenses
   
7,757
     
7.1
%
   
5,342
     
5.7
%
   
2,415
     
45.2
%
Operating income
   
2,179
     
2.0
%
   
4,791
     
5.1
%
   
(2,612
)
   
(54.5
)%
                                                 
Other income (expenses):
                                               
Interest income
   
9
     
0.0
%
   
2
     
0.0
%
   
7
     
(350.0
)%
Change in derivative liability
   
675
     
0.6
%
   
674
     
0.7
%
   
1
     
0.1
%
Other income (expense)
   
(136
)
   
(0.1
)%
   
(7
)
   
0.0
%
   
(129
   
1,842.9
%
     
548
     
0.5
%
   
670
     
0.7
%
   
(122
   
(18.2
)%
Income before income taxes
   
2,727
     
2.5
%
   
5,461
     
5.8
%
   
(2,734
)
   
(50.1
)%
Income tax
                                           
Net income
   
2,727
     
2.5
%
   
5,461
     
5.8
%
   
(2,734
)
   
(50.1
)%
Deemed preferred stock dividend
 
 
           
 (350
   
0.4
%
   
350
     
(100.0
)%
Net income attributable to shareholders
 
$
2,727
     
2.5
%
 
$
5,111
     
5.4
%
 
(2,384
)
   
(46.6
)%
Comprehensive income:
                                               
Net income
   
2,727
     
2.5
%
   
5,461
     
5.8
%
   
(2,734
)
   
(50.1
)%
Foreign currency translation adjustment
   
2,426
     
2.2
%
   
657
     
0.7
%
   
1,769
     
269.3
%
Comprehensive income:
 
$
5,153
     
4.7
%
 
$
6,118
     
6.5
%
 
$
(965
)
   
(15.8
)%
 
 
 
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Sales. Sales increased $15.3 million, or 16.2%, to $109.6 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2011 (the “September 2011period”) from $94.3million in the nine months ended September 30, 2010 (the “September 2010 period”). This increase was mainly due to a 19.6% increase in selling price of apples that is more than offset the  decrease in the tonnage of apples sold from 84,310 tons in the September 2010 period to 80,006 tons in the September 2011 period.  The effects of the increase in the selling price was also offset by the implementation of an incentive program designed to promote sales of our products to larger wholesalers and the causes described under “Factors Affecting September 30, 2011 Results.”
 
Cost of Goods Sold. Our cost of goods sold is primarily comprised of the costs of our produce from our farming cooperatives and, to a significantly lesser extent, the amortization of our long-term prepayments relating to the land used by the farming cooperatives. Our cost of sales increased approximately $15.4 million, or 18.4%, to approximately $99.6 million in the September 2011 period from approximately $84.2 million in the September 2010 period, reflecting a modest increased amortization of leased land usage right.
 
Gross Profit and Gross Margin. Our gross profit decreased approximately $0.2 million to approximately $9.9 million in the September 2011 period from approximately $10.1 million in the September 2010 period. Gross margin was 9.1% and 10.7% for the September 2011 and September 2010 periods, respectively.  Our gross margin in the September 2011 period was affected by increases in our cost of apples which were not fully reflected in our prices of apples and our incentive program aimed at large wholesalers.
 
Selling Expenses. Our selling expenses are comprised of marketing expense, the salaries of our marketing staff, bonus, rent, trading expense and depreciation. Our selling expenses increased approximately $0.1 million, or 4.9%, to approximately $2.3 million in the September 2011 period from approximately $2.2 million in the September 2010 period. As a percentage of sales, selling expenses decreased to 2.1% in the September 2011 period from 2.3% in the September 2010 period. Selling
 
General and Administrative Expenses. Our administrative expenses increased approximately $2.3 million, or 73.0%, to approximately $5.5 million in the September 2011 period from approximately $3.2 million in the September 2010 period. As a percentage of sales, administrative expenses increased to 5.0% in the September 2011 period, as compared to 3.4% in the September 2010 period.  The principal increases are the rent expense, reflecting rent of the buildings for the distribution hub and the cold storage facility, and the liquidated damages due with to investors in certain of our private financings.  The following table sets forth information as to the items included in general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (dollars in thousand):
 
   
Nine months ended
September 30
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
Rent
 
$
1,554,943
   
$
205,808
 
Compensation (other than equity-based compensation)
   
829,926
     
664,060
 
Equity based compensation
   
429,000
     
952,146
 
Liquidated damages
   
807,743
     
-
 
Professional fees
   
361,612
     
423,536
 
Other
   
1,484,304
     
914,576
 
Total
 
$
5,467,528
   
$
3,160,126
 
 
Change in Derivative Liability.  Change of derivative liability reflects a change in the value of derivative securities that were outstanding during the period.  Our only derivative security during these periods are warrants which include a provision for a change in the exercise price of the warrant if we sell common stock at a price which is less than the exercise price of the warrants.  We generated income from the change in derivative liability of $675,011 in the September 2011 period compared to income of $674,445 in the September 2010 period.  The change in fair value, as computed using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, primarily reflected the change in our stock price, which was $0.12 per share at September 30, 2011 and $0.25 per share at December 31, 2010.
 
Income before Income Taxes. Based on the factors described above, our income before income taxes decreased approximately $2.7 million to approximately $2.7 million in the September 2011 period, from approximately $5.5 million in September 2010 period. Income before income taxes as a percentage of sales decreased to 2.5% in the September 2011period, from 5.8% in the September 2010 period.
 
 
 
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Income Tax.  Because of the income tax holiday, we did not incur any income tax expense in the September 2011 or September 2010 periods.  If the tax holiday were not in effect and we paid taxes at the statutory rate, our income tax expense would have been $1.8 million for the September 2011 period and $1.4 million for the September 2010 period, and the net effect on earnings per share should have be $0.00 per share for basic and diluted for the September 2011 period and $0.01 per share (basic and diluted) for the September 2010 period.  Almost all of our income is generated by Guangzhou Greenland is also a tax exempt entity owned by Mr. Luo as a self-employed individual operating a business in the agricultural industry.
 
Net Income.  As a result of the foregoing, our net income was approximately $2.7 million, or $0.01 (basic and diluted), for the September 2011 period and approximately $5.5 million, or $0.04 per share (basic) and $0.03 per share (diluted), for the September 2010 period.

Deemed Preferred Stock Dividend.  As a result of the terms of the series A preferred stock that we issued in the September 2010 period, we generated a $350,000 deemed preferred stock dividend, reflecting the amount by which the market price of the underlying common stock on the date of exercise and the purchase price of the common stock issuable upon conversion of the series A preferred stock on an “as if converted” basis.  We did not have any comparable item in the September 2011 period.
 
Net Income Available to Common Shareholders. Net income available to common shareholders for the September 2011 period was approximately $2.7 million, or $0.01 (basic and diluted).  As a result of the deemed preferred stock dividend in the September 2010 period, our net income applicable to common shareholders for the September 2010 period was approximately $5.1 million, or $0.04 per share (basic) and $0.03 per share (diluted).
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
At both September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, we had a working capital deficiency of approximately $2.9 million.   The following table sets forth information as to the principal changes in the components of our working capital (dollars in thousands).  
 
Category
             
December 31, 2010 to
September 30, 2011
 
   
September 30,
 2011
   
December 31,
2010
 
Change
   
Percent
Change
 
Current Assets:
                       
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
617
   
$
925
   
$
(308
   
(33.3
 )%
Accounts receivable, net
   
272
     
261
     
11
     
4.2
 %
Inventories
   
62
     
9
     
53
     
588.9
 %
Other current assets
   
138
     
114
     
24
     
21.1
 %
Total current assets
   
1,089
     
1,309
     
(221
   
(16.8
)% 
Current Liabilities:
                               
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
   
3,205
     
2,735
     
470
     
17.2
Due to related parties
   
226
     
121
     
105
     
86.8
Shares to be issued
   
300
     
455
     
(155
   
(34.1
)% 
Derivative liability
   
233
     
908
     
(675
)    
(74.3
)% 
Total current liabilities
   
3,964
     
4,219
     
(255
)    
(6.0
)% 
Net working capital deficiency
 
(2,875
 
(2,910
 
(35
)    
1.2
 
In the September 2011 period, we generated $4.8 million in our operations, as compared with cash flow from operations of $7.1 million in the September 2010 period.  Our cash flow from operations for the September 2011 period reflected principally net income of $2.7 million, depreciation of $1.9 million, an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $0.5 million, and stock compensation of $0.4 million, offset by a decrease in derivative liability of $0.7 million.  For the September 2010 period, cash flow from operations reflected net income of $5.5 million, depreciation and amortization of $0.8 million, stock compensation of $1.0 million, and a decrease in other current assets of $0.6 million, offset by a decrease in derivative liability of $0.7 million.
 
 
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Cash flow used in investing activities was approximately $7.6 million in the September 2011 period, as compared with cash flow used in investing activities for the September 2010 period of $13.4 million.  The principal investing activity in 2011 was construction in progress for our proposed Metro Green distribution hub and the payment for the land usage rights for the apple plantation of $3.2 million.  Cash funds used in investing activities was for the long-term prepayment for the land lease and Metro Green distribution hub for 2010.   For 2011, our cash flow from financing activities was $2.5 million, compared with cash generated in financing activities of $5.3 million in 2010, reflecting net proceeds from the sale of the Company’s common shares.

Our primary source of funds, other than operations, was the sale of our equity securities, from which we received $2.6 million in the September 2011 period.
 
On January 15, 2011, we sold a total of 13,000,000 shares of common stock to a number of eight investors at $0.20 per share, for total gross proceeds of $2,600,000 pursuant to common stock purchase agreements dated as of January 15, 2011. The agreement provides that if the Company does not have its common stock listed on any of the Nasdaq or NYSE markets by December 31, 2012, the Company will, at the request of the holders, repurchase their shares at the purchase price per share plus interest at 15% per annum.
 
In connection with the sales of common stock during the September 2011 period, we incurred $234,000 in commissions.
 
During the September 2011 period, we issued a total of 70,990,114 shares of common stock in connection with the construction and interior and related construction with respect to one of the buildings to be used by our proposed Metro Green distribution hub costing approximately $16.8 million.  With respect to one agreement, covering 12,307,907 shares of common stock, we agreed that if, one year from the commencement of the contractor’s work on the project the price of our common stock is less than $0.25 per share, we would pay the contractor in cash the difference between the value of the shares and $3,076,977. However, in the third quarter 2011, the contractor waived the stock pricing guarantee provision.
 
We believe that our cash flow from operations will provide us with sufficient funds to enable us to continue our basic operations, including the purchase of additional land usage rights for growing our produce. In the past, we have leased farmland for periods of 25 years on terms which required us to make all of the lease payments at the inception of the lease, which has required us to make significant cash outlays in the past.  These payments were approximately $3.2 million in the September 2011 period and $3.3 million in the September 2010 period.  The funding for these leases was generated from our operations.

In order to conserve cash and grow all business operations, we plan to sublease the entire Metro Green facilities to third parties who would sell their own products in the wholesale market, although as of the date of this report we have not received any commitments from potential tenants and it may take a considerable time before we have subleased any significant portion of our space, which consists of approximately 600,000 square feet in two buildings.  In addition, we are seeking potential investors for the Metro Green Project. There is no assurance that we will be able to sublease the Metro Green Project or, find suitable investors in the near-term, and we will continue to incur rent and other expenses related to the Metro Green Project, regardless of whether we sublease any space to third parties or develop the business ourselves.  We are seeking potential investors for the Metro Green Project; however, because of the low price of our common stock, the lack of an active trading market and our capital structure, we may not be able to obtain such financing on reasonable terms, if at all. We cannot assure you that we will be able to rent the distribution hub or find suitable investors.  Further, in view of the general tightening of credit in China, it is not likely that we will be able to obtain bank financing for the Metro Green Project.  If we are not able to obtain adequate financing for the distribution hub, it may be necessary for us to discontinue the Metro Green Project or seek to sell or lease that business or our current business.  We intend to investigate possible financing alternatives, although we cannot give any assurance that we will be able to raise the necessary financing on acceptable terms, if at all.  The failure to obtain necessary financing could materially impair our business.
 
Further, we anticipate that we will continue to require funds for our current operations and we cannot be sure of the availability or terms of any third party financing.  Any financing that may be available may be on terms which are not favorable to us and our stockholders and may result in significant dilution to our stockholders and may include provisions which may restrict our operations or which may result is significant costs following the completion of the closing in the event that we are unable to meet the terms of any covenants which the investors may require as a condition of any financing.  In addition, if our outstanding warrants are not exercised, the presence of such a large number of warrants combined with the lack of an active trading market in our stock, our low stock price, and our need to restate our financial statements and our filing of a Form 8-K in 2010 stating that you cannot rely on our previously issued financial statements may impair both our ability to raise capital in the equity markets and the terms on which any funds could be made available to us.  Although we are seeking equity and debt financings to provide us with the funds we require for our Metro Green Project, as of the date of this annual report, we do not have any formal or informal agreement or understanding with respect to any transaction which would provide us with the necessary cash.  The failure to obtain funding when required could significantly impair our ability both to develop the Metro Green Project and to continue our existing business.
 
 
 
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires our management to make assumptions, estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported, including the notes thereto, and related disclosures of commitments and contingencies, if any. We have identified certain accounting policies that are significant to the preparation of our financial statements. These accounting policies are important for an understanding of our financial condition and results of operation. Critical accounting policies are those that are most important to the portrayal of our financial conditions and results of operations and require management’s difficult, subjective, or complex judgment, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. Certain accounting estimates are particularly sensitive because of their significance to financial statements and because of the possibility that future events affecting the estimate may differ significantly from management’s current judgments.
 
We believe the following critical accounting policies involve the most significant estimates and judgments used in the preparation of our financial statements.
 
Accounts Receivable – Our policy is to maintain reserves for potential credit losses on accounts receivable. Management reviews the composition of accounts receivable and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer creditworthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment patterns to evaluate the adequacy of these reserves.
 
Inventories – Inventories are valued at the lower of cost (determined on a weighted average basis) or market value. Management compares the cost of inventories with market value and an allowance is provided to reduce the value of inventories to their net market value.

Income taxes – We recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts at each period end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

We follow a more-likely-than-not threshold for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. We record a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets, if any, based on its estimates of its future taxable income as well as its tax planning strategies when it is more likely than not that a portion or all of its deferred tax assets will not be realized. If we are able to utilize more of its deferred tax assets than the net amount previously recorded when unanticipated events occur, an adjustment to deferred tax assets would increase the our net income when those events occur. We do not have any significant deferred tax asset or liabilities in the PRC tax jurisdiction.

Impairment – We apply the provisions of ASC 360-10, which requires that long-lived assets be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable through the estimated undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the assets. Whenever any such impairment exists, an impairment loss will be recognized for the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value. We test long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment and intangible assets subject to periodic amortization, for recoverability at least annually or more frequently upon the occurrence of an event or when circumstances indicate that the net carrying amount is greater than its fair value. Assets are grouped and evaluated at the lowest level for their identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets. We consider historical performance and future estimated results in our evaluation of potential impairment, and then we compare the carrying amount of the asset to the future estimated cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset. If the carrying amount of the asset exceeds estimated expected undiscounted future cash flows, we measure the amount of impairment by comparing the carrying amount of the asset to its fair value. The estimation of fair value is generally measured by discounting expected future cash flows as the rate we utilize to evaluate potential investments. We estimate fair value based on the information available in making whatever estimates, judgments and projections are considered necessary.
 
 
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Revenue Recognition – Our revenue recognition policies are in compliance with ASC 605. Sales revenue is recognized at the date of shipment to customers when a formal arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, the delivery is completed, no other significant obligations exist and collectability is reasonably assured. Payments received before all of the relevant criteria for revenue recognition are satisfied are recorded as unearned revenue. Revenues from the sale of products are recognized at the point of sale of our products. 
 
Cost of Goods Sold – Cost of goods sold includes product costs, net of discounts and allowances, and the amortization of the long-term prepayment of our land usage rights. Discounts provided to us by vendors at the time of purchase are recognized as a reduction in inventory cost as the products are delivered. All other costs, including warehousing costs, transportation costs; salaries, rent expense and depreciation expense, are shown separately in selling expenses or general and administrative expense in our consolidated statements of income.
 
Foreign Currency Translation – We use United States dollars for financial reporting purposes. Our subsidiaries maintain their books and records in their functional currency - RMB, which is currency of China, and the Hong Kong dollar.   Such financial statements were translated into United States dollars in accordance with ASC. Pursuant to ASC 830, all assets and liabilities are translated at the current exchange rate on the balance sheet date, stockholder’s equity are translated at the historical rates and income statement items are translated at the average exchange rate for the period. The resulting translation adjustments are reported under other comprehensive income in accordance with ASC 220 as a component of stockholders’ equity.
 
Derivative Liability – The derivative liability represents the value of warrants to purchase common stock that were issued in connection with certain debt and warrants that were issued in 2008 and preferred stock and warrants that were sold in 2009. According to the guidance provided in FASB ASC 815-40-15-5 through 815-40-15-8, we accounted for the value of these warrants as derivative liabilities. The warrants are reported at fair value using the Black-Scholes model.  Changes in the value of the warrants are reflected in earnings for the period as a change in derivative liability.  The holders of the warrants that included the provisions which gave rise to the derivative liability waived those rights in September 2010.
 
New Accounting Pronouncements
 
In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs,” which is not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05, “Presentation of Comprehensive Income”. Under the amendments in this ASU, an entity has two options for presenting its total comprehensive income: to present total comprehensive income and its components along with the components of net income in a single continuous statement, or in two separate but consecutive statements. The amendments in this ASU are required to be applied retrospectively and are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011, with early adoption permitted. The Company intends to conform to the new presentation required in this ASU beginning with its Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

In the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the FASB has issued several ASU’s, – ASU No. 2011-01 through ASU No. 2011-09. Except for ASU No. 2011-04 and No. 2011-05, which are discussed above, the ASU’s entail technical corrections to existing guidance or affect guidance related to specialized industries or entities and therefore have minimal, if any, impact on the Company.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
We do not have any off balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity or capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to an investor in our securities.
 
ITEM 3.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
 
Not Applicable.
 
 
 
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ITEM 4.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
 
Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
 
As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, our management, including our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2011.
 
Disclosure controls and procedures refer to controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating and implementing possible controls and procedures.
 
Management conducted its evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures under the supervision of our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer. Based on that evaluation, our management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of September 30, 2011.
 
Management’s Report on Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act.  Our management is also required to assess and report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Section 404”).   As previously reported in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010 and, during our assessment, management identified significant deficiencies related (i) the U.S. GAAP expertise of our internal accounting staff, (ii) our internal audit functions and (iii) a lack of segregation of duties within accounting functions. Although management believes that these deficiencies do not amount to a material weakness, our internal controls over financial reporting were not effective at December 31, 2010.  Management has specifically observed that our accounting systems and current staffing resources in our finance department are insufficient to support the complexity of our financial reporting requirements. We have in the past, and are continuing to experience difficulty in (i) generating data in a form and format that facilitates the timely analysis of information needed to produce financial reports and (ii) applying complex accounting and financial reporting disclosure rules as required under various aspects of GAAP and SEC reporting regulations such as those relating to stockholders equity transactions, derivatives and income taxes. We need to institute processes that enable us to improve and monitor tax compliance requirements at regular intervals.
 
On August 23, 2010, we concluded, after a review of the pertinent facts, that the previously issued financial statements originally contained in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 should not be relied upon due to the following:
 
We improperly allocated, for financial statement purposes, the proceeds received in connection with the April 2008 debt financing transaction and the August and December 2009 preferred stock financing transactions. The restated financial statements include the effects of properly allocating the financing proceeds between (i) the debt or preferred stock, as applicable, (ii) any derivative liabilities associated with warrants for the purchase of common stock, and (iii) any beneficial conversion features as a component of additional paid-in capital, which allow the debt and preferred stockholders to convert their investment into the Company’s common stock on favorable terms.
 
Due to the improper allocation of proceeds on the April 2008 debt financing which resulted in an incorrect basis for the debt, we improperly reported the loss on debt extinguishment upon its settlement in August 2009.
 
Certain warrants containing variable exercise terms associated with the financings were reported as a component of paid-in capital instead of properly reflecting them as a derivative liability at fair value, with changes in fair value reported in the income statement each period.
 
A beneficial conversion feature was inappropriately recorded as a debt discount on the April 2008 financing in addition to being amortized over the subsequent 12 months with a charge to expense. Furthermore, separate beneficial conversion features associated with the December 2009 preferred stock financings were erroneously omitted due to a misallocation of proceeds for financial statement purposes..
 
 
 
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Earnings per share of common stock was required to be restated to include the effects of the restated financial statements

We believe that our internal control risks are sufficiently mitigated by the fact that our chief executive officer and chief financial officer review and approve substantially all of our major transactions and we have, when needed, hired outside experts to assist us with implementing complex accounting principles. We believe that our weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and our disclosure controls relate in part to the fact that we are an emerging business with limited personnel. Our management and our board of directors believe that we must allocate additional human and financial resources to address these matters.
 
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
 
During the quarter ended September 30, 2011, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 
PART II
 
OTHER INFORMATION
 
ITEM 6.
EXHIBITS.
 
31.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer filed pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002.
   
31.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer filed pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
32.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer furnished pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
   
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
   
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
   
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
   
101DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
   
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
   
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
 
 
 
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 SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 SINO GREEN LAND CORPORATION
     
Date: November 14, 2011
 By:  
/s/ Xiong Luo                                                    
   
Xiong Luo, Chief Executive Officer
   
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
Date: November 14, 2011
 By:  
/s/ Huasong Sheena Shen                                 
   
Huasong Sheena Shen, Chief Financial Officer
   
(Principal Financial Officer Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
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