SACRAMENTO, California, September 14, 2017 / PRNewswire / — RiceBran Technologies (NASDAQ: RIBT and RIBTW)(the «Company» or «RBT»), a
global leader in the production and marketing of value - added products derived from rice bran, announced today that Continental
Grain Company, one of the oldest food and agribusiness companies in the world, has entered into an agreement to purchase 2.7 million shares of RiceBran Technologies common
stock from the Company for $ 2.9 million.
«Rising incomes and population growth in emerging countries is increasing the demand for ag commodities at a time when
global cereal
stocks are low, production conditions in some major
grain producing countries could potentially be challenging and the availability of quality farmland worldwide is limited,» says Gervais.