Company: BOF
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001641172-25-004712
Chunk: 445

Company: BranchOut Food Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 445
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 the future if consumer demand for certifiable products
increases. This could cause our expenses to increase or could limit the amount of product that we can manufacture and sell.

Adverse
weather conditions, natural disasters, crop disease, pests and other natural conditions can impose significant costs and losses on our
business.

Agricultural
products are vulnerable to adverse weather conditions, including severe rains, drought and temperature extremes, floods and windstorms,
which are quite common but difficult to predict. Agricultural products also are vulnerable to crop disease and to pests, which may vary
in severity and effect, depending on the stage of production at the time of infection or infestation, the type of treatment applied and
climatic conditions. Unfavorable growing conditions caused by these factors can reduce both crop size and crop quality and, in extreme
cases, entire harvests may be lost. Additionally, adverse weather or natural disasters, including earthquakes, winter storms, droughts,
volcanic events or fires, could impact the manufacturing and business facilities of our suppliers in South America, which could result
in significant costs and meaningfully reduce our capacity to fulfill orders and maintain normal business operations. These factors may
result in lower sales volume and increased costs due increased costs of products. Incremental costs, including transportation, may also
be incurred if we need to find alternate short-term supplies of products from alternative areas. These factors can increase costs, decrease
revenues and lead to additional charges to earnings, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations
and financial condition.

Climate
change may negatively affect our business and operations.

There
is concern that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may have an adverse impact on global temperatures, weather
patterns and the frequency and severity of extreme weather and natural disasters. In the event that climate change has a negative effect
on agricultural productivity, we may be subject to decreased availability or less favorable pricing for certain commodities that are
necessary for our products, such as avocados, bananas, pineapples, blueberries and other fresh produce. As a result of climate change,
we may also be subjected to decreased availability of water, deteriorated quality of water or less favorable pricing for water, which
could adversely impact our manufacturing and distribution operations, as well as the agricultural businesses of our suppliers, which
rely on the availability and quality of water.

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Our
production equipment may be damaged, adversely affecting our ability to meet consumer and wholesale demand.

A
significant