Village Farms International to Present at Canaccord Genuity's 3rd Annual Cannabis Conference in New York City on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 12:20 p.m. ET

– Presentation Available Via Live Webcast and Will be Archived for Replay –

VANCOUVER, May 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - Village Farms International, Inc. ("Village Farms" or the "Company") (TSX: VFF) (NASDAQ: VFF) today announced Michael DeGiglio, Chief Executive Officer, will present at Canaccord Genuity's 3^rd Annual Cannabis Conference on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at the Grand Hyatt New York in New York City at 12:20 p.m. ET.

Village Farms' presentation will be available via a live webcast at http://wsw.com/webcast/canaccord34/vff/. For those unable to listen to the presentation live, the archived presentation will be available for replay at http://wsw.com/webcast/canaccord34/vff/ until August 12, 2019.

Mr. DeGiglio and Village Farms' Chief Financial Officer, Stephen Ruffini, are also available for one-on-one meetings at the conference. Interested parties should contact their Canaccord Genuity representative to arrange a one-on-one meeting.

Canaccord Genuity Cannabis 100 CEO Summit

The Company also announced that Mr. DeGiglio will attend the Canaccord Genuity Cannabis 100 CEO Summit on June 9-11, 2019 in Half Moon Bay, California.  Mr. DeGiglio will join the CEOs of some of North America's leading cannabis companies for a unique and exclusive event focused on the issues and opportunities facing the industry.

About Village Farms International, Inc.
Village Farms is one of the largest and longest-operating vertically integrated greenhouse growers in North America and the only publicly traded greenhouse produce company in Canada. Village Farms produces and distributes fresh, premium-quality produce with consistency 365 days a year to national grocers in the U.S. and Canada from more than nine million square feet of Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) greenhouses in British Columbia and Texas, as well as from its partner greenhouses in British Columbia, Ontario and Mexico. The Company is now leveraging its 30 years of experience as a vertically integrated grower for the rapidly emerging global cannabis opportunity through its 50% ownership of British Columbia-based Pure Sunfarms Corp., one of the single largest cannabis growing operations in the world. The Company also intends to pursue opportunities to become a vertically integrated leader in the U.S. hemp-derived CBD market, subject to compliance with all applicable U.S. federal and state laws. Village Farms has established a joint venture, Village Fields Hemp USA, LLC, for multi-state outdoor hemp cultivation and CBD extraction and plans to pursue controlled environment hemp production at its Texas greenhouse operations, which total 5.7 million square feet of production area, subject to legalization of hemp in Texas.

Cautionary Language
Certain statements contained in this press release constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws ("forward-looking statements"). Forward-looking statements may relate to the Company's future outlook or financial position and anticipated events or results and may include statements regarding the financial position, business strategy, budgets, litigation, projected production, projected costs, capital expenditures, financial results, taxes, plans and objectives of or involving the Company. Particularly, statements regarding future results, performance, achievements, prospects or opportunities for the Company, Pure Sunfarms, the greenhouse vegetable industry or the cannabis and hemp industries are forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by such terms as "outlook", "may", "might", "will", "could", "should", "would", "occur", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "intend", "estimate", "predict", "potential", "continue", "likely", "schedule", "objectives", or the negative or grammatical variation thereof or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts.

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When relying on forward-looking statements to make decisions, the Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on these statements, as forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties and should not be read as guarantees of future results, performance, achievements, prospects and opportunities. The forward-looking statements made in this press release only relate to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this press release. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE Village Farms International, Inc.

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