EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Employment Agreement (“this Agreement”) is entered into between Farmboy, Inc. (“Farmboy”) and Taylor Eckstrom (“Employee”) as of June 25, 2026.   Farmboy and Employee are sometimes referred to collectively herein as “the Parties”.  The Parties hereby acknowledge and agree as follows:

1. Farmboy is a marketing consulting business and, at the present time, wants to hire Employee to assist in the performance of that work.  A change in the nature of the business of Farmboy, after the execution of this Agreement, shall not change this Agreement.
2. Employee will, subject to the terms of this Agreement, work full-time for Farmboy until such time as the employment relationship between Farmboy and Employee is terminated by either Party or a new Employment Agreement is entered into between Farmboy and Employee.
3. Employee is now, and shall be the entire time she/he is employed by Farmboy, an at will employee (“AWE”) as defined by Iowa law.  Nothing in this Agreement, or the performance of any duties or obligations under this Agreement, shall be applied, construed or interpreted as creating a relationship other than that of at will employment.   Because Employee is, and always will be while working at Farmboy, an AWE, Farmboy shall have the right to terminate Employee from said employment for any reason, or no reason at all, so long as any reason relied on does not violate any applicable law.  As an AWE, Employee has an equivalent right to terminate his employment with Farmboy for any reason or no reason at all.
4. Nothing in this Agreement, or in the performance of any duties or obligations set forth in this Agreement, shall be applied, construed or interpreted as (a) establishing a minimum or definite term of employment for Employee or (b) creating any ownership or proprietary interest for or belonging to Employee in Farmboy itself or any property or right held by Farmboy either now or in the future.
5. Employee will perform faithfully, industriously and to the best of her/his ability, all of the duties and obligations that are or may be required by the express and implicit terms of this Agreement and/or Employee’s employment by Farmboy.  Without changing or altering the foregoing in any way, the Parties agree that the details as to the work that is to be done by Employee for Farmboy shall ultimately be determined by Farmboy and, consistent with that reality, Employee agrees to be subject to the supervision, advice and direction of Farmboy and Farmboy’s supervisory personnel.
6. Employee will perform the duties of her/his job for Farmboy at the office of Farmboy and work from a location other than Farmboy’s office will take place only with the consent of Farmboy.
7. Employee shall not be allowed, without the prior consent of Farmboy, to moonlight (i.e. perform the same type of work she/he does for Farmboy outside of the confines of her/his employment with Farmboy).
8. As compensation for the services provided by Employee under this Agreement, Farmboy will initially pay Employee an annual salary of $38,000 payable semi-monthly on the 15th day of each month and the last day of each month and subject to applicable federal, state and local tax and withholding requirements.   After the execution of this Agreement, the amount of Employee’s salary shall be set by Farmboy based on its sole discretion and shall be subject to change, by Farmboy, for any reason at any time (recognizing that any portion of any already earned salary shall be paid by Farmboy to Employee in the time called for herein).  Upon the termination of the employment relationship created by this Agreement, payments under this paragraph shall cease provided, however, Employee shall be entitled to payment for any part of her/his salary that was earned prior to the date of said termination for which Employee has not yet been paid.
9. In addition to payments under the preceding paragraph, Farmboy will pay commissions to Employee if, and only if, there is a written agreement between Farmboy and Employee that entitles Employee to be paid commissions as part of her/his compensation for working for Farmboy.   In that event, any such agreement shall be attached to this Agreement as “Exhibit A”.  Any commission owed by Farmboy to Employee shall be paid in the time and manner agreed to in writing by the Parties and shall be subject to any and all applicable federal, state and local tax or withholding requirements.
10. In addition to payments under the preceding two paragraphs, and without creating any obligation to actually provide any of the following benefits to Employee or anyone else, if Farmboy does, in fact, provide some or all of the following benefits to its employees, Farmboy will provide to Employee, in the same manner as provided to its employees generally, benefits such as (a) the ability to participate in employer sponsored disability or health insurance; (b) the ability to participate in an employer sponsored retirement savings plan; (c) no work on state or federal holidays; (d) paid time off (“PTO”); (e) paid sick time; and/or (f) paid vacation time.  In the event Farmboy does, in fact, provide some or all of the above-noted benefits to Employee, under no circumstance shall Employee be able to bank, cash in, monetize or roll over unused paid time off, sick time or vacation time.  In other words, under no circumstance shall Farmboy be responsible to pay monetary compensation (or other value) to Employee for any PTO, sick time or vacation time that was available to, but unused by, Employee.
11. Farmboy possesses now, and will possess going forward due to the operation of its business and the efforts of its employees, information regarding its business affairs, business plans, business practices, costs, copyrights, customers, customer lists, designs, discounts, future plans, innovations, inventions, marketing efforts, prices, products, product designs, processes, techniques, trade secrets and other vital information items (“Confidential Information”) which are special, unique and valuable assets of Farmboy and that Farmboy reasonably desires to maintain as its own.
12. Employee, as an employee of Farmboy, will, necessarily and inevitably be given access, both directly and indirectly, to Confidential Information but such access shall not, in any way, demonstrate or prove an intention on the part of Farmboy to abandon, give up or waive its desire or right to prevent the unwanted disclosure to any third party of such Confidential Information.  Furthermore, and even to the extent Employee helps create any Confidential Information during her/his employment with Farmboy, that Confidential Information shall be, and shall remain to be, the sole and exclusive property of Farmboy (and shall not be the property of Employee).
13. Employee will not, either directly or indirectly, communicate, disclose or divulge Confidential Information to any third party without the prior express written consent of Farmboy and will, instead, protect Confidential Information from disclosure to entities or persons to whom Farmboy does not wish the same to be disclosed.  A violation by Employee of this paragraph shall be a material violation of this Agreement and will justify Farmboy to seek and receive such legal and/or equitable relief as might be available to it under Iowa law.
14. A determination as to whether or not something constitutes Confidential Material shall not be based, in any sense, on whether or not Farmboy identifies it as such to Employee and shall, instead, be based on the business judgment of Farmboy.
15. The provisions of this Agreement restricting the ability of Employee to disclose Confidential Information to third parties shall remain in full force and effect during the entire time Employee is employed by Farmboy and for a period of 2 years after the termination of Employee’s employment with Farmboy.
16. As an employee of Farmboy, not only will Employee necessarily and inevitably be given access to Confidential Information, but she/he will also be introduced to, and have access to, the clients and customers of Farmboy.  The Parties acknowledge that Farmboy has already, and will in the future, undertake significant efforts, and spend significant resources, to develop and foster its relationships with its clients and customers and that providing Employee with access to those clients and customers is not intended to, and shall not in any way demonstrate or prove an intention on the part of Farmboy to, abandon, give up or waive the value of its relationships with said clients and customers.   In light of the foregoing, and in specific recognition of the value of Farmboy’s relationships with its current clients and customers, for a period of 12 months following the termination of Employee’s employment with Farmboy, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly and either individually or in conjunction with or on behalf of any other person or entity, contract with, or attempt to contract with any client or customer with whom Employee directly worked with while working for Farmboy or who was otherwise a client or customer of Farmboy during Employee’s employment with Farmboy. Employee acknowledges this restriction: a) is reasonable in time; b) is reasonable in scope; c) is necessary to protect the legitimate business interest of Farmboy; and d) will not unreasonably adversely affect Employee’s livelihood and ability to make a living.
17. Employee shall not have the right to make any contracts or commitments for or on behalf of Farmboy without first obtaining the express written consent of Farmboy.
18. Upon termination of Employee’s employment with Farmboy, Employee shall deliver to Farmboy all property which is Farmboy’s property or relates to Farmboy’s business (including, without limitation, electronic data or information, keys, records, notes, software, data, memoranda, models and equipment) that is in Employee’s possession or under Employee’s control and shall cooperate with Farmboy in the transition of any access or work had or done by Employee to such other persons or entities as may be directed by Farmboy.  Such cooperation shall include, without limitation, providing Farmboy with any and all passwords or secret codes in the possession of Employee having to do, in any sense, with work performed by Employee for Farmboy and/or the clients and customers of Farmboy.
19. This Agreement, and any attachments hereto, contains the entire agreement of the Parties and there are no other promises or conditions in any other agreement whether oral or written. This Agreement, and any attachments hereto, supersedes any prior written or oral agreements between the Parties.
20. This Agreement may be modified or amended only if the amendment or modification is made in writing and is signed by both Parties.
21. If any provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and enforceable.  If a court finds that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, but that by limiting such provision it would become valid or enforceable, then such provision shall be deemed to be written, construed, and enforced as so limited.
22. The failure of Farmboy to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver or limitation of Farmboy’s right to subsequently enforce and compel strict compliance with every provision of this Agreement.
23. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Iowa.
24. This Agreement shall be signed by Jason McArtor, Owner on behalf of Farmboy and by Employee in an individual capacity. This Agreement is effective as of the date first above written.
25. Any handbook in place now, or developed in the future by Farmboy, shall not replace this Agreement and shall not form the basis for Employee or anyone on behalf of Employee claiming anything contractual or legal rights other than those set forth herein.   Any handbook provided by Farmboy to Employee is not intended as a contract of employment.
26. Aside from the terms calling for Employee to be paid by Farmboy and Employee to work for Farmboy, the terms of this Agreement shall survive the termination of the employment agreement memorialized herein.
27. The matters set forth herein are supported by good and valuable consideration.
28. Any social media contacts, including “followers” or “friends,” that are acquired through accounts (including, but not limited to email addresses, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, or other social media networks) used or created by Employee on behalf of Farmboy are the property of Farmboy. 
29. Employee certifies that all information provided to Farmboy on any job applications and/or resumes filled out by and/or provided by Employee to Employer was accurate and that, if it is later discovered that Employee provided Farmboy with information (on a job application and/or resume) that was not, in fact, accurate, that shall be a valid reason for Farmboy to terminate the employment relationship established by this Agreement.
30. Employee agrees that, if requested to do by Farmboy, he/she will supply to Farmboy  (within no more than 24 hours of being requested to do so) a signed, and fully completed, State of Iowa Criminal History Record Check Request Form that will allow Farmboy to gather information concerning Employee’s complete criminal history record in the State of Iowa.  Employee further consents to Farmboy’s right to consider any information obtained using said State of Iowa Criminal History Record Check Request Form in deciding whether or not to continue employing Employee.
31. No rule of construction against the drafter of a document shall be used in applying, construing and/or interpreting this Agreement.