UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 1, 2024, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (“Arcadia” or the “Company”) appointed Thomas J. Schaefer, Arcadia’s current president and chief executive officer, to serve as a Class I director of the Company. The appointment fills a vacancy on the Board resulting from Stanley Jacot’s resignation effective July 2, 2024.

Mr. Schaefer, 48, has served as Arcadia’s president and chief executive officer since July 5, 2022 and as Arcadia’s chief financial officer since January 2023. Mr. Schaefer joined Arcadia in July 2020 as senior director of finance and served as vice president of finance and investor relations for the Company until his appointment as chief financial officer. Prior to that, Mr. Schaefer was the director of finance at Flavor Producers, a portfolio company owned by the private equity firm GTCR that specializes in beverages and snacks, from June 2018 through July 2020. Prior to 2018, he held a number of finance roles with various companies and worked as an equity research analyst with Edward Jones early in his career. Mr. Schaefer, a chartered financial analyst, earned a bachelor of business administration in economics and finance from McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois and a master of business administration from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.

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 hereunto duly authorized.