 BUFFALO, N.Y., July 14, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- 22nd Century Group, Inc. NYSE American: XXII, a leading plant-based biotechnology company focused on tobacco harm reduction, reduced nicotine tobacco, and hempcannabis research, today announced that it has added strategic partnerships with expert commercial-scale plant breeders Sawatch Agriculture and Folium Botanical. The partnerships with these two northern hemisphere breeders add to the breeding capabilities that 22nd Century already has through its close partnership with Aurora Cannabis, and another southern hemisphere-based breeder that will be announced shortly, providing 22nd Century year-round growing capabilities. 