FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Pertile Richard K 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/15/2016 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Acacia Diversified Holdings, Inc. [ACCA] (Last) (First) (Middle) 13575 58TH STREET NORTH - #138 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below) CEO, President / Chairman of the Board 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) CLEARWATER, FL 33760 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common stock 960,000 (1) D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Pertile Richard K 13575 58TH STREET NORTH - #138 CLEARWATER, FL 33760	  X	  X	  CEO, President	Chairman of the Board

Signatures

/s/ Richard K. Pertile by Steven L. Sample, PoA		01/25/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
Attorney-in-Fact for Reporting Person		01/25/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Reporting Person was issued 960,000 new Common shares of Issuer under the terms of an Asset Purchase Agreement dated 01/15/2016. Reporting Person was also granted a proxy to vote 2,500,000 additional Common shares of Issuer held in trust under a Right of First Refusal to Purchase Common Shares granted to him by the outgoing CEO of Issuer, also under the terms of the referenced Asset Purchase Agreement. The details of those transactions are reported by the Issuer on an 8-K dated 01/18/2016 and incorporated herein by reference.

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