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High Stakes is Back!
Last year was an absolute blast, and thanks to everyone who made it happen, we were able to raise meaningful funds for the Vermont Cannabis Industry Emergency Fund (VCIEF). This year's event is shaping up to be another great night for our community to come together — a chance to unwind, connect, and support each other while playing a few hands for a good cause. Sponsorship is now open and tickets are on sale!
Learn Effective Strategies for Communicating with Legislators
Join us on Thursday, December 18, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm for the next Community Action Workshop! At this workshop, held over Zoom, you'll learn effective strategies for engaging with your legislators, how to communicate your needs clearly, get assistance with your outreach, take home material, and have fun! Advocacy and exercising democracy can and should be fun.
The Final Industry Affairs Call for 2025!
Members! Join us on Tuesday, December 16, from 6:00 to 7:15 PM for an Industry Affairs Call. We plan to discuss the upcoming 2026 legislative session, reforms you'd like to see, the recent CCB rules and guidance changes, and more.
This is an opportunity to catch up on where things are at, where we go from here, and share what’s important to you. Bring your thoughts and questions, as this will be an open discussion over Zoom.
Members, visit the Membership Area or check your email for an invitation to join the upcoming Industry Affairs Call. Please contact our Development Team using the Contact page if you have questions!
Vermont’s Cannabis Market Is Unprofitable for Small Producers
We’re writing an open letter as the Cultivator Working Group of Vermont Growers Association, a committee of locally-licensed cannabis growers of different types and production sizes to advance the mission of VGA to establish a just, prosperous, and competitive market, to raise an urgent alarm that the regulated cannabis market has become an untenable business ecosystem for producers due to unfair laws, the situation is damaging the market, and that reasonable reform to address these flaws requires your support.
Retailer Principles
As Sara at Full Circle Farm and Ashley at Mothaplant are both well aware, to ensure a vibrant and thriving regulated cannabis industry for all licensees and consumers, Vermonters must prioritize shared interests over prosperity at the expense of others and reform the market's structure to be a just and viable. The Retailer Principles provide a set of clear and guiding values that retailers can adopt, enabling them to play a vital role in seeking a just market.
Vermont Cannabis Industry Emergency Fund
Cannabis farms and businesses are not eligible for federal emergency relief dollars, and the ongoing extreme weather events, as the result of human-caused climate change, affect licensees up and down the adult-use supply chain. The VGA Vermont Cannabis Industry Emergency Fund (VCIEF) is a collective action initiative for the industry by the industry, and grants are now open for applications.
The VCIEF is available to assist Vermont-licensed cannabis farms and businesses of every type in financial need after being adversely affected by natural and unnatural disasters.Learn more →
National Police Reform Now!
As a nonprofit organization, we condemn police violence and discrimination against Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Black lives matter. The United States has centuries of structural racism and classism woven its’ fabric which we must recognize and dismantle together. VGA supports the efforts of Black Lives Matter in their pursuit to achieve these goals through national police reform. Please sign the petition and take a moment to lend a hand to this courageous effort.
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