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As the largest member-based cannabis nonprofit in the state, Vermont Growers Association is a non-partisan, mutual-benefit trade association. We represent the people who make up Vermont’s cannabis industry. We are retailers, manufacturers, processors, ancillary businesses, and growers dedicated to ensuring Vermont has a just, fair, viable, craft-centric, small business-driven cannabis marketplace through marketing, education, and advocacy.

 
 
 

Take Action Now as Senators Consider Changes to Bill H.321!

We are in the final stretch of the Senate this legislative session, and lawmakers are considering changes to H.321, such as industry and community reinvestment, farmer's markets with direct sales, public consumption, striking the retailer moratorium and cultivation districts, and more. Time to take action!

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Vermont Cannabis Job Fair in Rutland

Are you a local business hiring or interested in joining the industry? Make it out to the Vermont Farmers Food Center in Rutland on Saturday, June 7, from 11 AM to 3 PM to meet local cannabis businesses of all license types, network with those in the industry, and have a good time. Attendance is free, open to the public, and 21+.

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Share Your Support for Urgent Foundational Reforms

From industry and community reinvestment to direct sales for producers, to public consumption, to sweeping medical program reform, to complete and cost-free expungement reform, and more – these critical reforms are obtainable, and now is the time to show up together. Add your name to our a sign-on letter to demonstrate support for foundational legislative priorities! Add your name, provide a statement of support, and share with others!
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Retailer Principles

As Jon at Spruce Mountain Cannabis and Matthew and their team at Gram Central are well aware, Vermont, despite its small size, is home to world-class cannabis producers. To ensure the success of the regulated cannabis industry, it must prioritize shared interests over division, collaboration over competition, systemic reform over individual gain, and create a just and viable marketplace similar to Vermont’s thriving beer and cheese industries. The Retailer Principles offer a set of clear and guiding values that retailers can adopt and play a crucial role in the market.

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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 →

 

Industry Sign-On Letter to Remove the THC Caps from Act 164

If you're a Vermont cannabis business – cultivator, manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, testing lab, etc., take a moment to add your business name to the sign-on letter to remove the THC caps and reform the prohibitive product language in Act 164. Together, we have earned the support of the CCB to reform the THC caps and now we need your help to finish the fight in the State House.
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Consumer Petition to Remove the THC Caps from Act 164

When Vermont enacted Act 164 in October of 2020, allowing the state to tax and regulate cannabis, it became the only state to include THC caps in an adult-use cannabis marketplace, limiting solid cannabis concentrates to 60% THC and cannabis flower to 30% THC. Take a moment now to add your name to the petition to remove the THC caps and reform the prohibitive product language in Act 164. We have earned the support of the CCB to reform the THC caps and now we need your help to finish the fight in the State House. Sign the petition →

 

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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