Join us for our final Industry Mixer of the year at The Tillerman in Bristol on Thursday, November 20 from 5:30 to 8 pm! Directions + More info →
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Final Industry Mixer of the Year!
Join us for our final Industry Mixer of the year at the attractive The Tillerman in Bristol on Thursday, November 20, from 5:30 to 8 pm to meet and socialize with community members, network with licensees and prospective licensees, enjoy good food and drink, participate in craftivism activities, and a policy update with a question and answer session. A big thank you to Bia Diagnostics for sponsoring this event and for attending to answer questions and share more about their fine services. We hope to see you there!
How Can I Engage in Productive Discussions With My Local Legislators?
Join us on Monday, November 24, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. for the next Community Action Workshop. At this workshop, held over Zoom, you will learn practical strategies for engaging with your legislators, how to communicate your needs clearly, receive support for your outreach efforts, take home materials to aid your efforts, and enjoy the process! Advocacy and exercising democracy can and should be fun.
High Stakes is Back!
The High Stakes fundraiser 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. Event sponsorship is now open!
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.
VGA Business Members
