Workshop time! Join us, Rural Vermont, and Tilia Hills on November 1 for a post-harvest strategies and hugelkultur bed workshop! More info + sign up →
We see Vermont as a premier state for locally produced, world-class quality cannabis and related products. How we get there →
We Can Do Better!
Join the Vermont Cannabis Equity Coalition on Saturday, October 25, from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm at the lovely North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier for an in-person community discussion. This event is open to everyone involved in the regulated market, those who have exited the regulated space, and members of the broader regulated and unregulated community, including makers, cultivators, consumers, caregivers, patients, organizers, and others. We can make this market better, and we want to hear from you!
Community Action Workshop
Join us on Tuesday, October 28, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. for the next Community Action Workshop. At this workshop, held over Zoom, you will learn effective strategies for engaging with your legislators, how to communicate your needs clearly, receive support for your outreach efforts, and enjoy the process! Advocacy and politics can and should be fun.
It's time to roll up our sleeves and undertake this important work together. The first Community Action Workshop in September was well attended and a ton of fun! We are holding these workshops monthly, and we hope to see you at this one later in October!
A Post-Harvest Strategies and Hugelkultur Bed Workshop
Rural Vermont and the Vermont Growers Association are thrilled to announce our next cannabis workshop collaboration at the beautiful Tilia Hills in Franklin County on Saturday, November 1, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for a A Post-Harvest Strategies and Hugelkultur Bed Workshop! Rural Vermont and VGA will provide key legislative and policy updates and be available to answer questions throughout the workshop. Locally-made pizza by our friends at subPar Goods and snacks provided. Please bring a water bottle and dress appropriately for an outdoor November field tour!
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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