Vermont Cannabis Industry Emergency Fund and Resources for the Extreme Weather Events
Core principles to serve as a foundation for sensible and clear guardrails to allow local retailers to contribute to a just and viable marketplace.
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A Pre-Season Planning and Preparation Workshop for the Outdoor Season
Rural Vermont and Vermont Growers Association are excited to present their third cannabis workshop collaboration at Lukas Greene Cannabis in Charlotte with instruction by Guillermo Maldonado of Shindig & G’s Craft Cannabis!
Please join us for a 3-hour workshop covering the essentials of at-scale pre-season planning and preparation for the outdoor season. RV and VGA will also provide key legislative and policy updates from the statehouse and be available to answer questions throughout the workshop. Pre-registration is required.
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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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