Vermont Growers Association is a Vermont-based, nonpartisan, member-driven cannabis trade association and nonprofit that advocates for local growers, processors, retailers, and other small cannabis businesses. Its mission is to protect and strengthen a fair, sustainable, craft-centric cannabis marketplace in Vermont through advocacy, education, and marketing.
Cannabis regulation and market structure, small business and family farm support, licensing and cultivation rules, equitable access to the legal cannabis market, tax and regulatory reform, and cannabis industry education and advocacy.
Primarily membership dues, donations, sponsorships, and sales or fundraising through the organization’s website and events.
Founder and Executive Director Geoffrey Pizzutillo; Vermont Cannabis Equity Coalition; member farms, retailers, processors, labs, and other cannabis businesses in Vermont.
Nonprofit mutual-benefit trade association