Hemp Resources and Guidance

Hemp Resources and Guidance

Law

• Title 6 of chapter 34 outlines the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets' role in the regulation and registration of hemp growers and processors, and protection of the public.

• Vermont Hemp Rules

• Vermont Hemp Production Plan

Policies and Guidance 

• Becoming a Sampling Agent FAQ

• USDA Hemp and Farm Programs

• Accessing Farmland and Assessing Environmental Risks FAQ

• Reducing Risk in Hemp Production FAQ

• Grower Registration FAQ 

• Processor Registration FAQ

• Hemp Product and Hemp-Infused Product Labeling FAQ

Application, Sampling and Testing Information

Hemp Application 

• Criminal History Records Check for Registrant Growers 

• Grower and Processor Registration Application Guidance 

• Working with the Farm Service Agency to Report Crops

Hemp Sampling 

• Certified Sampling Agents 

• Hemp Pre-Harvest Sampling Protocol (new for 2022), Pre-Harvest Sampling Form (new for 2022), and Chain of Custody Form

• Post-Harvest Sampling Protocol and Post-Harvest Sampling Form

​Certified Laboratories

• Certified Cannabis Testing  Laboratories

• Cannabis Testing Laboratory Action Limits and Parameters Guidance

• Application to become a Certified Testing Laboratory

• Laboratory Reporting to USDA

Other Regulatory Guidance

• Nursery and Seed Guidance

• Pesticide Guidance

• ​Hemp in Food and Feed in Vermont, Guidance

• Mapping Guidance

• Vermont tax guidance on hemp and cannabidiol products for growers, processors, and sellers

Resources

• 2022 Online Registration 

• Vermont Registered Processors Sourcing Hemp from Vermont Growers (2020)

• Registered Acres by County and Registered Processors by Town (2020)

• Hemp Seed Resources from the American Seed Trade Association

• UVM Extension, Northwest Crops and Soils Program, Industrial Hemp Resources and Factsheets

• UVM Extension, Northwest Crops and Soils Program, Hemp Production 101-Webinar, http://go.uvm.edu/hemp101

• Information on what the 2018 Farm Bill means for hemp growers in Vermont

Funding Assistance and Business Assistance

• Hemp & Enterprise CBD Budget Model, Industrial Hemp Agronomic Research, University of Kentucky

• Business Planning & Assistance

• USDA Seasonal High Tunnel Initiative

• US Small Business Administration

• USDA Rural Development

• Northeast Organic Farming Association, Organic Certification

• Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund