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.

Guidance 

• Grower Registration FAQ and Processor Registration FAQ

• Interpreting a Certificate of Analysis

• Hemp Pre-Harvest Sampling, Onsite Sampling Form, and Chain of Custody Form

• Nursery and Seed Guidance

• Pesticide Guidance

• ​Hemp in Food and Feed in Vermont, Guidance

• Grower and Processor Registration Application Guidance (all operations associated with a single business may be registered on a single application)

• Mapping Guidance

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

Resources

• 2020 Registration Application

• Hemp Seed Resources from the American Seed Trade Association

• Registered Processors sourcing from Vermont Hemp Farmers (2019 list)

• 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

• Map of Year to Date 2019 Grower Registrations by County

Funding Assistance and Business Assistance

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

• USDA Seasonal High Tunnel Initiative

• US Small Business Administration

• USDA Rural Development

• Northeast Organic Farming Association, Organic Certification

• Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund