Event Highlights: Hemp Fest Vendor Signups Live + Hemp Training + NECANN Vermont Dates

Exhibitor Registration now LIVE for Virtual Hemp Fest
January 29, 2021 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

This year, we’re expanding our programming and bringing in speakers from across the country for a Virtual Vermont Hemp Fest will be taking place on January 29, 2021.

Attendees can enjoy informative livestream webinars, networking, live chat opportunities and lots of other ways to learn and meet new folks!

Exhibitor features:

✅  Interactive Booth In Expo Area
✅  Logo Placement on Landing Page
✅  Live Streaming From Booth (Zoom supported)
✅  Booth Videos (pre-recorded and live)
✅  Live Chat w/Attendees
✅  Deals, Discounts, Rewards for Visitors

Check out our press release with more information. Exhibitor registration is now live, and a limited number of sponsorships are available. Get in touch with questions or register now!

Visit hempfest.headyvermont.com to learn more.

Womxn in VT’s Food System: BIPOC Womxn and Femmes: Navigating Vermont’s Food System
October 15 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

A Force To Be Reckoned With: Womxn in VT’s Food System is a virtual six-part webinar series highlighting the intersectional experiences of Womxn and Femmes in all facets of the Vermont food system, from seed to hands.

Part 6 takes place on Thursday, October 15, with the topic of BIPOC

Womxn and Femmes: Navigating Vermont’s Food System. Panelists include:

• Candace Taylor, Conscious Homestead
• Akua Deirdre Smith Shabaaz, BlackOUT Collective, Reparations Summer Coordinator and Drinking Gourd
• Liv Peña, Vermont Releaf Collective
• Amber Skye Arnold & Naomi Doe Moody, Susu Healing Collective
• Marita Canedo, Migrant Justice
• Lynn Ellen Schimoler
• Melody Walker Brook, Elnu Abenaki Band

This is the last webinar in the Womxn in VT’s Food System series, hosted by ShiftMeals, a dynamic, responsive model for food security. They create a safety net for the food insecure by providing meals and gardens to communities and advocating for legislation to scale this model. ShiftMeals was created by a partnership of The Skinny Pancake, Intervale Center, Vermont Community Foundation, and High Meadows Fund.

Head on over to ShiftMeals.com, where you can: Request a meal, donate money or make a food donation as a farmer/food producer! Register for Thursday’s event here.

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NECANN Vermont
May 8-9, 2021

Mark your calendar for NECANN Vermont’s new dates (MAY 8-9, 2021) and join us in beautiful Burlington, Vermont for the state’s largest cannabis convention – a full weekend featuring 120+ exhibitors, educational seminars, and programming showcasing adult use and medical cannabis, industrial hemp, CBD products, and the very best of the growing New England cannabis industry.

With Vermont on the verge of creating an adult use marketplace, it’s more important than ever that businesses join the state’s premier convention and get their brands in front of an attentive – and highly interested – audience.

The Third Annual Vermont Cannabis and Hemp Convention will take place at Champlain Valley Expo in Essex Junction from May 8-9, 2021.

Get more info on the 2021 Vermont Cannabis Convention here.

UVM Extension Industrial Hemp Training Program
Tuesdays Starting Nov. 3, from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

University of Vermont Agronomist and Nutrient Management Specialist Heather Darby  in a hemp field ready for harvest on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 in Alburgh, Vermont. by Monica Donovan for Heady Vermont.

Created for agricultural and technical service providers by the University of Vermont Extension Northwest Crops and Soils Program, these new, comprehensive online webinar trainings will kick off November 3 and run continuously except for holiday weeks all the way up to February 16, 2021. Participants will have the opportunity to attend the 2021 and 2022 UVM industrial hemp conferences at no cost to them.

Topics Include:

• General Hemp Agronomics
• Integrated Pest Management
• All Things Organic
• Hemp & Seedling Propagation
• Modern Hemp Policy
• And More!

Visit the event page to learn more about the program and register for courses now.

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