Burlington, VT– As cannabis continues to be woven into the fabric of Vermont’s agriculture and consumer markets, one dispensary owner in the Queen City is sharing his efforts to keep the local cannabis culture alive.
Josh Decatur is the owner of Heybud, a Burlington-based dispensary. He says his company aims to take a community approach to everything it does.
Located on Maple Street, the shop offers a selection of cannabis products made by local farmers. For Decatur, it has always been a dream to get into the cannabis industry, and being a Vermont native, he says he has strong feelings about the culture of cannabis in the Green Mountain State.
“We really see this dispensary as hopefully becoming more and more of a community dispensary,” Decatur says. “We’re still a very small business but we’re trying to create an economy around cannabis here in the state that really supports farmers.”
One way the shop is doing this is by hosting what Decatur calls a “monthly cannabis farmers market,” which he says is the first event of its kind on the regulated market. Similar to a ‘vendor day,’ the event is an opportunity for small, local producers to not only get
