About Our Farm
Tucked away in Vermont’s Champlain Islands, our beginnings are rooted in Vermont dairy. The farm with which we share our name, Sunset Lake Farm, produces milk and cream for Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and is a long-standing member of their Caring Dairy program.
In 2021, Vermont legalized recreational cannabis for adult use, and Sunset Lake Cannabis was founded by the same farmers that brought you Sunset Lake CBD.
The team at Sunset Lake Cannabis brings a passion for sustainable agriculture to cannabis farming— careful to preserve our land for future use. We grow our cannabis crop under the Vermont sun with regenerative farming practices including Integrated Pest Management (IPM), cover-cropping and crop rotation. We are committed to reducing our impact on the environment.
In 2023, we built a brand new energy-efficient warehouse and processing facility at our farm and we moved into our new manufacturing space right down the road.
In 2026 we are pursuing a new certification that reflects our commitment to sustainable agricultural practices. More to come on that soon!
As a cultivator and manufacturer, we are able to offer high-quality, sustainably-harvested, sun-grown cannabis at an affordable price!
Visiting Our Farm
We’re really stoked that so many of you want to visit our South Hero cannabis farm. But for security reasons we don’t offer public tours - we hope you understand.
To give you a peek behind the curtain, we filmed a short video at our farm. Check out the link to our YouTube page and be sure to subscribe for future updates!
We’d love to welcome you to our farm store - Lake Effect Vermont. Located in the heart of South Hero, Lake Effect Vermont carries our full portfolio of Sunset Lake Cannabis and Sunset Lake CBD products. We also stock some incredible products from other Vermont cannabis growers and manufacturers, ensuring that we have something for every preference and budget.
If you’re in a different part of Vermont but still want to try our products, use the Find Us page to locate a Vermont dispensary near you that stocks our products.
Commitment to Sustainability
Sustainability is central to every decision we make at Sunset Lake Cannabis.
We believe that farming is an outdoor activity, so we cultivate and hand-harvest our crop in living soil under the sun, reducing our need for electricity and fossil fuels.
Working in partnership with a local dairy farm and a nearby craft brewery, wefertilize our fields with a blend of nutrient-rich manure and spent brewing ingredients, reducing our need to truck in conventional fertilizers from out-of-state.
We employ Integrated Pest Management (IPM), using natural insect predatorsinstead of chemical insecticides.
We plant clover and timothy grass as a cover crop between our rows to maintain and regenerate healthy soils while providing a healthy habitat for pollinators & other native wildlife.
We practice crop rotation, allowing parcels of our field time to rest and regenerate before planting the next crop.
We are proud to have become Vermont’s first Climate Neutral Certified cannabis farm in 2023. We partnered with Change Climate, an international non-profit, working toward our mutual goal of net-zero emissions and climate accountability. Our farm was certified from 2023 through 2025 at which time Change Climate discontinued this certification. In 2026 we are pursuing a new sustainability certification - more on that soon!
As farmers, we are also helping to grow our local community. We provide financial support to organizations working on equal human rights and mutual-aid disaster relief.
Through values-driven philanthropy, our sister company, Sunset Lake CBD, supports local and national non-profit organizations which advocate for reproductive rights, equal human rights, criminal justice reform, land stewardship, & emergency food relief.
Our Communities
We are proud to partner with the following organizations to help enrich and grow our Vermont community!
