Our Story

Co-founder, Joe Dicton, grew up in the family nursery business getting his hands dirty early as a cultivator, learned retail sales and mastered landscaping, Joe earned his green thumb. He is deeply rooted and very grounded by his community, having served on the Rutland Town Fire Department and Rutland Town Select Board as its Chairman. And has since retired from Green Mountain Power.

Stephanie Brush, co-founder, spent a business career growing clients. Two decades of working for multi-national companies focused on Business Development in RFID technology, brings a unique skill set for nurturing relationships, collaboration, and problem solving. Stephanie’s love of cooking with fresh ingredients and entertaining began early. Nurturing loved ones is at her personal core.

Our cannabis journey began in that nurturing way during Summer 2018 with the advent of legal recreational cannabis use in Vermont. After a lifetime of suffering intense migraine headaches, Joe was curious about the many purported healing properties of cannabis and so we grew two weed plants, fondly nicknamed Chip & Dip. Joe is migraine free today and his great outcome is attributed to healing cannabis. We have a joint passion (yes, for joints too!) and talents to grow natural, handcrafted, healing cannabis for the many benefits and enjoyment of Vermonters.

Experiencing the healthful properties of cannabis and envisioning opportunity to reclaim those roots and branch into cannabis cultivation is a natural melding of both Joe’s and Stephanie’s talents and a welcomed business proposition. Green Mountain Ganja Guys was established to fulfill that vision. We are uniquely positioned to that end as landowners with cultivation experience in Rutland Town, Vermont.