only in that your plant counts may be backed by legitimate recommendations and they can issue you a 1099 for vending to them, most clubs are starting to do that anyway. i was talking to a club owner about something like this just last week. im not aware of any new law, but his policy was you were basically an employee paid on commission or what you produce. its kind of like growing for a co-op. some clubs want you to sign up as a grower just to sell to them, but they don't back you with recs. were you recruited or did the make you sign up to vend to them?