S.351 (Act 138)
An act relating to providing financial relief assistance to the agricultural community due to the COVID-19 public health emergency
Sponsors:
Last Recorded Action: 6/26/2020 - Senate Message, Signed by Governor July 2, 2020
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2019-2020
House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Rep. Charles Conquest, Reporter of Amendment, House Committee on Appropriations
- Alyson Eastman, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Rep. James Gregoire, Sponsor of amendment, Franklin District
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Sen. Robert Starr, Essex/Orleans Counties
House Committee on Appropriations
- Rep. James Gregoire, Franklin District
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Rep. Carolyn W. Partridge, Chair, House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Senate Committee on Agriculture
- Dan Baker, Professor, UVM
- Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
- Denna Benjamin, Riverview Farm, Franklin
- Tom Berry, Policy Advisor on Agriculture, Conservation, Energy and Natural Resources, Office of Sen. Leahy
- Leon Berthiaume, CEO, St. Albans Cooperative Creamery
- Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Erica Campbell, Outreach Representative, Office of Senator Bernie Sanders
- Ela Chapin, Farm and Forest Viability Program Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Heather Darby, Agronomy Specialist, UVM Extension
- Xusana Davis, Executive Director of Racial Equity, Agency of Administration
- Jose Ignacio De La Cruz, Dairy Worker
- Catherine DeRonde, Senior Economist, Agri-Mark
- Julia Doucet, Outreach Nurse and Nurse Case Manager, Open Door Clinic, Middlebury
- Alyson Eastman, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Jon Erickson, Professor, University of Vermont
- Nancy Everhart, Agricultural Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- E.B. Flory, Dairy Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Fairs and Field Days Association
- Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Laura Ginsburg, Agricultural Development Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Will Gladstone, Newmont Farm, Bradford
- Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
- Kyle Harris, Agricultural Development Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
- Brian Kemp, President, Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition
- Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
- Sarah Kleinman, Extension Director of 4-H, Farmworker, and Family Education Programs, University of Vermont Extension
- Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Green Mountain Dairy Farmers
- Will Lambek, Organizer, Migrant Justice
- Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Ryan McLaren, Outreach Representative, Office of Congressman Peter Welch
- Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Rep. Carolyn W. Partridge, , House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- Cassie Polhemus, Chief Executive Officer, Vermont Economic Development Authority
- Steven Reviczky, Executive Director, Vermont Farm Bureau
- Darlene Reynolds, DFA Farmer of the Year for 2019, Crossroads Dairy
- Nick Richardson, President & CEO, Vermont Housing & Conservation Coalition
- Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Vermont Farm to School Network
- Chuck Ross, Director, University of Vermont Extension
- Bill Rowell, Chair of Board, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
- Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- Hannah Sessions, Owner, Blue Ledge Farm, Leicester
- John Snell, Board Member, Montpelier Farmers Market
- Amanda St. Pierre, Executive Director, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
- Andrea Stander, Policy Consultant, Rural Vermont
- Will Stevens, Owner, Golden Russet Farm
- Paul Stone, Owner, Stonewood Farm, Orwell
- Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Joseph Tisbert, President, Vermont Farm Bureau
- Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets