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Senate Committee on Agriculture
AGENDA
Room 26
March 19, 2019 - March 22, 2019
Last Updated 3/21/2019 12:04 PM
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
9:30 AM Senate Floor
15 minutes after Floor School Nutrition Day
Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont
Jaycie Puttlitz, Wellness Coordinator, Winooski School District
Heather Torrey, Assistant Director, Burlington School Food Project
11:45 AM H. 79 - An act relating to eligibility for farm-to-school grant assistance
Rosie Krueger, Assistant Director, Child Nutrition Programs, Agency of Education
12:00 PM School Nutrition Day
Kathy Alexander, Food Service Director, Mount Abraham Unified School District and Addison Northwest School District
Doug Davis, Director, Food Service, Burlington School District
Alison Forrest, Brewster Pierce School
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
8:30 AM 19-0792 - An act relating to a committee bill that amends wetlands statutes to exempt certain farming activities from permitting or permitting fees
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Marli Rupe, Agricultural Water Quality Section Chief, Department of Environmental Conservation
9:00 AM Federal Farm Bill Update
Wendy Wilton, USDA Farm Service Agency
9:50 AM Break
10:00 AM Vermont Farm Bureau
Introductions and Issues
Ethan Allen Room
11:00 AM Rural Vermont
Introductions and Issues
Lt. Governor's office
Thursday, March 21, 2019
9:00 AM Dairy Marketing
Henry Commack, Sales Manager, Kimball Brook Farm
10:00 AM H. 79 - An act relating to eligibility for farm-to-school grant assistance
Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Rosie Krueger, Assistant Director, Child Nutrition Programs, Agency of Education
Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
10:30 AM S. 160 - An act relating to agricultural development
In House Agriculture and Forestry Committee.
Overview of bill
11:00 AM 19-0792 - An act relating to a committee bill that amends wetlands statutes to exempt certain farming activities from permitting or permitting fees
Committee discussion of latest draft
Friday, March 22, 2019
9:00 AM 19-0792 - An act relating to farming activities in wetlands
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Marli Rupe, Agricultural Water Quality Section Chief, Department of Environmental Conservation
Hannah Smith, Associate General Counsel, Department of Environmental Conservation
Laura DiPietro, Water Quality Division Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
Ryan Patch, Deputy Director, Water Quality Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
11:30 AM Senate Floor
ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 7 hard copies. Please write your name, organization, date and title on each document. With few exceptions, any documents you hand out to a committee, or send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s webpage.
If you have any questions and comments, please contact
Linda Leehman at 802-828-2233 or lleehman@leg.state.vt.us