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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