House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

 

AGENDA

 

Room 32

March 26, 2019 - March 29, 2019

Last Updated 3/28/2019 8:28 AM

 

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

following                           Caucuses and Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

8:30 AM                   Rural Development

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Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

 

9:00 AM                   Rural Development

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Randy Quenneville, Section Chief, Meat Inspection Section, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets (9:00 AM)

Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Farmer, Robinson Hill Beef

Meghan Stotko, Farmer, Heartwood

Dr. Kristin Haas, State Vet, Director, Food Safety, Agency of Agriculture (10:00 AM)

 

10:30 AM                   Retention of Superior Court Judges and Magistrates

Joint Assembly

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

2:30 PM                   St. Albans Cooperative Young Cooperators

Kiersten Bourgeois, Business Development and Communications Manager, St. Albans Cooperative Creamery

Karie Thompson, President, Young Cooperators Board

Rebecca Howrigan, Board Member, Young Cooperators

Nick deGraaf, deGraaf Dairy, Richmond

Amy Maxham, Field Manager, St. Albans Cooperative Creamery

 

3:00 PM                   2+2 Agriculture Education Program

Louise Terwilliger, 2+2 Student

Ashlynn Foster, 2+2 Student

Shawnna VanDerWey, 2+2 Student

Cayden Theberge, 2+2 Student

Curtis Lessard, 2+2 Student

Kimberly Crowe, Faculty, Vermont Technical College

Katherine Rowley, 2+2 Student

Emily Surrell, 2+2 Student

Hannah Roberts, 2+2 Student

Pat Moulton, President, Vermont Technical College

 

4:00 PM                   2+2 Agriculture Education Program

Reception in Cedar Creek Room

 

Thursday, March 28, 2019

8:30 AM                   Rural Development

S.160 walk through

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

9:00 AM                   Rural Development

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Mary Lake, Shearer, butcher, and shepherd, Tunbridge, Vermont (9:00 AM)

 

9:30 AM                   Rural Development

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Cathy Jamieson, Program Manager, WMPD Solid Waste Program, Department of Environmental Conservation

 

10:00 AM                   House Floor

Budget

 

Friday, March 29, 2019

9:30 AM                   House Floor

Budget

 

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