House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

AGENDA

Room 32

April 2, 2019 - April 5, 2019

Last Updated 4/5/2019 12:17 PM

Tuesday, April 02, 2019

10:00 AM                   House Floor

following                           Caucuses and Lunch

1:00 PM                   S. 160 - An act relating to agricultural development

Sections 4, 5

Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

1:45 PM                   S. 160 - An act relating to agricultural development

Section 2

Roger Allbee, Former Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets - Phone

Sen. Anthony Pollina

Henry Cammack, Sales Manager, Kimball Brook Farm

3:00 PM                   S. 160 - An act relating to agricultural development

Sections 14-16

Sam Lincoln, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

3:30 PM                   S. 160 - An act relating to agricultural development

Sections 1 and 2.

James Maroney, Owner/Operator, Oliver Hill  Farm

Wednesday, April 03, 2019

9:00 AM                   S. 160 - An act relating to agricultural development

Sections 1, 3

Laura DiPietro, Water Quality Division Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets

Ryan Patch, Deputy Director, Water Quality Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Jennifer Hollar, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Nancy Everhart, Agricultural Director, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board

10:30 AM                   Report on 2019 Northern Tier Dairy Summit

Rep. Rodney Graham, Reporter of bill

Rep. Terry Norris, Reporter of bill

10:45 AM                   Break

11:00 AM                   Conservation Districts

Joint hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee

Room 10

Jill Arace, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Conservation Districts

Jeff Farber, Conservation Programs Manager, Vermont Association of Conservation Districts

Hilary Solomon, Manager, Poultney-Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District

Jeannie Bartlett, District Manager, Franklin County, Natural Resources Conservation Districts

Tucker Malone, Conservation Programs Technical Coordinator and Land Treatment Planner, St. Albans, Vermont Association of Conservation Districts

Sarrah Damsell, Manager, Orleans County, Natural Resources Conservation Districts

Justin Michaud, Conservation Planner, Newport, Vermont Association of Conservation Districts

1:00 PM                   House Floor

15 minutes after Floor                   S. 160 - An act relating to agricultural development

Section 18

Ansley Bloomer, Assistant Director, Renewable Energy Vermont

Ken Gagnon, Owner, Gagnon Lumber

Sam Lincoln, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

3:00 PM                   S. 160 - An act relating to agricultural development

Section 6 and 7

Randy Quenneville, Section Chief, Meat Inspection Section, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets

Andrea Stander, Policy Consultant, Rural Vermont

Thursday, April 04, 2019

9:00 AM                   S. 160 - An act relating to agricultural development

Section 19

Lisa Ransom, Owner, Grow Compost of Vermont

Kim Crosby, Environmental Compliance Officer, Casella Waste Management

Kurt Erickson, Assistant General Manager, Vermont Compost Company

Tom Gilbert, Owner/Operator, Black Dirt Farm, Stannard VT

10:00 AM                   S. 160 - An act relating to agricultural development

Section 3

Graham Unangst-Rufenacht, Field Organizer, Rural Vermont

10:30 AM                   S. 160 - An act relating to agricultural development

Section 11

Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund

Bob Lesnikoski , Board Member, Working Lands Enterprise Board

Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development

Graham Unangst-Rufenacht, Field Organizer, Rural Vermont

Adam Necrason, Lobbyist, ASPCA

1:00 PM                   House Floor

Friday, April 05, 2019

9:30 AM                   House Floor

15 minutes after Floor                   19-0792 - An act relating to farming activities in wetlands

walk through of current draft in Senate Agriculture Committee

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

Hannah Smith, Associate General Counsel, Department of Environmental Conservation

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