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Senate Committee on Agriculture
AGENDA
Room 26
January 14, 2020 - January 17, 2020
Last Updated 1/15/2020 1:39 PM
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
9:30 AM Senate Floor Convenes
15 minutes after Floor adjourns To Be Determined
S. 194 - An act relating to standards for the sale of hemp seeds
Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
10:30 AM S. 273 - An act relating to creating incentives for schools and establishing a goal for correctional facilities to purchase locally produced foods
Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont
Laura Ginsburg, Agricultural Development Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Kathy Alexander, Food Service Director, Mount Abraham Unified School District and Addison Northwest School District
Bob Hildebrand, Food Service Director, The Abbey Group
Betsy Rosenbluth, Project Director, Vermont FEED
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
9:00 AM Auditor's Report
"Where's the Money Flowing? Cost-Effectiveness of Lake Champlain Clean Water Efforts"
Doug Hoffer, State Auditor, State Auditor's Office
Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources
10:30 AM Farm to Plate Report
Jake Claro, Farm to Plate Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
Sarah Danly, Farm to Plate Network Manager, Sustainable Jobs Fund
Shane Rogers, Rooted in Vermont Project Manager, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
Thursday, January 16, 2020
9:00 AM Food Hubs
Robin Morris, Mad River Food Hub, Waitsfield
Erika Lynch, Mad River Food Hub, Waitsfield
Eric DeLuca, Principal, Leverage Point Consulting
Laura Ginsburg, Agricultural Development Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
10:00 AM Gund Institute for Environment, UVM
Stephen Posner, Gund Institute for Environment
11:00 AM S. 194 - An act relating to standards for the sale of hemp seeds
Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Friday, January 17, 2020
9:00 AM Soil Conservation Practice and Payment for Ecosystem Services Working Group
The Agriculture Committee will be meeting in Room 5, the Senate Appropriations Room.
Ryan Patch, Deputy Director, Water Quality Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Nancy Everhart, Agricultural Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
11:30 AM Senate Convenes
If you have any questions or comments, please contact
Linda Leehman at 802-828-2233 or lleehman@leg.state.vt.us
ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 8 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.