Senate Committee on Agriculture

 

AGENDA

 

Room 26

February 4, 2020 - February 7, 2020

Last Updated 2/7/2020 9:56 AM

 

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor Convenes

 

15 minutes after adjournment                   S. 273 - An act relating to creating incentives for schools and establishing a goal for correctional facilities to purchase locally produced foods

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Vermont Farm to School Network

Doug Davis, Director, Food Service, Burlington School District

Chris Parker, Food Service Director, Windham Central Supervisory Union

Kali McPeters, American Farmland Trust

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Laura Ginsburg, Agricultural Development Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Trevor Lowell, Farm to Institution Program Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Amy Shollenberger, Lobbyist, Afterschool Program

Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau

 

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

8:30 AM                   Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Farmland Access and Transition

Joint Hearing with House Agriculture and Forestry Committee

Room 32

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Nick Richardson, President & CEO, Vermont Land Trust

Nancy Everhart, Agricultural Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Ela Chapin, Farm and Forest Viability Program Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Tracy Zschau, Vice President for Conservation, Vermont Land Trust

Emily Donegan, Owner, Donegan Family Farm

Sam Burr, Owner, Last Resort Farm

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   S. 207 - An act relating to the sale or distribution of milk and dairy products

 

.                                   S. 208 - An act relating to the standards for the intrastate sale of milk

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

E.B. Flory, Dairy Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

 

Thursday, February 6, 2020

9:00 AM                   S. 273 - An act relating to creating incentives for schools and establishing a goal for correctional facilities to purchase locally produced foods

Rosie Krueger, Assistant Director, Child Nutrition Programs, Agency of Education

Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education

 

10:00 AM                   S. 336 - An act relating to establishing standards for the sale of hemp seed

Sen. John Rodgers, Sponsor

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

 

10:30 AM                   S. 207 - An act relating to the sale or distribution of milk and dairy products

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

 

11:00 AM                   Neonicotinoid research for treated seed and the environment

Room 10

Joint Hearing with House Agriculture and Forestry Committee

Erica Cummings, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Laura Klaiber, Research Scientist, Miner Institute

 

Friday, February 7, 2020

9:00 AM                   S. 273 - An act relating to creating incentives for schools and establishing a goal for correctional facilities to purchase locally produced foods

Jed Davis - Phone

 

9:15 AM                   Committee bills

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

 

9:40 AM                   Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Strategic Plan

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

 

10:30 AM                   S. 272 - An act relating to the use and management of pesticides

Judy Bellairs, Pollinator Protection Leader, Vermont Chapter of the Sierra Club - Invited

Nat Shambaugh , Retired Chemist

Mike Bald, Founder and Owner, Got Weeds?

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor Convenes

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Linda Leehman at 802-828-2233 or lleehman@leg.state.vt.us

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