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Senate Committee on Agriculture
AGENDA
Room 26
February 18, 2020 - February 21, 2020
Last Updated 2/21/2020 12:16 PM
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
9:30 AM Senate Convenes
15 minutes after adjournment Committee Discussion and Review
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Andrea Stander, Policy Consultant, Rural Vermont
Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Fairs & Field Days Association
11:00 AM S. 180 - An act relating to prohibiting the use and application of the pesticide chlorpyrifos
Jim Walsh, Quality Control Manager, Phoenix Feeds and Nutrition
Tom Eaton, Agricultural Consulting Services
Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Green Mountain Dairy Farmers
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
9:00 AM Livestock Care Standards Advisory Council
Room 10
Joint hearing with House Agriculture and Forestry Committee
Dr. Kristin Haas, Member, Livestock Care Standards Advisory Council
10:00 AM S. 265 - An act relating to the use of food residuals for farming
Cathy Jamieson, Program Manager, WMPD Solid Waste Program, Department of Environmental Conservation
John Leddy, Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District
Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
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 (10:30 AM)
Kurt Ericksen, General Manager, Vermont Compost Company
Thursday, February 20, 2020
8:30 AM Vermont Fairs and Field Days Association
Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Fairs & Field Days Association
Robert Congdon, Vermont State Fair, Rutland
Alan Howe, Tunbridge Fair
Diane Norris, Vice President, Addison County Fair and Field Days
Dave Martin, Vermont Farm Show
Jason Sicard, , Orleans County Fair
9:00 AM New Approach to Dairy Pricing and Sustainability
Room 10
Joint hearing with House Agriculture and Forestry Committee
Roger Allbee, Former Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Daniel Smith Esq.
10:30 AM Election of Trustees of the Vermont State Colleges
Joint Assembly
House Chamber
following Senate Convenes
Friday, February 21, 2020
9:00 AM Lake Carmi Update
Rob Evans, President, Franklin Watershed Committee
John Tucci, CEO, Everblue Lake Solutions - Phone
Oliver Pierson, Lakes and Ponds Program Manager, Department of Environmental Conservation
9:50 AM Dairy Proposal
Committee discussion on Thursday presentation on Dairy Pricing and Sustainability
E.B. Flory, Dairy Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
10:00 AM S. 336 - An act relating to establishing standards for the sale of hemp seed
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
S. 180 - An act relating to prohibiting the use and application of the pesticide chlorpyrifos
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Green Mountain Dairy Farmers
Nat Shambaugh , Retired Chemist
Jared Carpenter, Water Protection Advocate, Lake Champlain Committee
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 5 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.
12:00 PM Letter to Appropriations Committee on FY2020 Budget
Jared Carpenter, Water Protection Advocate, Lake Champlain Committee
Phil Huffman, Co-Chair, Vermont Housing & Conservation Coalition