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House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
AGENDA
Room 32
January 15, 2019 - January 18, 2019
Last Updated 1/18/2019 4:15 PM
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
10:00 AM House Floor
following Caucuses and Lunch
1:00 PM Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Introductions and Update
Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Cary Giguere, f, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets (1:45 PM)
Stephanie Smith, Land Use Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
2:00 PM Agriculture Issues
Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development
Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
2:45 PM Break
3:00 PM Agriculture Issues
Chuck Ross, Director, University of Vermont Extension
Ela Chapin, Farm and Forest Viability Program Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
9:00 AM Forests, Parks and Recreation
Introductions and update
Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Sam Lincoln, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
10:00 AM Farm to Plate Report
Room 10
Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
Jake Claro, Farm to Plate Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
Kristyn Achilich, Academic Program Coordinator, The Farm at St. Michael's College
Mary Niebling, Community Economic Development Director, Capstone Community Action
Jenn Colby, Pasture Program Coordinator, UVM Extension Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Mary Ellen Franklin, Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship Education Program Coordinator, UVM Extension Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont
Taylar Foster, Certified AICP Planner, CSA Manager, Pete's Greens
1:00 PM House Floor
15 minutes after Floor Water Quality in Vermont
Laura DiPietro, Water Quality Division Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
Ryan Patch, Senior Agriculture Development Coordinator, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources (2:45 PM)
Marli Rupe, Agricultural Water Quality Section Chief, Department of Environmental Conservation (2:45 PM)
Thursday, January 17, 2019
9:00 AM Vermont Fresh Network
Helen Labun, Vermont Fresh Network
9:30 AM Vermont Farm Bureau
Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau
Bernie Juskiewicz, Vermont Farm Bureau
10:00 AM Council of State Governments
Tara Eric
Bob Haefner
10:30 AM Rural Vermont
Introductions
Andrea Stander, Policy Consultant, Rural Vermont
Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Farmer, Field Organizer, Rural Vermont
Caroline Gordon, Intern, Rural Vermont
11:00 AM Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition
Brian Kemp, President, Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition
Marie Audet, Farmer, Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition
Jeff Carter, Agronomist/Soil Scientist, UVM Extension
1:00 PM House Floor
. Decorum Training
Immediately following adjournment of House Floor
2:00 PM Act 250 and Agricultural Land
Also a dairy update
Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services IV and Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Ari Rockland-Miller, Senior Agricultural Development Coordinator, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
3:00 PM Vermont Legal Aid
Introduction
Wendy Morgan, Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
Julia Shaw, Health Care Policy Analyst, Office of the Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid
3:30 PM Clean Water Report
Emily Bird, Assistant Program Manager, Nonpoint Source Coordinator, Vermont Clean Water Initiative Program, WSMD, Department of Environmental Conservation
Friday, January 18, 2019
9:30 AM House Floor
15 minutes after Floor Hemp
Cary Giguere, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
Stephanie Smith, Land Use Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
11:00 AM Vermont Legislative Research Service (VLRS)
Anthony Gierzynski, Director, Vermont Legislative Research Service
11:30 AM Budget Memo Discussion
Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets Budget considerations
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If you have any questions and comments, please contact
Linda Leehman at 802-828-2258 or lleehman@leg.state.vt.us