Senate Committee on Agriculture

 

AGENDA

 

Room 26

January 15, 2019 - January 18, 2019

Last Updated 1/17/2019 10:32 AM

 

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

15 minutes after Floor                   Forests, Parks and Recreation

Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

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

 

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

9:00 AM                   Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Update

Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

 

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

 

Thursday, January 17, 2019

9:00 AM                   Vermont Legal Aid

Wendy Morgan, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid

Michael Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid

 

9:30 AM                   Vermont Fresh Network

Helen Labun, Vermont Fresh Network

 

10:00 AM                   Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition

Brian Kemp, President, Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition

Marie Audet, Farmer, Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition

Kirsten Workman, UVM Extension, Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition

 

11:00 AM                   Rural Vermont

Introductions

Andrea Stander, Policy Consultant, Rural Vermont

Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Farmer, Field Organizer, Rural Vermont

Caroline Gordon, Intern, Rural Vermont

 

11:30 AM                   Vermont Farm Bureau

Introductions

Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau

 

Friday, January 18, 2019

9:00 AM                   School Lunch Program

Anore Horton, Executive Director, Hunger Free Vermont

Doug Davis, Director, Food Service, Burlington School District

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

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

 

10:00 AM                   Committee Discussion and Planning

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

 

11:15 AM                   Break

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

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 802-828-2258 or lleehman@leg.state.vt.us