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House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
AGENDA
Room 32
January 22, 2019 - January 25, 2019
Last Updated 1/25/2019 11:15 AM
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
10:00 AM House Floor
following Caucuses and Lunch
1:00 PM Vermont Farm Bureau
Farmer introductions
Joseph Tisbert, President, Vermont Farm Bureau
Regina Wallace
Chip Hellus, Vice President, Vermont Farm Bureau
Jennifer Lambert
Mary White
Anne Tisbert,
Terry Gulick
Sara Griswold
Murray Thompson
Roger Osinchuk
Paul Doton
2:00 PM Wood Products
Pellets
Chris Brooks, Owner, Vermont Wood Pellet Company
2:30 PM Governor's Proposed FY2019 Budget Adjustment
Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation
Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources
3:00 PM Agritourism
Elizabeth Kennett, Owner, Liberty Hill Farm
3:30 PM Food Systems
Andy Kehler, Owner, Jasper Hill Farm
Alyson Eastman, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Andrea Stander, Policy Consultant, Rural Vermont
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
9:00 AM Food Systems
Robin Morris, Mad River Food Hub
9:30 AM Farm to Institutions
Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
10:00 AM Food Systems
Vermont Farmers Food Center
Greg Cox, Owner, Boardman Hill Farm
10:45 AM Break
11:00 AM Dairy Update
Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
Farmer introductions
Bill Rowell, Chair, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
1:00 PM House Floor
15 minutes after Floor Hemp
Cary Giguere, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
Caroline Gordon, Intern, Rural Vermont
Netaka White, Consultant
2:30 PM Ecological Services
Mike Bald, Founder and Owner, Got Weeds?
Thursday, January 24, 2019
9:00 AM Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board
Nancy Everhart, Agricultural Director, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board
Liz Gleason, Viability Program Manager, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
9:30 AM Dairy Commission Report
Joint Hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee
Ethan Allen Room
Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
10:30 AM Farmers Watershed Alliance
Introductions
Darlene Reynolds, President, Farmers' Watershed Alliance
11:30 AM Green Mountain Dairy Farmers
Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Green Mountain Dairy Farmers
1:00 PM House Floor
2:00 PM Governor's 2019 FY Budget Address
House Chamber
3:00 PM Act 250 Commission Updates
Rep. Amy Sheldon, Chair, Act 250 Commission
Friday, January 25, 2019
9:00 AM Definition of Milk
9:30 AM House Floor
10:00 AM Agriculture Environmental Stewardship
Joint Hearing with House Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife Committee, Senate Agriculture Committee, and Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee
Room 11
Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Chuck Ross, Director, University of Vermont Extension
Jeff Carter, Agronomist/Soil Scientist, UVM Extension
Josh Faulkner, UVM Extension
Heather Darby, Agronomy Specialist, UVM Extension
Amy Richardson, Connecticut River Watershed Farmers Alliance
Scott Magnan, Franklin and Grand Isle Farmer's Watershed Alliance
Jack Lazor, Owner, Butterworks Farm
Tim Kayhart, Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition
1:00 PM Hemp Collaborative
Joint Hearing with House Commerce and Economic Development
Room 11
Brenden Beer, Owner, Kitchen Cabinet Medicinals
Dave Barash, CEO, Luce Farm
Bill Lofy, Owner, Kria Botanicals
Dan Chang, Owner, Kria Botanicals
Carl Christianson, Owner, Northeast Processing
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.
If you have any questions and comments, please contact
Linda Leehman at 802-828-2233 or lleehman@leg.state.vt.us