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House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
AGENDA
Via Zoom
January 19, 2021 - January 22, 2021
Last Updated 1/22/2021 2:28 PM
Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
10:00 AM House Floor
Following the Floor Implicit Bias Prevention Training
12:15 PM Lunch and Caucuses
2:00 PM Agri-Mark Farmers
Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Agri-Mark
Rob Wheeler, Dairy Farmer and Board Member, Agri-Mark
Marie Audet, Farmer, Agri-Mark
Paul Doton, Dairy Farmer and Board Member, Agri-Mark
2:45 PM Wood Products
Kathleen Wanner, Executive Director, Vermont Woodlands Association, Administrator, Vermont Wood Works Council
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
9:00 AM Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
Amanda St. Pierre, Executive Director, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
Brian Carpenter, Board Member VT Dairy Producers Alliance, Champlain Valley Equiptment
Jacob Bourdeau, Owner, Bourdeau Bros Inc and Feed Commodities Inc
Chanin Hill , Secretary, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
Cayden Theberge, Member, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
Walter Gladstone, Board Member, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
Stephanie Pope
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM University of Vermont Extension
Leslie Parise, Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Vermont
Dan Lerner, Association Director and Chair, State Office, UVM Extension
Heather Darby, Associate Professor, UVM Extension
Lisa Chase , Professor of Agronomy, UVM Extension
Mark Cannella, Associate Professor, UVM Extension
Sarah Kleinman, Director of 4-H, Farmworker, and Family Education Programs, UVM Extension
Kate Forrer, Outreach Specialist, UVM Extension Urban & Community Forestry
12:00 PM Committee Adjourns
1:15 PM House Floor
15 minutes after Floor Adjourns Salvation Farms
Theresa Snow, Director, Salvation Farms
Greta Hasler, Strategy and Advocacy Coordinator, Salvation Farms
2:30 PM Congressional Delegation
Tom Berry, Policy Advisor on Agriculture, Conservation, Energy and Natural Resources, Office of Sen. Leahy
Erica Campbell, Outreach Representative, Office of Senator Bernie Sanders
Ryan McLaren, Outreach Representative, Office of Congressman Peter Welch
Andrew Bahrenburg, Organizer, Advocate, Office of Senator Patrick Leahy
3:30 PM Committee Adjourns
Thursday, January 21, 2021
9:00 AM Center For an Agricultural Economy
Jon Ramsey, Executive Director, Center for an Agricultural Economy
Michael Heath, Center for an Agricultural Economy
9:45 AM Vermont Forest Products Association
Ed Larson, Lobbyist, Vermont Forest Products Association
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM Vermont Council on Rural Development
Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development
11:25 AM Committee Adjourns
1:15 PM House Floor
15 minutes after Floor adjourns H. 88 - An act relating to certification of agricultural use for purposes of the use value appraisal program
Rep. David Durfee, Bill Sponsor - Invited
- H. 67 - An act relating to bears doing damage to agricultural crops
Rep. James Harrison, Sponsor
2:45 PM Forest Carbon
Nick Richardson, President & CEO, Vermont Housing & Conservation Coalition
Bill Roper, Land Use Consultant, Slow Communities
3:30 PM Committee Adjourns
Friday, January 22, 2021
9:30 AM House Floor
15 minutes after Floor adjournment Vermont Association of Conservation Districts
Jill Arace, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Conservation Districts
Hilary Solomon, Manager, Poultney-Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District
Brodie Haenke, Conservation Specialist, Franklin County Natural Resources Conservation District
Justin Michaud, Conservation Planner, Newport, Vermont Association of Conservation Districts
Jennifer Byrne, District Manager, White RIver Natural Resources Conservation District
11:30 AM Committee Adjourns
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