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Senate Committee on Agriculture
AGENDA
Via Zoom
January 19, 2021 - January 22, 2021
Last Updated 3/9/2021 11:00 AM
Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
9:30 AM Senate Floor
10:15 AM Implicit Bias Prevention Training
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
9:00 AM S. 100 - An act relating to universal school breakfast and lunch for all public school students and to creating incentives for schools to purchase locally produced foods
Samantha Levy, American Farmland Trust-NY
Meredith Niles, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences and Food Systems Program, UVM
Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Rosie Krueger, State Director of Child Nutrition Programs, Agency of Education
Meg Burmeister, Area Agencies on Aging
Jodi Lessard, Area Agencies on Aging
John Sayles, CEO, Vermont Foodbank
Helen Rortvedt, Farm to School Program Director, NOFA VT
Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Vermont Farm to School Network
Karyl Kent, School Nutrition Association of Vermont
Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont
10:30 AM Break
10:45 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
12:00 PM Committee Adjourns
1:00 PM Senate Floor
Thursday, January 21, 2021
9:00 AM S. 102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming
Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Peter Walke, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation
Cathy Jamieson, Program Manager, WMPD Solid Waste Program, Department of Environmental Conservation
Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
Karl Hammer, Owner, Vermont Compost Co.
Kurt Erickson, Vermont Compost Company
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM Food Security
Helen Rortvedt, Farm to School Program Director, NOFA VT
Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Vermont Farm to School Network
Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont
12:00 PM Committee Adjourns
1:00 PM Senate Floor
Friday, January 22, 2021
9:00 AM 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 - Invited
Andrew Bahrenburg, Office of Senator Patrick Leahy
Pollaidh Major, Field Representative, Office of US Senator Patrick Leahy
10:00 AM Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
11:15 AM Committee Adjourns
11:30 AM Senate Floor
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