Senate Committee on Agriculture

AGENDA

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February 9, 2021 - February 12, 2021

Last Updated 2/12/2021 7:09 AM

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns                   Vermont Dairy Industry Price Regulations: Assessment and Recommendations

Dan Smith Esq.

Roger Allbee, Former Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

11:30 AM                   Vermont Farm Bureau

Update

Jackie Folsom, Legislative Director, Vermont Farm Bureau

Joseph Tisbert, President, Vermont Farm Bureau

Steven Reviczky, Executive Director, Vermont Farm Bureau

Mary White, Vice President, Vermont Farm Bureau

Art Whitman, President, Bennington County Farm Bureau

12:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

9:00 AM                   Ecosystem Services: Carbon Sequestration

Ryan Patch, Deputy Director, Water Quality Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

10:00 AM                   21-0377 - An act relating to the use of food residuals for farming

Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Eamon Twohig, Program Manager, ResidualS MANAGEMENT & Emerging Contaminants Program, Department of Environmental Conservation - Invited

11:00 AM                   Break

11:15 AM                   Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center

Laura Ginsburg, Agricultural Development Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

12:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

Thursday, February 11, 2021

9:00 AM                   Farm to Plate Report

Joint hearing with House Agriculture and Forestry Committee

Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund

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

Jake Claro, Farm to Plate Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund

Mark Cannella, Associate Professor, UVM Extension

Heather Darby, Associate Professor, UVM Extension

Terence Bradshaw, Assistant Professor, UVM Extension

Randy Quenneville, Former Section Chief, Meat Inspection Section, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Rose Wilson, Consultant

Lauren Masseria, Senior Market Development Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Becka Warren, Farm to Plate Strategic Plan Project Coordinator and Editor, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund

Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont

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

12:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

Friday, February 12, 2021

9:00 AM                   21-0378 - 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

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont

Amy Shollenberger, Lobbyist, Action Circles

Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Vermont Farm to School Network

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel - Invited

10:15 AM                   Meat Processing

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

11:15 AM                   Committee Adjourns

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

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 Linda Leehman at lleehman@leg.state.vt.us