House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

 

AGENDA

 

Via Zoom

February 16, 2021 - February 19, 2021

Last Updated 3/9/2021 4:35 PM

 

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted

 

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

10:00 AM                   House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the Floor

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

3:00 PM                   H. 421 - An act relating to animal cruelty investigation response and training

Rep. John L. Bartholomew, former member, House Agriculture and Forestry Committee

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Jessica Danyow, Chair, Animal Cruelty Investigation Advisory Board

Mary McFaun, Animal Cruelty Investigation Advisory Board

 

3:30 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

9:00 AM                   H. 88 - An act relating to certification of agricultural use for purposes of the use value appraisal program

Jill Remick, Director of Property Valuation and Review, Department of Taxes

 

-                                   Adequate Shelter

Jill Remick, Director of Property Valuation and Review, Department of Taxes

 

9:45 AM                   Vermont Fairs and Field Days Association

Update

Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Fairs and Field Days Association

Richard Lawrence, President & Director, Caledonia County Fair

Diane Norris, President, Addison County Fair and Field Days

Jeff Bartley, Sales/Marketing Manager, Champlain Valley Exposition

Alan Howe, President, Tunbridge Fair

Jason Sicard, President, Orleans County Fair

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   H. 89 - An act relating to limiting liability for agritourism

possible committee vote

Adam Necrason, Lobbyist, Vermont Association for Justice

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

Kelley McGill, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:30 AM                   H. 218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk

Rep. Heather Surprenant, Sponsor

 

12:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

15 minutes after Floor adjourns                   21-0900 - An act relating to establishing the Agricultural Innovation Board

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

Kanika Gandhi, Agrichemical Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

 

2:45 PM                   New England Agribusiness and Feed Alliance

Update

John Clark, President, Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance

Andy Dugan, Executive Committee member; Chair, Government Relations Committee, Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance

Rick Zimmerman, Executive Director, Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance

Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, America's Health Insurance Plans

Arthur Whitman, Vermont Seed Dealers Association, member

 

3:30 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Thursday, February 18, 2021

9:00 AM                   Vermont Housing and Conservation Coalition

Joint hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee

Abby White, Vice President for Strategic Communications, Vermont Land Trust

Clara Ayer, Fairmont Farms, East Montpelier

Don Stevens, Chief, Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki Nation

Katie Rose Leonard, Snow Farm

Stephanie Pope, Iroquois Acres

Barrett Grimm, Co-Chair, Huntington Conservation Commission

 

10:25 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   Election of a Sergeant at Arms, an Adjutant and Inspector General, and Trustees of the UVM and State Agricultural College

Joint Assembly

 

following Joint Assembly                   Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Budget recommendations

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

15 minutes after the Floor                   Budget Recommendations

Jennifer Hollar, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

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

 

3:30 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Friday, February 19, 2021

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

15 minutes after Floor                   Vermont Agriculture and Food System Strategic Plan

Agriculture Committee bill elements

Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund

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

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

Kelley McGill, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

12:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

Please email handouts to the committee assistant at least 24 hours before your scheduled meeting time. With few exceptions, any documents you send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s web page.

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

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