Senate Committee on Agriculture

 

AGENDA

 

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February 23, 2021 - February 26, 2021

Last Updated 2/25/2021 6:59 AM

 

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

15 minutes after Floor adjourns                   21-0377 - An act relating to the use of food residuals for farming

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

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

Cathy Jamieson, Program Manager, WMPD Solid Waste Program, Department of Environmental Conservation

Kelley McGill, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Counsel

Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont

 

11:00 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

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

Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont

Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education

Bob Keeley, Education Project Manager, Agency of Education

Rosie Krueger, State Director of Child Nutrition Programs, Agency of Education

Jesse Roy, Assistant Director, Federal and Education Support Programs, Agency of Education

 

12:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

9:00 AM                   Ecosystem Services

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

 

9:30 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

Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education

Rosie Krueger, State Director of Child Nutrition Programs, Agency of Education

Bob Keeley, Education Project Manager, Agency of Education

Jesse Roy, Assistant Director, Federal and Education Support Programs, Agency of Education

 

10:15 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   Slaughter and Meat Processing

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

 

12:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

Thursday, February 25, 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

Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

Breanna Parker, Joint Fiscal Office

Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   Committee Work

 

12:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

2:00 PM                   Results of the Votes for Sergeant at Arms, Adjutant and Inspector General, Trustees of the UVM and State Agricultural College

Joint Assembly

 

Friday, February 26, 2021

9:00 AM                   Committee bills

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

 

9:45 AM                   Housing for Agricultural Workers

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

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

 

11:15 AM                   Break

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

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