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House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
AGENDA
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March 9, 2021 - March 12, 2021
Last Updated 3/12/2021 2:43 PM
Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
10:00 AM House Floor
Caucuses will be held following the Floor
1:00 PM Results of the Votes for Sergeant at Arms, Adjutant and Inspector General, Trustees of the UVM and State Agricultural College
Joint Assembly
Following adjournment of Joint Assembly 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
Kanika Gandhi, Agrichemical Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:30 PM H. 218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk
Dr. Becky Allen, Food Animal Veterinarian, Addison County
Mollie Wills, Rural Vermont
3:00 PM H. 108 - An act relating to Vermont standards for issuing a Clean Water Act section 401 certification
Rep. Katherine "Kari" Dolan, House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife
Ryan Patch, Deputy Director, Water Quality Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
3:30 PM Committee Adjourns
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
9:00 AM Adequate Shelter for Livestock
Brandon Bless, Bread and Butter Farm
Bruce Hennesey, Maple Wind Farm
Mary McFaun, Animal Cruelty Investigation Advisory Board
Jessica Danyow, Chair, Animal Cruelty Investigation Advisory Board (9:30 AM)
Justin Poulin, Poulin And Daughters Farm, Randolph
Barry Londeree, Former Vermont State Director, Humane Society of the United States
Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM 21-0900 - An act relating to establishing the Agricultural Innovation Board
Jared Carpenter, , Lake Champlain Committee
Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
Andrew Shively, Highway Division Hazardous Materials Unit Manager, VTrans (11:00 AM)
12:00 PM Committee Adjourns
1:15 PM House Floor
15 minutes after Floor adjourns H. 218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk
Roy Folsom, Elite Certified Farm Agent, Nationwide Agribusiness
Mollie Wills, Rural Vermont
3:30 PM Committee Adjourns
Thursday, March 11, 2021
9:00 AM 21-0900 - An act relating to establishing the Agricultural Innovation Board
Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources
9:30 AM Adequate Shelter for Livestock
Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel (10:00 AM)
10:45 AM Break
11:00 AM Committee bills
Committee discussion
11:30 AM 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
Kanika Gandhi, Agrichemical Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
12:00 PM Committee Adjourns
1:15 PM House Floor
following Floor adjournment 21-0900 - An act relating to establishing the Agricultural Innovation Board
Committee discussion
3:15 PM H. 218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk
Committee discussion
3:30 PM Committee Adjourns
Friday, March 12, 2021
9:30 AM House Floor
15 minutes after Floor adjourns H. 218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk
James Donegan, Owner, Trillium Hill Farm
Suzanne Long, Owner, Luna Bleu Farm
Rich Larson, Owner, Larson Farm and Creamery
Mollie Wills, Rural Vermont
11:30 AM 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
Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:00 PM Break
12:30 PM 21-0900 - An act relating to establishing the Agricultural Innovation Board
discussion and possible vote
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
Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
1:00 PM H. 218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk
discussion and possible vote
Mollie Wills, Rural Vermont
E.B. Flory, Dairy Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Rich Larson, Owner, Larson Farm and Creamery
Suzanne Long, Owner, Luna Bleu Farm
Dr. Becky Allen, Addison County
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