House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

 

AGENDA

 

 

April 27, 2021 - April 30, 2021

Last Updated 4/30/2021 9:09 AM

 

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted

 

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

10:00 AM                   House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the Floor adjournment

 

2:00 PM                   Agricultural Housing

Alyson Eastman, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Nick Richardson, President & CEO, Vermont Land Trust

Liz Gleason, Director, VHCB Farm and Forest Viability Program

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

 

3:30 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

8:30 AM                   H. 218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk

 

-                                   S. 102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs 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

 

9:00 AM                   Forestry issues

Colleen Goodridge, Owner, Goodridge Lumber

Christi Colton, General Manager, Colton Enterprises

Ed Larson, Lobbyist, Vermont Forest Products Association

Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Forests. Parks and Recreation

 

10:00 AM                   Vermont Fairs and Field Days

Update

Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Fairs and Field Days Association

 

12:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

1:15 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, April 29, 2021

1:15 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, April 30, 2021

9:00 AM                   S. 102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs 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

 

9:30 AM                   House 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