House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

 

AGENDA

 

 

May 4, 2021 - May 7, 2021

Last Updated 5/6/2021 3:52 PM

 

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted

 

 

 

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

10:00 AM                   House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the Floor adjournment

 

Following caucuses, approx. 1:30 PM                   H. 420 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

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

 

3:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

10:40 AM                   H. 420 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

Consideration of Senate Amendment

Elizabeth Roma, Putting Down Roots Farm

Mary Lake, Shearer, butcher, and shepherd, Tunbridge, Vermont

Shona Sanford-Long, Flying Dog Farm

Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont

Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau

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

Julie Boisvert, Meat Inspection Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Chuck Wooster,  , Sunrise Farm (11:30 AM)

 

12:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

1:15 AM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, May 6, 2021

9:00 AM                   Agricultural Housing

Jose Ignacio De La Cruz, Dairy Worker, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante

Marita Canedo, Representative and Translator, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante

 

10:00 AM                   H. 420 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

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

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

 

10:45 AM                   Break

 

10:55 AM                   Rights and Democracy Vermont (RADVT)

Introductions

Dan Fingas, Rights and Democracy

Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT

 

11:45 AM                   H. 434 - An act relating to establishing the Agricultural Innovation Board

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

 

1:15 PM                   House Floor

 

2:00 PM                   H. 420 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

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

 

2:30 PM                   Student Research

Policy Research Shop, Dartmouth College, presents two reports:

Regional Food Supply Systems

Benefits of Regenerative Agriculture/PES

Ronald Shaiko, Senior Fellow and Associate Director, Curricular and Research Programs, Nelson A. Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth College

Sadhana Hall, Deputy Director, Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth College

William Platt, Office of Public Affairs, Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth College

Vanessa Haggans, Student, Dartmouth College

Kate Yuan, Student, Dartmouth College

Kelly Westkaemper, Student, Dartmouth College

 

3:30 PM                   H. 421 - An act relating to animal cruelty investigation response and training

Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

Friday, May 7, 2021

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

15 minutes after Floor                   Committee Check-In

 

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