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House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
AGENDA
Via Zoom January 12, 2021 - January 15, 2021 Last Updated 1/14/2021 11:30 AM
Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:00 AM House Floor Caucuses will be held immediately following the Floor
1:00 PM House Floor
Following Adjournment of Floor Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition Update Brian Kemp, President, Champlain Valley Farmers Coalition Marie Audet, Farmer, Champlain Valley Farmers Coalition John Roberts, Executive Director, Champlain Valley Farmers Coalition
- Committee discussion regarding scope of work
3:30 PM Committee Adjourns
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 9:00 AM Vermont Farm Bureau Update Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau
9:30 AM Rural Vermont Update Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
10:00 AM Committee Discussion
1:15 PM House Floor
- Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
Thursday, January 14, 2021 9:00 AM Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation Update Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Forests. Parks and Recreation
10:00 AM Vermont Housing and Conservation Board Update Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board Jennifer Hollar, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board Ela Chapin, Farm and Forest Viability Program Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board Liz Gleason, Viability Program Manager, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board Mariah Noth, Outreach and Communications Coordinator, Vermont Farm and Forest Viability Program
11:00 AM NOFA-VT Update Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT Grace Oedel, Executive Director, NOFA VT Helen Rortvedt, Farm to School Program Director, NOFA VT Jen Miller, Farmer Services Director, NOFA-VT (11:40 AM)
12:00 PM Committee Adjourns
1:15 PM House Floor
15 minutes after adjournment Connecticut River Farmers Watershed Alliance Elizabeth Kennett, Owner, Liberty Hill Farm Walter Gladstone, Owner, Newmont Farm
2:30 PM Vermont Technical College Pat Moulton, President, Vermont Technical College
3:30 PM Committee Adjourns
Friday, January 15, 2021 9:30 AM House Floor
11:30 AM Family Farms in Vermont Abbie Corse, Owner, Corse Family Farm Suzanne Long, Owner, Luna Bleu Farm Norah Lake, Owner, Sweetland Farm Ashlyn Bristle, Owner, Rebop Farm
12:30 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
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