House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

AGENDA

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January 11, 2022 - January 14, 2022

Last Updated 1/14/2022 8:29 AM

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-agriculture-and-forestry.

Please note that closed captions/transcripts may not be completely error-free.

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

10:00 AM                   House  Floor

-                                  Caucuses and Lunch

1:00 PM                   Task Force to Revitalize the Vermont Dairy Industry Report

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

Dan Smith, Co-Chair, Task Force to Revitalize the Vermont Dairy Industry

3:30 PM                   Adjourn

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

9:00 AM                   Carbon Sequestration

Dr. Sara Via, Professor and Climate Extension Specialist, University of Maryland

10:15 AM                   Break

10:30 AM                   Vermont Climate Action Plan

Jane Lazorchak, Director of Global Warming Solutions Act, Agency of Natural Resources

Chris Campany, Member, Steering Committee and Just Transitions Subcommittee, Climate Council

Ryan Patch, Member, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Abbie Corse, Member, Vermont Climate Council

Billy Coster, Director of Policy and Planning, Agency of Natural Resources, Co-Chair, Agriculture and Ecosystems Subcommittee

Lauren Oates, Interim Director of Government Relations, Nature Conservancy, Vermont Climate Council

11:30 AM                   Working Lands Enterprise Fund

Funding request

Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

1:00 PM                   Agrimark

Introductions

Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Agrimark

Clara Ayer, Fairmont Farms, East Montpelier, VT

Catherine DeRonde, Vice President, Economics and Legislative Affairs, Agrimark

Joanna Lidback, Wheeler Mountain Farm, Barton, VT

1:45 PM                   Animal Welfare

Cows dying from broadband debris

Dr. Kristin Haas, State Vet, Director, Food Safety, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Clark Parmalee, Agricultural Resource Management Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

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

Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau

2:45 PM                   Adjourn

3:00 PM                   House  Floor

Thursday, January 13, 2022

9:00 AM                   Gund Institute for Environment, UVM

Stephen Posner, Director of Policy, Gund Institute for Environment

10:15 AM                   Break

10:30 AM                   Neonics, Pesticides, and Hemp

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

Morgan Griffith, Agrichemical Research and Policy Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Stephanie Smith, Cannabis Quality Control and Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

11:30 AM                   Adjourn

1:00 PM                   Forest Carbon Sequestration

Alexandra Kosiba, Climate Forester, Vermont Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation

2:15 PM                   Animal Welfare

Cows dying from broadband debris

F.X. Flinn, Chair, ECFiber

2:45 PM                   Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM                   House Floor

Friday, January 14, 2022

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

 Kira Ecay at kecay@leg.state.vt.us