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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
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