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House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
AGENDA
Room 49 and Zoom January 25, 2022 - January 28, 2022 Last Updated 1/28/2022 12:03 PM
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 25, 2022 10:00 AM House Floor
- Caucuses and Lunch
1:00 PM Carbon Sequestration Ryan Patch, Agriculture Climate and Land Use Policy Manager, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
2:00 PM H. 504 - An act relating to the reorganization, enhancement, and enforcement of animal welfare requirements in the State Introduction Rep. Charles "Butch" Shaw, Sponsor
2:20 PM Break
2:40 PM H. 610 - An act relating to airport expansion and primary agricultural soils Introduction Rep. Lisa Hango, Sponsor
3:00 PM H. 626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides Introduction Rep. Amy Sheldon, Sponsor
3:30 PM Committee Adjourns
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 9:00 AM H. 626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides Walk-through of bill 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
10:00 AM On-farm Slaughter Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets Julie Boisvert, Meat Inspection Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
11:00 AM H. 653 - An act relating to the creation of an ecological management qualification for the Use Value Appraisal program Introduction Rep. Paul Lefebvre, Sponsor
11:20 PM Committee Adjourns
1:00 PM H. 610 - An act relating to airport expansion and primary agricultural soils Walk-through of bill Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:00 PM H. 626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides Charles Mraz, Owner, Champlain Valley Apiaries
2:45 PM Committee Adjourns
3:00 PM House Floor
Thursday, January 27, 2022 9:00 AM Farm to Plate Report Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM H. 566 - An act relating to the establishment of the Vermont Forest Future Program Zack Porter, Director, Standing Trees Kathleen Wanner, Executive Director, Vermont Woodlands Association, Administrator, Vermont Wood Works Council
11:30 AM H. 610 - An act relating to airport expansion and primary agricultural soils Brian Savage, Town Administrator, Swanton, Vermont
12:00 PM Committee Adjourns
1:00 PM House Floor
Friday, January 28, 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
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