Senate Committee on Agriculture

 

AGENDA

 

Room 28 and Zoom

March 21, 2023 - March 24, 2023

Last Updated 3/24/2023 10:56 AM

 

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

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

15 minutes after Senate adjourns                   Organic Dairy Farm Crisis

Jen Miller, Farmer Services Director, NOFA-VT

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

 

12:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

9:00 AM                   Solar Power on Farms

Abbie Corse, Dairy Farmer and Co-Chair of Subcommittee on Agriculture and Ecosystems, Vermont Climate Council

Peter Sterling, Director, Renewable Energy Vermont

 

9:50 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   Committee Adjourns

 

 

10:00 AM                   Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition

Update

Brian Kemp, President, Central Vermont Farmers Coalition

Leanna Copagna

Ramsey Melish

 

11:00 AM                   Senate Floor

 

 

Thursday, March 23, 2023

9:00 AM                   Small Farms Day

Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT

Kirsten Murphy, Land Access and Opportunity Board

Jack Thomas, Aspiring Market Farmer

Sadie Farris, Farmer, Council Member, Vermont Youth Council

Ernest A.(Buster) Caswell, Farm Worker Housing Advocate, Milton

Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont

Jess Laporte, Land Access and Opportunity Board, Rights and Democracy

 

10:15 AM                   Committee Adjourns

 

11:00 AM                   Senate Floor

 

Friday, March 24, 2023

9:00 AM                   Crop Damage Liability

Rebecca White, Risk Management Director of Operations, Agency of Administration

Christopher Herrick, M.Ed., Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Catherine Gjessing, General Counsel, Department of Fish & Wildlife

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

Mary White, Fort Waite Holsteins LLC, Corinth, VT

Jane Clifford, Dairy Producer, Clifford Farm, LLC (9:45 AM)

 

10:10 AM                   Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Funding requested by Agency

Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

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

 

10:45 AM                   Committee Adjourns

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Linda Leehman at lleehman@leg.state.vt.us