House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry

 

AGENDA

 

Room 49 and Zoom

January 23, 2024 - January 26, 2024

Last Updated 1/26/2024 3:33 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-agriculture-food-resiliency-and-forestry.

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

10:00 AM                   House Floor

Followed by Discrimination Prevention Training for Members

 

-                                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Governor's 2025 Budget Address

Joint Assembly to Receive Budget Message

 

 

2:45 PM                   H. 603 - An act relating to the poultry slaughter exception to inspection

Committee discussion and tentative vote

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

 

3:00 PM                   H. 614 - An act relating to land improvement fraud and timber trespass

Committee discussion

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

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

9:30 AM                   Act 145 of 2022

Committee discussion

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

 

10:15 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   H. 614 - An act relating to land improvement fraud and timber trespass

Committee Discussion

 

11:00 AM                   Break

 

11:15 AM                   Summer EBT

Anore Horton, Executive Director, Hunger Free Vermont

 

11:45 AM                   Lunch

 

12:45 PM                   Food Security Roadmap

Becka Warren, Farm to Plate Food Security Plan Project Manager, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund

Anore Horton, Executive Director, Hunger Free Vermont

Joie Lehouillier, Foote Brook Farm

Monica Collins, Director, Feeding the Valley

Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Stephanie Bergen, Public Health Program Administrator, Vermont Department  of Health

John Sayles, CEO, Vermont Foodbank

Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund

Jake Claro, Farm to Plate Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund

Mandy Fischer, Programs Director, Intervale Center

 

2:45 PM                   Break

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

Followed by Caucus of the Whole - Budget Adjustment Act

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 25, 2024

9:00 AM                   Pollinator Health

Committee Discussion

Dr. Samantha Alger, Research Assistant Professor, Plant and Soil Science Department, University of Vermont - Invited

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                   H. 614 - An act relating to land improvement fraud and timber trespass

Gary Kessler, Citizen, Fayston

 

10:45 AM                   Break

 

10:50 AM                   Summer EBT

Rosie Krueger, State Director of Child Nutrition Programs, Agency of Education - Invited

Miranda Gray, Deputy Commissioner, Economic Services Division, Department for Children and Families

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   H. 550 - An act relating to expanding eligibility under the local foods grant program

Gina Clithero, Farm to Institution Program Manager, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

 

2:15 PM                   Local Foods Incentive Program

Conor Floyd, Grant Program Manager for Child Nutrition Programs, Agency of Education

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 26, 2024

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10:45 AM                   H. 614 - An act relating to land improvement fraud and timber trespass

Sam Lincoln, Principal, Lincoln Farm Timber Harvesting

Dana Doran, Executive Director, Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast

Danielle Fitzko, Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Agricultural Innovation Board

Steve Dwinell, Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Morgan Griffith, Agrichemical Program Manager, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

 

2:15 PM                   Break

 

2:30 PM                   H. 813 - An act relating to establishing the Tree Fruit Farmer Assistance Program

Bill Introduction

Rep. Michael Mrowicki, Sponsor, House Committee On Government Operations and Military Affairs

Rep. John Arrison, Sponsor, House Committee on Education - Invited

 

2:45 PM                   H. 614 - An act relating to land improvement fraud and timber trespass

Mark-Up

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

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

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

 Sydonia Axis Lary at slary@leg.state.vt.us