House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry

 

AGENDA

 

Room 49 and Zoom

April 8, 2025 - April 11, 2025

Last Updated 4/14/2025 9:03 AM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

10:00 AM                   House Floor and Caucus

 

12:30 PM                   Lunch

 

1:35 PM                   S. 60 - An act relating to establishing the Farm Security Special Fund to provide grants for farm losses due to weather conditions

Committee Discussion

 

3:20 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

9:10 AM                   H. 326 - An act relating to the regulation of the use of rodenticides

Laura Ireland, Associate Director of Animal Law & Policy Institute

John Maguranis, MA Representative, Project Coyote

Anna Morris, Vermont Institute of Natural Science

 

10:10 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   State Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report on Financial and Technical Assistance for Agricultural Water Quality Report

Report Review

Laura DiPietro, Water Quality Division Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

 

11:25 AM                   Committee Discussion

 

11:35 AM                   H. 386 - An act relating to establishing an Agricultural Land Transfer Assistance Program

Vermont Land Trust Testimony

Maggie Donin, Farmland Access Program Director, Vermont Land Trust

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

2:05 PM                   S. 60 - An act relating to establishing the Farm Security Special Fund to provide grants for farm losses due to weather conditions

Committee Discussion

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

 

3:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, April 10, 2025

9:40 AM                   S. 60 - An act relating to establishing the Farm Security Special Fund to provide grants for farm losses due to weather conditions

Committee Discussion

 

10:00 AM                   UVM Student Presentations

Dr. Meredith Niles, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences/Food Systems Program, University of Vermont

Sevda Alvirdizadeh, PhD student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

Bella Brodsky, M.S. Student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

Bridget Craig, M.S. Student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

Emalee Garboski, M.S. Student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

Brian Griffith, M.S. Student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

Kevin Haggerty, M.S. Student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

Amanda Hutson, M.S. Student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

Rachelle  Klapheke, M.S. Student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

Megan Knight, M.S. Student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

Anna Marchessault, M.S. Student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

Kevin Markey, M.S. Student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

Pindar Mbaya, PhD student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

Bryton Moeller, M.S. Student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

Jenifer Morgan-Davie, M.S. Student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

CJ Sands, M.S. Student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

Torie Snyder, M.S. Student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

Sadie Southall, M.S. Student, Food Systems, University of Vermont

Alexis Yamashita, PhD Student in Food Systems, University of Vermont

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, April 11, 2025

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

2:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

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