House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry

 

AGENDA

 

Room 49 and Zoom

November 14, 2025

Last Updated 11/7/2025 4:49 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Friday, November 14, 2025

9:30 AM                   Federal Funding and Recent Events

Agriculture, Forestry, Food Systems, Drought

Kathryn Becker Van Haste, State Director, Office of Senator Bernie Sanders - Invited

Ryan McLaren, Outreach Representative, Office of Senator Peter Welch

Thomas Renner, Community Liaison, Office of Congresswoman Becca Balint - TBD

Kate Gorud, Legislative Director, Office of Congresswoman Becca Balint

Michelle Monroe, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Conservation Districts

Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA-VT - Invited

Mike Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid

Amber Perry, Policy Director, Vermont Farm Bureau (11:00 AM)

Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (11:15 AM)

Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (11:15 AM)

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Overview and Updates

Recent policy and its impact on farmworkers

Will Lambek, Organizer, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante

Naomi Wolcott-MacCausland, Bridges to Health Program Lead, University of Vermont Extension

 

2:30 PM                   Impacts of Federal Changes

Food systems, SNAP benefits

Ed Fox, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association - Invited

Johanna Doren, Direct Markets and Local Food Access Program Director, NOFA-VT - Invited

Jon Ramsay, Executive Director, Center for an Agricultural Economy

John Sayles, CEO, Vermont Foodbank

Autumn Moen, Legislative Policy Lead, Hunger Free Vermont

 

3:30 PM                   Impacts of Federal Changes

Logging industry update

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

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Megan Cannella at mcannella@leg.state.vt.us