House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry

 

AGENDA

 

Room 49 and Zoom

January 6, 2026 - January 9, 2026

Last Updated 1/7/2026 3:49 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Committee Introductions and Session Priorities

Introductions and discussion

 

2:00 PM                   Break

 

2:15 PM                   Legislative Counsel Overview

Supreme Court decision (June 2025) on municipal regulation of  agriculture

Bradley Showman, Attorney, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

3:00 PM                   TBD

 

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

9:30 AM                   Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets Updates

Drought Survey and Federal Emergency Relief

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

Nicole Dubuque, Chief Operations Officer, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

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

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:40 AM                   Legislative Counsel Overview

Overview of Act 181 of 2024 with reference to Wood Products Manufacturers Report

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:30 AM                   Vermont Food Bank

Vermonters Feeding Vermonters Update

John Sayles, CEO, Vermont Foodbank

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Legislative Counsel Overview

Brief review of legislation passed in 2025

Bradley Showman, Attorney, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

1:50 PM                   Break

 

2:00 PM                   Governor's State of the State Address

House Chamber

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, January 8, 2026

9:30 AM                   Legislative Counsel Overview

Required Agricultural Practices as Described and Regulated in Statute

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

 

11:00 AM                   Overview of Reports Due

Bradley Showman, Attorney, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Required Agricultural Practices Overview

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

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, January 9, 2026

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

11:15 AM                   Wood Product Manufacturers report

Janet Hurley, Chair, Land Use Review Board

Kirsten Sultan, Board Member, Land Use Review Board

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   TBD

 

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 Patricia Ruddy at Patricia.Ruddy@vtleg.gov