House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry

 

AGENDA

 

Room 49 and Zoom

April 21, 2026 - April 24, 2026

Last Updated 4/17/2026 5:06 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

10:00 AM                   House Floor and Caucuses

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   S. 323 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

Hemp provisions

Bradley Showman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

2:00 PM                   Break

 

2:10 PM                   S. 323 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

Section 4, on-farm accessory business

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Bradley Showman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

3:00 PM                   Break

 

3:10 PM                   S. 323 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

Sections 1-3, municipal regulation of agriculture

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

 

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

9:30 AM                   CAFO Stakeholder Group

Jared Carpenter, Water Protection Advocate, Lake Champlain Committee

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

Rep. Richard Nelson, Representative, House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry - Invited

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:50 AM                   Food distribution

Optimizing Food Distribution Contracts to Achieve Local Food Procurement Targets

Amanda Karls, J.D., Principal of Foodvocate, VT Center for Agriculture and Food Systems - Zoom

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, April 23, 2026

9:30 AM                   TBD

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, April 24, 2026

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

11:00 AM                   TBD

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Patricia Ruddy at Patricia.Ruddy@vtleg.gov