House Committee on Agriculture (Room 31)

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

15 minutes after floor

H.125 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized (raw) milk

Committee discussion

• Amy Shollenberger, Director, Rural Vermont

1:00 PM

H.231 - An act relating to the creation of the Farm-to-Plate Corporation

• Robin McDermott, Mad River Valley Localvore Project
• Enid Wonnacott, Northeast Organic Farming Organization of Vermont (NOFA)
• Tara Kelly, Rutland Area Farm and Food Link (RAFFL)
• Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
• Emmett Dunbar, Anjali Farms
• Bay Hammond, Founder, Addison County Localvore Committee
• Nancy Barron, Pete's Greens
• David Lane, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
• Ela Chapin, Farm Viability Enhancement Program, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
• Martin Kemple, Co-Director, Food Works at Two Rivers Center

3:30 PM

H.370 - An act relating to the definition of farming that is exempt from Act 250

• Joshua Galperin, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council
• Jon Groveman, General Counsel, Vermont Natural Resources Council
• David Lane, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
• Bill Suhr, Champlain Orchards
• Greg Cox, Boardman Hill Farm
• David Miskell, Miskell's Organic Farms
• Pete Johnson, Pete's Greens
• Sam Lincoln, Randolph Center
• John Hazen, Agency of Natural Resources
• Representative Joseph L. Krawczyk, Governor's Veterans' Advisory Council