House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Room 32)

Thursday, February 28, 2019

9:00 AM

AAFM Housekeeping bill

• Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management

9:45 AM

H.205 - An act relating to the regulation of neonicotinoid pesticides

• Jack Rath, President, Vermont Beekeepers Association

10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

H.289 - An act relating to the sale of shell eggs

• Representative Barbara Rachelson, Sponsor, House Committee on Judiciary

10:45 AM

H.301 - An act relating to prohibiting the use of the herbicide glyphosate

• Representative Mari Cordes, Sponsor

11:00 AM

H.309 - An act relating to creating a working group to study establishing a program to facilitate the enrollment of forestlands in carbon markets

• Representative Matthew Birong, Sponsor

11:15 AM

Rural Vermont

Introductions and issues

• Andrea Stander, Policy Consultant, Rural Vermont
• John Turner, Owner, Wild Roots Farm
• Amy Todisco, Hartshorn Farm and Vermont Farm Immersion Program
• David Hartshorn, Owner, Hartshorn Farm
• Brooke Decker
• Dick Brigham
• Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Farmer, Field Organizer, Rural Vermont

1:00 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor

H.205 - An act relating to the regulation of neonicotinoid pesticides

• Keri Carstens, Integrated Product Research and Stewardship, Dupont Pioneer's Seed Treatment Enterprise
• Frank Wong, Senior Regulatory Affairs Consultant, Bayer
• Meg Nelson, Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance
• Vanessa Brown, Movement for Pollinator Survival
• Emily Lanxner, Movement for Pollinator Survival

3:30 PM

19-1165 - An act relating to the regulation of farming in wetlands

• Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

3:45 PM

H.525 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

• Ryan Patch, Deputy Director, Water Quality Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
• Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management