2019-2020 Session

House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Room 32)

The House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry considers matters relating to agriculture and forestry, forest products and their market, and state parks and lands.

Meeting Record Print

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

10:00 AM

House Convenes

Following Adjournment

Caucuses and Lunch

1:00 PM

H.794 - An act relating to limiting liability for agritourism

Elizabeth Kennett, Owner, Liberty Hill Farm
Rick Lunt, Vice President, Dynamic Business Solutions
Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney, National Agriculture Law Center Staff
Mary Cobb White, Secretary, Vermont Farm Bureau
Richard Rubin, Vermont Association for Justice

2:15 PM

H.798 - An act relating to the use of biochar

Marshall Webb, Carbon Drawdown Coordinator, Shelburne Farms
Donna Pion, Green State Biochar
Roger Pion, Green State Biochar
Tom Miles, Executive Director, U.S. Biochar Initiative
Kathleen Draper, President, International Biochar Initiative
Robert Lehmert, Managing Member, Carbon Negativity LLC
Theo Kennedy, Public Policy Attorney and General Practitioner, Otis and Kennedy, LLC