Senate Committee on Agriculture (Room 28)

Friday, February 18, 2022

9:00 AM

S.268 - An act relating to the right to farm

Joint hearing with Senate Judiciary Committee, livestreamed here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQQZ15_xDln-WhvZKnzMsPw/featured

• Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
• Gerry Tarrant, Chair, Environmental Law Section, Vermont Bar Association
• AJ LaRosa, Attorney, MSK Attorneys
• Scott Sanderson, Farm and Food Fellow, Conservation Law Foundation
• Jon Groveman, Policy and Water Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council
• James Maroney, Owner/Operator, Oliver Hill Farm
• Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
• Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
• Heather Darby, Associate Professor, UVM Extension
• David Werner, Owner, Werner Tree Farm
• Paul Mazza, Paul Mazza Farms, Colchester
• Walter Gladstone, Board Member, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
• Bill Emmons, Cloudland Farm, Vice Chair, Connecticut River Farmers Watershed Alliance
• Brian Kemp, President, Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition
• Scott Magnan, Board Chair, Farmers Watershed Alliance
• Marie Audet, Owner, Blue Spruce Farm
• Meg Nelson, Owner, Nelson Farms, Derby
• Dave Lane, Senior Vice President, Yankee Farm Credit
• Lisa MacDougall, Owner, Mighty Food Farm, Mighty Food Farm
• Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau

11:30 AM

Senate Floor