House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Room 49)

Thursday, February 3, 2022

9:00 AM

H.610 - An act relating to airport expansion and primary agricultural soils

• Trini Brassard, Division Deputy Director, Policy, Planning, and Intermodal Development, Agency of Transportation
• Heidi Britch-Valenta, Town Administrator, Town of Highgate
• Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

9:45 AM

Vermont Federal Legislative Delegation

Update on federal agriculture issues

• Tom Berry, Policy Advisor on Agriculture, Conservation, Energy and Natural Resources, Office of Sen. Leahy
• Will Stevens, Outreach Representative, Office of Sen. Sanders
• Alex Piper, Senior Legislative Assistant, Office of Rep. Welch

11:00 AM

Break

11:15 AM

H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides

• Kent McFarland, Senior Conservation Biologist, Vermont Center for Ecostudies
• Margaret Fowle, Conservation Biologist, Audubon Vermont
• Dr. Judy Wu-Smart, Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska

12:15 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides

• Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
• Morgan Griffith, Agrichemical Research and Policy Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
• Brooke Decker, Pollinator Protector Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

3:00 PM

Committee Adjourns