House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry (Room 49)

Thursday, January 11, 2024

9:30 AM

Reports due to Committee

• Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

10:00 AM

H.614 - An act relating to land improvement fraud and timber trespass

Walk-through

• Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

11:00 AM

Break

11:15 AM

Organic Dairy Relief Grants

• E.B. Flory, Director, Food Safety and Consumer Protection, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
• Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
• Steve Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Committee Discussion

Organic dairy relief grant review

1:30 PM

H.603 - An act relating to the poultry slaughter exception to inspection

Witness Testimony

• Julie Boisvert, Meat Inspection Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
• Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
• Em Virzi, Farmer, Union Brook Farm
• Rose Thackeray, Farmer, Union Brook Farm

3:00 PM

House Floor