Senate Committee on Agriculture Room 28

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

10:00 AM

House Floor and Caucuses

11:15 AM

S.60 - An act relating to establishing the Farm and Forestry Operations Security Special Fund to provide payments for farm and forestry operation losses due to weather conditions

• Jackie Folsom, President, Vermont Farm Bureau
• Jake Jacobs, Risk Management Outreach Specialist and Farm Teams Advisor, White River Natural Resource Conservation District

12:05 PM

Lunch

1:10 PM

Food Hubs Overview

• Jake Claro, Farm to Plate Network Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
• Lindsey Berk, Executive Director, Addison County Relocalization Network
• Jon Ramsay, Executive Director, Center for an Agricultural Economy
• Richard Berkfield, Executive Director, Food Connects
• Catherine Cusack, Executive Director, Green Mountain Farm-to-School
• Travis Marcotte, Executive Director, Intervale Center
• Heidi Lynch, Executive Director, Vermont Farmers Food Center
• Hannah Sessions, Owner, Blue Ledge Farm
• Amy Huyffer, Strafford Organic Creamery
• Eli Hersh, Honey Field Farm

2:45 PM

Break

3:00 PM

H.326 - An act relating to the regulation of the use of rodenticides

Fish & Wildlife Testimony

• John Austin, Wildlife Division Director, Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Brehan Furfey, Furbearer Project Leader, Department of Fish and Wildlife

3:45 PM

Adjourn