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House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Room 49)

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

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Previous Meetings - Full Report

Summary Report
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

1:30 PM

House Floor

Thursday, January 7, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

10:00 AM

Joint Assembly to hear Canvassing Committee Report

Canvassing Committee Report

10:15 AM

Caucuses

1:00 PM

Committee Introductions

  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:00 PM

Joint Assembly for Governor's Remarks

Governor's Remarks

-

House Floor

Friday, January 8, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

11:30 AM

Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Introductions and overview

  • Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Laura DiPietro, Water Quality Division Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Alyson Eastman, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • E.B. Flory, Dairy Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Kristin Haas, State Vet, Director, Food Safety, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Katherine McNamara, Assistant State Veterinarian, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Ryan Patch, Deputy Director, Water Quality Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
1:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held immediately following the Floor

1:00 PM

House Floor

Following Adjournment of Floor

Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition

Update

  • Marie Audet, Farmer, Champlain Valley Farmers Coalition
  • Brian Kemp, President, Champlain Valley Farmers Coalition
  • John Roberts, Executive Director, Champlain Valley Farmers Coalition
-

Committee discussion regarding scope of work

3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Vermont Farm Bureau

Update

  • Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau
9:30 AM

Rural Vermont

Update

  • Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
  • Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
10:00 AM

Committee Discussion

1:15 PM

House Floor

-

Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

Thursday, January 14, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation

Update

  • Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Forests. Parks and Recreation
10:00 AM

Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Update

  • Ela Chapin, Farm and Forest Viability Program Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
  • Liz Gleason, Viability Program Manager, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
  • Jennifer Hollar, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
  • Mariah Noth, Outreach and Communications Coordinator, Vermont Farm and Forest Viability Program
  • Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
11:00 AM

NOFA-VT

Update

  • Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
  • Jen Miller, Farmer Services Director, NOFA-VT
  • Grace Oedel, Executive Director, NOFA VT
  • Helen Rortvedt, Farm to School Program Director, NOFA VT
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after adjournment

Connecticut River Farmers Watershed Alliance

  • Walter Gladstone, Owner, Newmont Farm
  • Elizabeth Kennett, Owner, Liberty Hill Farm
2:30 PM

Vermont Technical College

  • Pat Moulton , President, Vermont Technical College
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Friday, January 15, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

11:30 AM

Family Farms in Vermont

  • Ashlyn Bristle, Owner, Rebop Farm
  • Abbie Corse, Owner, Corse Family Farm
  • Norah Lake, Owner, Sweetland Farm
  • Suzanne Long, Owner, Luna Bleu Farm
12:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Following the Floor

Implicit Bias Prevention Training

12:15 PM

Lunch and Caucuses

2:00 PM

Agri-Mark Farmers

  • Marie Audet, Farmer, Agri-Mark
  • Paul Doton, Dairy Farmer and Board Member, Agri-Mark
  • Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Agri-Mark
  • Rob Wheeler, Dairy Farmer and Board Member, Agri-Mark
2:45 PM

Wood Products

  • Kathleen Wanner, Executive Director, Vermont Woodlands Association, Administrator, Vermont Wood Works Council
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance

  • Jacob Bourdeau, Owner, Bourdeau Bros Inc and Feed Commodities Inc
  • Brian Carpenter, Board Member VT Dairy Producers Alliance, Champlain Valley Equiptment
  • Walter Gladstone, Board Member, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
  • Chanin Hill , Secretary, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
  • Stephanie Pope
  • Amanda St. Pierre, Executive Director, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
  • Cayden Theberge, Member, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

University of Vermont Extension

  • Mark Cannella, Associate Professor, UVM Extension
  • Lisa Chase , Professor of Agronomy, UVM Extension
  • Heather Darby, Associate Professor, UVM Extension
  • Kate Forrer, Outreach Specialist, UVM Extension Urban & Community Forestry
  • Sarah Kleinman, Director of 4-H, Farmworker, and Family Education Programs, UVM Extension
  • Dan Lerner, Association Director and Chair, State Office, UVM Extension
  • Leslie Parise, Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Vermont
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor Adjourns

Salvation Farms

  • Greta Hasler, Strategy and Advocacy Coordinator, Salvation Farms
  • Theresa Snow, Director, Salvation Farms
2:30 PM

Congressional Delegation

  • Andrew Bahrenburg, Organizer, Advocate, Office of Senator Patrick Leahy
  • Tom Berry, Policy Advisor on Agriculture, Conservation, Energy and Natural Resources, Office of Sen. Leahy
  • Erica Campbell, Outreach Representative, Office of Senator Bernie Sanders
  • Ryan McLaren, Outreach Representative, Office of Congressman Peter Welch
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Thursday, January 21, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Center For an Agricultural Economy

  • Michael Heath, Center for an Agricultural Economy
  • Jon Ramsey, Executive Director, Center for an Agricultural Economy
9:45 AM

Vermont Forest Products Association

  • Ed Larson, Lobbyist, Vermont Forest Products Association
10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Vermont Council on Rural Development

  • Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development
11:25 AM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

H.88 - An act relating to the use value appraisal program.

  • Rep. David Durfee, Bill Sponsor
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H.67 - An act relating to bears doing damage to agricultural crops

  • Rep. James Harrison, Sponsor
2:45 PM

Forest Carbon

  • Nick Richardson, President & CEO, Vermont Housing & Conservation Coalition
  • Bill Roper, Land Use Consultant, Slow Communities
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Friday, January 22, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjournment

Vermont Association of Conservation Districts

  • Jill Arace, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Conservation Districts
  • Jennifer Byrne, District Manager, White RIver Natural Resources Conservation District
  • Brodie Haenke, Conservation Specialist, Franklin County Natural Resources Conservation District
  • Justin Michaud, Conservation Planner, Newport, Vermont Association of Conservation Districts
  • Hilary Solomon, Manager, Poultney-Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District
11:30 AM

Committee Adjourns

Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held immediately following the Floor

1:00 PM

Governor's FY2022 Budget Address

Joint Assembly

following the Joint Assembly

Gund Institute for Environment, UVM

  • Stephen Posner, Director of Policy, Gund Institute for Environment
2:45 PM

Food Security

  • Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.58 - An act relating to creating a right to repair agricultural equipment

  • Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, Sponsor
9:45 AM

Break

10:00 AM

Working Lands Enterprise Initiative

Joint hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee and House Commerce and Economic Development Committee

  • Ted Brady, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
  • Ela Chapin, Farm and Forest Viability Program Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
  • Eric DeLuca, Vice Chair, Working Lands Enterprise Board
  • Ken Gagnon, Owner, Gagnon Lumber
  • Adam Hausmann, Owner, Adam's Berry Farm
  • Judith Irving, Owner, Fat Toad Farm
  • Sarah Isham, Director of Agricultural Lending, Vermont Economic Development Authority
  • Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
  • Ben Nottermann, Owner, Snug Valley Farm
  • Riva Reynolds, Owner, Stannard Farm
  • Lynn Ellen Schimoler, Program Manager, Working Lands Enterprise Initiative
  • Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Forests. Parks and Recreation
  • Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Gabrielle Tuite, Owner, Old Road Farm
11:30 AM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

Farm to School

Update

  • Hayden Adams, Senior, Harwood Union High School
  • Antony Jeswin, Sophomore, Harwood Union High School
  • Jasper Koliba, Senior, Harwood Union High School
  • Trevor Lowell, Farm to Institution Program Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont
  • Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Vermont Farm to School Network
  • Maggie Rubick, Preschool Teacher, Northshire Day School
  • Harley Sterling, School Nutrition Director, Windham Northeast Supervisory Union
3:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

Thursday, January 28, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.89 - An act relating to limiting liability for agritourism

  • Kevin Gaffney, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Financial Regulation, Insurance Division
  • Kelley McGill, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. Michael Yantachka, Sponsor
9:45 AM

Break

10:00 AM

Vermont Dairy Industry Price Regulations: Assessment and Recommendations

Joint hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee
Please click here for the livestream

  • Marie Audet, Owner, Blue Spruce Farm
  • Eugene Audet, Owner, Blue Spruce Farm
  • Leon Berthiaume, Senior Advisor, Dairy Farmers of America
  • Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Kiersten Bourgeois, Business Development and Communications Manager, St. Albans Cooperative Creamery
  • Jane Clifford, Dairy Producer, Starksboro
  • Catherine DeRonde, Vice President, Agri-Mark
  • Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Larry Gervais, Owner, Gervais Family Farm
  • Bob Gray, Dairy Policy Advisor, Northeast Farmers Cooperative
  • Steve Kayhart, Kayhart Brothers, West Addison
  • Jennifer Lambert, Dairy Farmer/operator, Lambert Farm
  • Scott Magnan, Board Chair, Farmers Watershed Alliance
  • Michael Pieciak, Commissioner, Department of Financial Regulation
  • Darlene Reynolds, Owner, Crossroads Dairy
  • Jill Rickard, Director of Policy, Department of Financial Regulation
  • John Roberts, Executive Director, Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition
  • Bill Rowell, Green Mountain Dairy, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
  • Dan Smith
  • Amanda St. Pierre, Executive Director, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
  • Karie Thompson Atherton, Owner, Aires-Hill Farm and Creamery
  • Stephanie Walsh, Director, Industry and Community Affairs, Dairy Farmers of America
  • Rob Wheeler, Dairy Farmer and Board Member, Agri-Mark
  • Mary White, Chair, Dairy Committee, Vermont Farm Bureau
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

Farmers Watershed Alliance

  • Heather Darby, Associate Professor, UVM Extension
  • Larry Gervais, Owner, Gervais Family Farm
  • Scott Magnan, Board Chair, Farmers Watershed Alliance
  • Nick Mannng, Farmers Watershed Alliance Board Member, Manning Dairy Farm
3:00 PM

Council of State Governments

  • David Biette, Director, Council of State Governments
  • Bob Haefner, Council of State Governments
  • Tara Sad, Council of State Governments
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Friday, January 29, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

Current Use

Primer in current use

  • Jill Remick, Director of Property Valuation and Review, Department of Taxes
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held immediately following the Floor

1:00 PM

Animal Welfare

Animal shelter

  • Aimee Braxmeier, Owner, Hildene Farm and Goat Dairy
  • Joan Falcao, Owner, Health Hero Farm, South Hero
  • Robert Fireovid, Owner, Health Hero Farm, South Hero
  • Kimberly Hagen, Grazing Outreach Specialist
  • Annie Hopper, Owner, Scuttleship Farm
  • Niko Horster, Owner, Shire Beef, Vermont Grass Farmers Association
  • Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
  • Dave Martin, Owner, Settlement Farm
  • Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
  • Adam Wilson, Brush Brook Community Farm
2:00 PM

Agricultural Innovation

  • Heather Darby, Associate Professor, UVM Extension
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Livestock Care Standards Advisory Council

Joint hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee

  • Christina Ashley, Essex Police Department
  • Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Kristin Haas, State Vet, Director, Food Safety, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Kent Henderson, Northwest Veterinary Associates, Vermont Veterinary Medical Association
  • Steve Kayhart, Kayhart Brothers, West Addison
  • Brian Kemp, President, Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition, Mountain Meadows Farm
  • Rhonda Miller, Owner, Molly Brook Farm
  • Ben Notterman, Owner, Snug Valley Farm
  • Tara Oeschger, Northeast Kingdom Processing, LLC
  • Omar Oyarzabal, UVM Extension
10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

How to Read a Bill

  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:45 AM

Everyone Eats

  • Richard Berkfeld, Executive Director, Food Counts
  • Kara Fitzbeauchamp, Owner, Evening Song Farm
  • Jean Hamilton, Vermont Everyone Eats Program Manager, SEVCA, ShiftMeals and The Skinny Pancake
  • Gary Holloway, Downtown Program Manager - Community Planning & Revitalization, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
  • Michael Wegner, District Manager, The Works Bakery and Cafe
  • Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

Vermont Economic Development Authority

update

  • Sarah Isham, Director of Agricultural Lending, Vermont Economic Development Authority
  • Cassie Polhemus, CEO, Vermont Economic Development Authority
2:45 PM

Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center

  • Laura Ginsburg, Agricultural Development Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Thursday, February 4, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Glyphosate

An overview
Joint hearing with House Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife

  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

Committee Bill

  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

H.58 - An act relating to creating a right to repair agricultural equipment

  • Nathan Proctor, Campaign Director, U.S. PIRG National Right to Repair
2:45 PM

H.67 - An act relating to bears doing damage to agricultural crops

  • Jennie Amirkiaee, Maple Valley Farm
  • Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Elizabeth Kennett, Owner, Liberty Hill Farm
  • Bob Kennett, Owner, Liberty Hill Farm
  • Rick Shortleff, Maple Valley Farm
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Friday, February 5, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

H.89 - An act relating to limiting liability for agritourism

  • Lisa Chase , Professor of Agronomy, University of Vermont Extension
  • Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Elizabeth Kennett, Owner, Liberty Hill Farm
  • Rick Lunt, Vice President, Dynamic Business Solutions
  • Tara Pereira, Executive Director, Vermont Fresh Network
11:30 AM

Committee Adjourns

Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the floor

1:00 PM

H.420 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Kristin Haas, State Vet, Director, Food Safety, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Kaitlynn Levine, Assistant State Veterinarian, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Marc Paquette, Section Chief Weights & Measures, Food Safety & Consumer Protection Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Ryan Patch, Deputy Director, Water Quality Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
2:30 PM

Break

2:45 PM

Vermont Farm Bureau

Update

  • Jackie Folsom, Legislative Director, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Shane Keady, President, Orange County Farm Bureau
  • Steven Reviczky, Executive Director, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Joseph Tisbert, President, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Mary White, Vice President, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Art Whitman, President, Bennington County Farm Bureau
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.58 - An act relating to creating a right to repair agricultural equipment

  • Brian Carpenter, Owner Champlain Valley Equipment and Chair, Middlebury Selectboard
  • Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau
9:45 AM

H.67 - An act relating to bears doing damage to agricultural crops

  • Colonel Jason Batchelder, Director of Law Enforcement, Department of Fish & Wildlife
  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Jason Gravelle, Warden, Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • Forrest Hammond, Bear Biologist, Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • Mark Scott, Wildlife Director, Department of Fish & Wildlife
  • Mary White, Chair, Dairy Committee, Vermont Farm Bureau
10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

H.89 - An act relating to limiting liability for agritourism

  • Kelley McGill, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney, National Agriculture Law Center Staff
  • Mary White, Chair, Dairy Committee, Vermont Farm Bureau
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

H.420 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

  • Heidi Krantz, Vermont Horse Council
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Thursday, February 11, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Farm to Plate Report

Joint hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee
livestream here

  • Terence Bradshaw, Assistant Professor, UVM Extension
  • Mark Cannella, Associate Professor, UVM Extension
  • Jake Claro, Farm to Plate Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
  • Heather Darby, Associate Professor, UVM Extension
  • Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
  • Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont
  • Lauren Masseria, Senior Market Development Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Randy Quenneville, Former Section Chief, Meat Inspection Section, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Becka Warren, Farm to Plate Strategic Plan Project Coordinator and Editor, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
  • Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Rose Wilson, Consultant
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Proposed budget for the Agency

  • Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Amy Mercier, Financial Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
3:00 PM

H.186 - An act relating to the sale of shell eggs

  • Rep. Barbara Rachelson, Sponsor
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Friday, February 12, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

H.67 - An act relating to bears doing damage to agricultural crops

  • Kelley McGill, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Counsel
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H.420 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

  • Kristin Haas, State Vet, Director, Food Safety, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Forests. Parks and Recreation
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the Floor

1:00 PM

House Floor

3:00 PM

H.421 - An act relating to animal cruelty investigation response and training

  • Rep. John L. Bartholomew, former member, House Agriculture and Forestry Committee
  • Jessica Danyow, Chair, Animal Cruelty Investigation Advisory Board
  • Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Mary McFaun, Animal Cruelty Investigation Advisory Board
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.88 - An act relating to the use value appraisal program.

  • Jill Remick, Director of Property Valuation and Review, Department of Taxes
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Adequate Shelter

  • Jill Remick, Director of Property Valuation and Review, Department of Taxes
9:45 AM

Vermont Fairs and Field Days Association

Update

  • Jeff Bartley, Sales/Marketing Manager, Champlain Valley Exposition
  • Jackie Folsom, Legislative Director, Vermont Fairs and Field Days Association
  • Alan Howe, President, Tunbridge Fair
  • Richard Lawrence, President & Director, Caledonia County Fair
  • Diane Norris, President, Addison County Fair and Field Days
  • Jason Sicard, President, Orleans County Fair
10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

H.89 - An act relating to limiting liability for agritourism

possible committee vote

  • Kelley McGill, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Adam Necrason, Lobbyist, Vermont Association for Justice
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
11:30 AM

H.218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk

  • Rep. Heather Surprenant, Sponsor
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

H.434 - An act relating to establishing the Agricultural Innovation Board

  • Kanika Gandhi, Agrichemical Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
2:45 PM

New England Agribusiness and Feed Alliance

Update

  • John Clark, President, Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance
  • Andy Dugan, Executive Committee member; Chair, Government Relations Committee, Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance
  • Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, America's Health Insurance Plans
  • Arthur Whitman, Vermont Seed Dealers Association, member
  • Rick Zimmerman, Executive Director, Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Thursday, February 18, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Vermont Housing and Conservation Coalition

Joint hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee

  • Clara Ayer, Fairmont Farms, East Montpelier
  • Barrett Grimm, Co-Chair, Huntington Conservation Commission
  • Katie Rose Leonard, Snow Farm
  • Stephanie Pope, Iroquois Acres
  • Don Stevens, Chief, Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki Nation
  • Abby White, Vice President for Strategic Communications, Vermont Land Trust
10:25 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Election of a Sergeant at Arms, an Adjutant and Inspector General, and Trustees of the UVM and State Agricultural College

Joint Assembly

following Joint Assembly

Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Budget recommendations

1:00 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after the Floor

Budget Recommendations

  • Jennifer Hollar, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
  • Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Friday, February 19, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor

Vermont Agriculture and Food System Strategic Plan

Agriculture Committee bill elements

  • Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
  • Kelley McGill, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the Floor

1:00 PM

H.420 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

  • Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Kristin Haas, State Vet, Director, Food Safety, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
  • Kelley McGill, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:00 PM

Break

2:15 PM

H.218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk

  • Kylie Cook, Owner, Sunday Bell Farm
  • E.B. Flory, Dairy Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Kent Henderson, Northwest Veterinary Associates, Vermont Veterinary Medical Association
  • Natalie Kwit, State Public Health Veterinarian, Department of Health
  • Rich Larson, Owner, Larson Farm and Creamery
  • Kelley McGill, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Mollie Wills, Rural Vermont
  • Elisabeth Wirsing, Senior Environmental Health Program Manager, Department of Health
3:30 PM

Definition of Humane Officer

walk-through of new bill

  • Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
4:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Definition of Humane Officer

  • Rep. John L. Bartholomew, former member, House Agriculture and Forestry Committee
  • Gwynn Zakov, Municipal Policy Advocate, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
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Adequate Shelter for Livestock

  • Rep. John L. Bartholomew, former member, House Agriculture and Forestry Committee
  • Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
  • Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
10:00 AM

H.88 - An act relating to the use value appraisal program.

possible vote on bill

  • Abby Shepard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

H.420 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Kristin Haas, State Vet, Director, Food Safety, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Ryan Patch, Deputy Director, Water Quality Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

H.186 - An act relating to the sale of shell eggs

  • Kelley McGill, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:45 PM

H.67 - An act relating to bears doing damage to agricultural crops

  • Kelley McGill, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Thursday, February 25, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.434 - An act relating to establishing the Agricultural Innovation Board

  • Kanika Gandhi, Agrichemical Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
9:45 AM

Break

10:00 AM

Council of State Governments East

webinar from 10 - Noon

1:15 PM

House Floor

2:00 PM

Results of the Votes for Sergeant at Arms, Adjutant and Inspector General, Trustees of the UVM and State Agricultural College

Joint Assembly

15 minutes after Joint Assembly adjourns

Adequate Shelter for Livestock

Report from the Livestock Care Standards Advisory Council

  • Ruth Blauwiekel, UVM Veterinarian, Vermont Veterinary Medical Association
  • Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Kent Henderson, Northwest Veterinary Associates, Vermont Veterinary Medical Association
3:00 PM

H.421 - An act relating to animal cruelty investigation response and training

  • Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday, February 26, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

H.421 - An act relating to animal cruelty investigation response and training

possible vote

  • Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
11:00 AM

H.420 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

possible vote

  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the Floor

1:00 PM

Results of the Votes for Sergeant at Arms, Adjutant and Inspector General, Trustees of the UVM and State Agricultural College

Joint Assembly

Following adjournment of Joint Assembly

H.434 - An act relating to establishing the Agricultural Innovation Board

  • Kanika Gandhi, Agrichemical Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:30 PM

H.218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk

  • Becky Allen, Food Animal Veterinarian, Addison County
  • Mollie Wills, Rural Vermont
3:00 PM

H.108 - An act relating to Vermont standards for issuing a Clean Water Act section 401 certification

  • Rep. Katherine "Kari" Dolan, House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife
  • Ryan Patch, Deputy Director, Water Quality Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Adequate Shelter for Livestock

  • Brandon Bless, Bread and Butter Farm
  • Jessica Danyow, Chair, Animal Cruelty Investigation Advisory Board
  • Bruce Hennesey, Maple Wind Farm
  • Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
  • Barry Londeree, Former Vermont State Director, Humane Society of the United States
  • Mary McFaun, Animal Cruelty Investigation Advisory Board
  • Justin Poulin, Poulin And Daughters Farm, Randolph
  • Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

H.434 - An act relating to establishing the Agricultural Innovation Board

  • Jared Carpenter, , Lake Champlain Committee
  • Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
  • Andrew Shively, Highway Division Hazardous Materials Unit Manager, VTrans
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

H.218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk

  • Roy Folsom, Elite Certified Farm Agent, Nationwide Agribusiness
  • Mollie Wills, Rural Vermont
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Thursday, March 11, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.434 - An act relating to establishing the Agricultural Innovation Board

  • Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources
9:30 AM

Adequate Shelter for Livestock

  • Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:45 AM

Break

11:00 AM

Committee bills

Committee discussion

11:30 AM

H.434 - An act relating to establishing the Agricultural Innovation Board

  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Kanika Gandhi, Agrichemical Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

following Floor adjournment

H.434 - An act relating to establishing the Agricultural Innovation Board

Committee discussion

3:15 PM

H.218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk

Committee discussion

3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Friday, March 12, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

H.218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk

  • James Donegan, Owner, Trillium Hill Farm
  • Rich Larson, Owner, Larson Farm and Creamery
  • Suzanne Long, Owner, Luna Bleu Farm
  • Mollie Wills, Rural Vermont
11:30 AM

H.434 - An act relating to establishing the Agricultural Innovation Board

  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:00 PM

Break

12:30 PM

H.434 - An act relating to establishing the Agricultural Innovation Board

discussion and possible vote

  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
1:00 PM

H.218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk

discussion and possible vote

  • Becky Allen, Addison County
  • E.B. Flory, Dairy Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Rich Larson, Owner, Larson Farm and Creamery
  • Suzanne Long, Owner, Luna Bleu Farm
  • Mollie Wills, Rural Vermont
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the floor

1:50 PM

S.100 - An act relating to universal school meals

  • Sen. Christopher A. Pearson, Sponsor, Chittenden County
-

S.102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

  • Kelley McGill, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Counsel
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
10:30 AM

Rural Vermont

Joint hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee. Livestream here.

  • Jericho Bicknell
  • Sam Bromberg, Mountain Fire Farm
  • Cat Buxton, Vermont Healthy Soils Coalition
  • Buster Caswell, Activist, Agricultural worker housing
  • Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
  • Evan Hoyt, Brush Brook Community Farm
  • Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
  • Jane Lanza, This is Family Tree
  • Stephen Leslie, Owner, Cedar Mountain Farm and Cobb Hill Cheese
  • Suzanne Long, Owner, Luna Bleu Farm
  • Jesse Lukas, GMC Farms, LLC
  • Rev. M Moretti, Owner, Murmuration Farm
  • Allan Reetz, Director of Public and Government Affairs, Hanover Co-op
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

Thursday, March 18, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
11:00 AM

H.218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk

  • Rep. John L. Bartholomew, former member, House Agriculture and Forestry Committee
  • E.B. Flory, Dairy Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Kristin Haas, State Vet, Director, Food Safety, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. Carl Rosenquist, , House Committee On Human Services
  • Mollie Wills, Rural Vermont
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

Friday, March 19, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
8:00 AM

H.218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk

Consideration of amendment

  • Rep. John L. Bartholomew, former member, House Agriculture and Forestry Committee
  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. Carl Rosenquist, Amendment Sponsor, House Committee On Human Services
  • Mollie Wills, Rural Vermont
9:15 AM

Committee Adjourns

9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the Floor

Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee on the Future of Lake Champlain

Update on committee activity

  • Wayne Elliott, committee member, Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee on the Future of Lake Champlain
  • Bob Fisher, committee member, Vermont Citizens Advisory Commission on Lake Champlain's Future
  • Mark Naud , Chair, Vermont Citizens Advisory Commission on Lake Champlain's Future
  • Hilary Solomon, committee member, Vermont Citizens Advisory Commission on Lake Champlain's Future
  • Jeff Wennberg, committee member, Vermont Citizens Advisory Commission on Lake Champlain's Future
10:00 AM

Regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

S.102

  • Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
11:00 AM

Regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

S.102

  • Cathy Jamieson, Program Manager, WMPD Solid Waste Program, Department of Environmental Conservation
  • Eamon Twohig, Program Manager, Residuals Management and Emerging Contaminants Program, Department of Environmental Conservation
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

Thursday, March 25, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

S.102

  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
10:15 AM

Committee Adjourns

10:30 AM

Retention of Superior Court Judges and Magistrates

Joint assembly

1:15 PM

House Floor

Friday, March 26, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the Floor adjournment

1:00 PM

Senate Amendments

H.315

1:15 PM

S.102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

S.102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

  • Louise Calderwood, Director of Regulatory Affairs, American Feed Industry Association
  • Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Biotechnology Innovation Org, National Animal Supplement Council, Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance
  • Steven LaRosa, Neighbor to food residual composting facility
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

Thursday, April 1, 2021
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

S.102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

  • Kurt Ericksen, General Manager, Vermont Compost Company
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Tom Gilbert, Owner/Operator, Black Dirt Farm, Stannard VT
  • Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
  • Karl Hammer, Owner, Vermont Compost Co.
  • Cathy Jamieson, Program Manager, WMPD Solid Waste Program, Department of Environmental Conservation
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

2:00 PM

Results of the Votes for Retention of Superior Court Judges and Magistrates

Joint Assembly

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

S.102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Friday, April 2, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

Committee Check-In

11:30 AM

Committee Adjourns

Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the Floor adjournment

Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Food Security

  • Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

2:30 PM

S.102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

  • Lisa DeSmet, Vice President, Quality/Regulatory, FoodScience
  • Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist
  • Sarah Phillips, Vice President and General Manager, Animal Business Unit, FoodScience
  • Sharon Rossi, CEO, FoodScience
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Thursday, April 8, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Vermont Technical College

Revisioned Agriculture and Food Systems Program
Joint hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee

  • Regina Beidler, Program Specialist Organic Valley, Beidler Family Farm
  • Louise Calderwood, Owner, Echo Hill Farm Maple Products
  • Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
  • Pat Moulton , President, Vermont Technical College
10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

Ecosystem Services

  • Ryan Patch, Deputy Director, Water Quality Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

S.102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Gwynn Zakov, Municipal Policy Advocate, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Friday, April 9, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor

S.102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Cathy Jamieson, Program Manager, WMPD Solid Waste Program, Department of Environmental Conservation
11:30 AM

Committee Adjourns

Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the Floor adjournment

1:00 PM

S.102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Grazing and Pasture Management

Transitioning conventional dairy to grazing

  • Heather Darby, Associate Professor, UVM Extension
10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Rural Vermont and NOFA-VT

Joint Hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee
Livestream here.

  • Cat Buxton, Vermont Healthy Soils Coalition
  • - Chris, West Crescent Farm
  • Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
  • Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
  • Shawn Lenihan, Kismet Farm
  • Stephen Leslie, Owner, Cedar Mountain Farm and Cobb Hill Cheese
  • Rose Thackeray, Union Brook Farm
  • Emily Virzi, Union Brook Farm
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

S.102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Thursday, April 15, 2021
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Federal Agriculture Issues

  • Andrew Bahrenburg, Office of Senator Patrick Leahy
  • Tom Berry, Policy Advisor on Agriculture, Conservation, Energy and Natural Resources, Office of Sen. Leahy
  • Erica Campbell, Outreach Representative, Office of Senator Bernie Sanders
  • Ryan McLaren, Outreach Representative, Office of Congressman Peter Welch
10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Agriculture Issues

Preventing the dumping of milk

  • Kiersten Bourgeois, Business Development and Communications Manager, Dairy Farmers of America
  • Jennifer Huson, Senior Director of Council and Industry Affairs, Dairy Farmers of America
11:00 AM

Regional Food System

  • Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

Friday, April 16, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

S.102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the Floor adjournment

1:00 PM

Forestry issues

  • Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Forests. Parks and Recreation
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:15 AM

Agricultural Housing

Joint hearing with House Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs. Livestream here.

  • Dan Baker, Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics, UVM
  • Marita Canedo, Rep., Migrant Justice
  • Ernest A. Caswell , Farm Worker Housing Activist, Milton
  • Tom Fritzsche, Executive Director, Milk with Dignity Standards Council
  • Liz Gleason, Director, VHCB Farm and Forest Viability Program
  • John Ryan, Owner, Development Cycles
  • Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Following Joint Hearing

Committee Check-In

12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after House Floor adjourns

Committee Check-In

3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Thursday, April 22, 2021
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Working Lands Enterprise Board

Enterprise Finance Options
Joint hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee

  • Will Belongia, Vermont Community Loan Fund
  • Eric DeLuca, Enterprise Financing Options Committee Chair, Working Lands Enterprise Board
  • Lane Fury, Cooperative Fund of New England
  • Sarah Isham, Director of Agricultural Lending, Vermont Economic Development Authority
  • Dave Lane, Senior Vice President, Yankee Farm Credit
  • Joel Moyer, Fair Food Fund
  • Benneth Phelps, Dirt Capital Partners
  • Michael Philipp, Regenerative Food Network
  • Jon Ramsey, Executive Director, Center for an Agricultural Economy
  • Siobhan Smith, Vermont Land Trust
  • Janice St. Onge, President, Flexible Capital Fund
  • Janice St.Onge, President, Flexible Capital Fund
  • Gaye Symington, Executive Director, High Meadows Fund
  • Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

Committee Work

12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

Agricultural Housing

  • Liz Gleason, Director, VHCB Farm and Forest Viability Program
  • Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Friday, April 23, 2021
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

10:00 AM

Council on State Government

Webinar

Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the Floor adjournment

2:00 PM

Agricultural Housing

  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Alyson Eastman, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Liz Gleason, Director, VHCB Farm and Forest Viability Program
  • Nick Richardson, President & CEO, Vermont Land Trust
  • Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
8:30 AM

H.218 - An act relating to the sale of unpasteurized raw milk

-

S.102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
9:00 AM

Forestry issues

  • Christi Colton, General Manager, Colton Enterprises
  • Colleen Goodridge, Owner, Goodridge Lumber
  • Ed Larson, Lobbyist, Vermont Forest Products Association
  • Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Forests. Parks and Recreation
10:00 AM

Vermont Fairs and Field Days

Update

  • Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Fairs and Field Days Association
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

Thursday, April 29, 2021
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
1:15 PM

House Floor

Friday, April 30, 2021
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

S.102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the Floor adjournment

Following caucuses, approx. 1:30 PM

H.420 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
3:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
10:40 AM

H.420 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

Consideration of Senate Amendment

  • Julie Boisvert, Meat Inspection Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
  • Mary Lake, Shearer, butcher, and shepherd, Tunbridge, Vermont
  • Elizabeth Roma, Putting Down Roots Farm
  • Shona Sanford-Long, Flying Dog Farm
  • Chuck Wooster, , Sunrise Farm
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 AM

House Floor

Thursday, May 6, 2021
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Agricultural Housing

  • Marita Canedo, Representative and Translator, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante
  • Jose Ignacio De La Cruz, Dairy Worker, Migrant Justice/Justicia Migrante
10:00 AM

H.420 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

  • Kanika Gandhi, Agrichemical Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:45 AM

Break

10:55 AM

Rights and Democracy Vermont (RADVT)

Introductions

  • Dan Fingas, Rights and Democracy
  • Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
11:45 AM

H.434 - An act relating to establishing the Agricultural Innovation Board

  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
1:15 PM

House Floor

2:00 PM

H.420 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:30 PM

Student Research

Policy Research Shop, Dartmouth College, presents two reports:
Regional Food Supply Systems
Benefits of Regenerative Agriculture/PES

  • Vanessa Haggans, Student, Dartmouth College
  • Sadhana Hall, Deputy Director, Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth College
  • William Platt, Office of Public Affairs, Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth College
  • Ronald Shaiko, Senior Fellow and Associate Director, Curricular and Research Programs, Nelson A. Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth College
  • Kelly Westkaemper, Student, Dartmouth College
  • Kate Yuan, Student, Dartmouth College
3:30 PM

H.421 - An act relating to animal cruelty investigation response and training

  • Brynn Hare, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Friday, May 7, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor

Committee Check-In

Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the Floor adjournment

2:15 PM

Committee Check-In

2:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
12:30 PM

H.420 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

Committee vote on Senate Amendment

1:15 PM

House Floor

Thursday, May 13, 2021
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Forestry issues

  • Ed Larson, Lobbyist, Vermont Forest Products Association
9:30 AM

H.88 - An act relating to the use value appraisal program.

  • Jill Remick, Director of Property Valuation and Review, Department of Taxes
  • Abby Shepard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:00 AM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

House Floor

Friday, May 14, 2021
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses will be held following the Floor adjournment

1:00 PM

S.100 - An act relating to universal school meals

  • Scott Fay, Child Nutrition Manager, Essex-Westford School District
  • Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont
  • Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Vermont Farm to School Network
2:15 PM

Committee Adjourns

2:30 PM

House Floor

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
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10:00 AM

House Floor

Thursday, May 20, 2021
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10:00 AM

House Floor

Friday, May 21, 2021
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9:30 AM

Committee Check-In

10:00 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, January 4, 2022
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10:00 AM

House Floor

Wednesday, January 5, 2022
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9:10 AM

Committee Check-In

10:00 AM

Committee Updates

Office of Legislative Counsel

  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:00 PM

Adjourn

2:00 PM

Governor's State of the State Address

Joint Assembly

Thursday, January 6, 2022
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9:00 AM

Committee Updates

Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

  • Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Steve Collier, Agency Attorney, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Laura DiPietro, Water Quality Division Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Kristin Haas, State Vet, Director, Food Safety, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Rebecca Harvey, Director, Vermont Agriculture and Environmental Laboratory
  • Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
12:00 PM

Adjourn

1:00 PM

Committee Updates

  • Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
  • Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Forests. Parks and Recreation
  • Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
3:30 PM

Adjourn

Friday, January 7, 2022
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9:00 AM

Budget Adjustment

  • Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
9:15 AM

Adjourn

9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, January 11, 2022
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10:00 AM

House Floor

-

Caucuses and Lunch

1:00 PM

Task Force to Revitalize the Vermont Dairy Industry Report

  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Dan Smith, Co-Chair, Task Force to Revitalize the Vermont Dairy Industry
3:30 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, January 12, 2022
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9:00 AM

Carbon Sequestration

  • Sara Via, Professor and Climate Extension Specialist, University of Maryland
10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Vermont Climate Action Plan

  • Chris Campany, Member, Steering Committee and Just Transitions Subcommittee, Climate Council
  • Abbie Corse, Member, Vermont Climate Council
  • Billy Coster, Director of Policy and Planning, Agency of Natural Resources, Co-Chair, Agriculture and Ecosystems Subcommittee
  • Jane Lazorchak, Director of Global Warming Solutions Act, Agency of Natural Resources
  • Lauren Oates, Interim Director of Government Relations, Vermont Climate Council
  • Ryan Patch, Member, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
11:30 AM

Working Lands Enterprise Fund

Funding request

  • Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
12:00 PM

Adjourn

1:00 PM

Agrimark

Introductions

  • Clara Ayer, Fairmont Farms, East Montpelier, VT
  • Catherine DeRonde, Vice President, Economics and Legislative Affairs , Agrimark
  • Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Agrimark
  • Joanna Lidback, Wheeler Mountain Farm, Barton, VT
1:45 PM

Animal Welfare

Cows dying from broadband debris

  • Steve Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Kristin Haas, State Vet, Director, Food Safety, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Clark Parmalee, Agricultural Resource Management Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
2:45 PM

Adjourn

3:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, January 13, 2022
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9:00 AM

Gund Institute for Environment, UVM

  • Stephen Posner, Director of Policy, Gund Institute for Environment
10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Break

  • 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
  • Stephanie Smith, Cannabis Quality Control and Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
11:30 AM

Adjourn

1:00 PM

Forest Carbon Sequestration

  • Alexandra Kosiba, Climate Forester, Vermont Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation
2:15 PM

Animal Welfare

Cows dying from broadband debris

  • F.X. Flinn, Chair, ECFiber
2:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, January 14, 2022
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9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, January 18, 2022
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10:00 AM

House Floor

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Caucuses and Lunch

  • Chris Brooks, Owner, Vermont Wood Pellet Company
  • Colleen Goodridge, Owner, Goodridge Lumber
  • Mike Rainville, Maple Landmark Woodcraft
  • Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
1:00 PM

Governor's FY2023 Budget Address

Joint Assembly

15 Minutes After Joint Assembly Adjourns

H.566 - An act relating to the establishment of the Vermont Forest Future Program

Walk-through of bill

  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. Katherine Sims, Sponsor
3:50 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
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9:00 AM

Center for Agriculture and Entrepreneurship (CAFE)

  • Pat Moulton , President, Vermont Technical College
10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

NOFA-Vermont

Update

  • Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

H.566 - An act relating to the establishment of the Vermont Forest Future Program

  • Ed Larson, Lobbyist, Vermont Forest Products Association
1:45 PM

Dairy Proposal

Maine Milk Commission

  • Julie-Marie Bickford, Executive Director, Maine Milk Commission
  • Tade Sullivan, Executive Director, Maine Dairy Industry Association
2:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, January 20, 2022
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9:00 AM

Current Use

  • Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
  • Keith Thompson, Private Lands Program Manager, Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation
10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

New England Feeding New England

  • Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

H.566 - An act relating to the establishment of the Vermont Forest Future Program

  • Jack Bell, Long View Forest
  • Charlie Hancock, Consulting Forester, North Woods Forestry
  • Sam Lincoln, Principal, Lincoln Farm Timber Harvesting
  • Christine McGowan, Forest Products Program Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
2:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, January 21, 2022
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9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, January 25, 2022
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10:00 AM

House Floor

-

Caucuses and Lunch

1:00 PM

Carbon Sequestration

  • Ryan Patch, Agriculture Climate and Land Use Policy Manager, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
2:00 PM

H.504 - An act relating to the reorganization, enhancement, and enforcement of animal welfare requirements in the State

Introduction

  • Rep. Charles "Butch" Shaw, Sponsor
2:20 PM

Break

2:40 PM

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

Introduction

  • Rep. Lisa Hango, Sponsor
3:00 PM

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

Introduction

  • Rep. Amy Sheldon, Sponsor, Chair
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, January 26, 2022
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9:00 AM

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

Walk-through of bill

  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:00 AM

On-farm Slaughter

  • Julie Boisvert, Meat Inspection Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
11:00 AM

H.653 - An act relating to the creation of an ecological management qualification for the Use Value Appraisal program

Introduction

  • Rep. Paul Lefebvre, Sponsor
11:20 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

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

Walk-through of bill

  • Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:00 PM

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

  • Charles Mraz, Owner, Champlain Valley Apiaries
2:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, January 27, 2022
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9:00 AM

Farm to Plate Report

  • Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

H.566 - An act relating to the establishment of the Vermont Forest Future Program

  • Zack Porter, Director, Standing Trees
  • Kathleen Wanner, Executive Director, Vermont Woodlands Association, Administrator, Vermont Wood Works Council
11:30 AM

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

  • Brian Savage, Town Administrator, Swanton, Vermont
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, January 28, 2022
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9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, February 1, 2022
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10:00 AM

House Floor

-

Caucuses and Lunch

1:00 PM

H.566 - An act relating to the establishment of the Vermont Forest Future Program

  • Dana Doran, Executive Director, Professional Logging Contractors of Maine
  • Joe Short, Vice President, Northern Forest Center
2:00 PM

H.696 - An act relating to on-farm restaurants

Introduction

  • Rep. Matthew Birong, Sponsor
2:15 PM

Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Housekeeping bill

  • Steve Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
3:00 PM

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

  • Heather Darby, Associate Professor, UVM Extension
4:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, February 2, 2022
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9:00 AM

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

  • Max Feken, Environmental Toxicologist, Syngenta
  • Michelle Kopa, Director, State Government Relations and Public Policy - Eastern Region, Household and Commercial Products Association
  • Jeffrey Miller, President and Executive Director, Treated Wood Council
  • Caydee Savinelli, Stewardship Team and Pollinator Lead, Syngenta
10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Housekeeping bill

  • Steve Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Laura DiPietro, Water Quality Division Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Kristin Haas, State Vet, Director, Food Safety, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

Food Security

  • Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
  • Helen Labun, Director, Vermont Public Policy, Bi-State Primary Care Association
  • Mary Kate Mohlman, Director, Vermont Public Policy, Bi-State Primary Care Association
  • Becka Warren, Farm to Plate Strategic Plan Project Coordinator and Editor, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
2:45 AM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, February 3, 2022
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9:00 AM

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

  • Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Trini Brassard, Division Deputy Director, Policy, Planning, and Intermodal Development, Agency of Transportation
  • Heidi Britch-Valenta, Town Administrator, Town of Highgate
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
  • Alex Piper, Senior Legislative Assistant, Office of Rep. Welch
  • Will Stevens, Outreach Representative, Office of Sen. Sanders
11:00 AM

Break

11:15 AM

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

  • Margaret Fowle, Conservation Biologist, Audubon Vermont
  • Kent McFarland, Senior Conservation Biologist, Vermont Center for Ecostudies
  • 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

  • Brooke Decker, Pollinator Protector Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • 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
3:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

Friday, February 4, 2022
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10:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, February 8, 2022
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10:00 AM

House Floor

-

Caucuses and Lunch

2:45 PM

Farm to School

  • Conor Floyd, Grant Program Manager for Child Nutrition Programs, Agency of Education
  • Trevor Lowell, Farm to Institution Program Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Helen Rortvedt, Farm to School Program Director, NOFA VT
  • Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Vermont Farm to School Network
3:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, February 9, 2022
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9:00 AM

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

  • Samantha Alger, Research Affiliate, Plant and Soil Science Department, University of Vermont
  • Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
  • Andrew Munkres, President, Vermont Beekeepers Association
10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Vermont Housing and Conservation Coalition

Update

  • Guy Choiniere, Owner, Choiniere Family Farms
  • Julie Curtin, Director of Home Ownership, Champlain Housing Trust
  • Kelly Dolan, Coordinator, Vermont Migrant Education Program, UVM Extension
  • Abby White, Vice President for Strategic Communications, Vermont Land Trust
  • Gregory Witscher, Co-owner, Understory Farm
11:15 AM

H.704 - An act relating to the regulation of accessory on-farm businesses

  • Rep. Charles Kimbell, Sponsor
11:30 AM

H.705 - An act relating to prohibiting the running of livestock at large

  • Rep. Felisha Leffler, Sponsor
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

Food Security

  • Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
1:30 PM

Committee Discussion and Planning

2:00 PM

Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Housekeeping bill

  • Steve Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
2:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, February 10, 2022
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9:00 AM

Working Lands Enterprise Initiative

Updates
Joint hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee

  • Steve Bick, Owner, Northeast Forests LLC
  • Joe Bossen, Owner, Vermont Bean Crafters and Vermont All Souls
  • Danielle Fitzko, Director of Forests, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
  • Charlie Hancock, Consulting Forester, North Woods Forestry
  • Sarah Isham, Director of Agricultural Lending, Vermont Economic Development Authority
  • Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
  • Molly Mahar, President, Vermont Ski Areas Association
  • Lynn Ellen Schimoler, Program Manager, Working Lands Enterprise Initiative
  • Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
  • Randall Szott, Former Representative, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
  • Anson Tebbetts, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

Rural Vermont and NOFA-VT

Updates and introductions
Joint hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee

  • Jen Daniels, Meristem Farms
  • Josh Decatur, CEO
  • Rick Fox, Meristem Farms
  • Patricia Heck, Mystic Mountain Cannabis
  • Mark Hughes, Executive Director, Vermont Racial Justice Alliance
  • Eduardo Jaime, Fine Bud Farms
  • Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
  • Matt Leonetti, , NurseGrown Organics
  • Charlotte Rootblum, Vermont Cannabis Coaching
  • Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
  • Ben Wilcox, Off Piste Farm
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

Governor's Proposed FY2023 Budget

Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

  • Kristin Freeman, Financial Manager, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
  • Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
3:00 PM

H.566 - An act relating to the establishment of the Vermont Forest Future Program

Committee discussion

3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Friday, February 11, 2022
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9:30 AM

House Floor

15 minutes after Floor adjourns

Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Housekeeping bill

  • Steve Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Kristin Haas, State Vet, Director, Food Safety, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

Tuesday, February 15, 2022
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10:00 AM

House Floor

-

Caucuses and Lunch

1:00 PM

Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee on the Future of Lake Champlain

  • Wayne Elliott, committee member, Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee on the Future of Lake Champlain
  • Bob Fischer, Water Facility Operator, Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee on the Future of Lake Champlain
  • Mark Naud , Chair, Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee on the Future of Lake Champlain
  • Hilary Solomon, Conservation District Manager, Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee on the Future of Lake Champlain
  • Jeff Wennberg, Retired Commissioner of Public Works, Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee on the Future of Lake Champlain
1:45 PM

H.709 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

Potential Vote

  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Rep. Charles "Butch" Shaw, Chair of Board of Civil Authority, Pittsford, Rutland-6
3:00 PM

Governor's 2022 Supplemental Budget

Dairy Farmer Insurance Support

  • Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Sen. Robert Starr, Chair, Senate Agriculture Committee
3:45 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, February 16, 2022
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H.697 - An act relating to eligibility of reserve forestland for enrollment in the Use Value Appraisal Program

  • Rep. Seth Bongartz, Reporter, House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife
  • Bill Sayre, Co-owner, A. Johnson Lumber Co., Inc
  • Michael Snyder, Commissioner, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
  • Keith Thompson, Private Lands Program Manager, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
10:00 AM

Vermont Fairs and Field Days

Update

  • Jackie Folsom, Legislator Director, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Alan Howe, President, Tunbridge Fair
  • Richard Lawrence, President & Director, Caledonia County Fair
  • Dave Martin, President, Vermont Farm Show
  • Jason Sicard, President, Orleans County Fair
10:40 AM

Break

10:50 AM

Rights and Democracy Vermont

  • Neily Jennings, Member, Rights and Democracy
  • Saudia LaMont, Member, Rights and Democracy
  • Alison Nihart, Vermont State Director, Rights and Democracy
11:30 AM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

Review of House Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife Bill H.657

  • Rep. Seth Bongartz, Co-Sponsor of the bill, House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife
1:45 PM

Governor's Proposed FY2023 Budget

Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

  • Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Amy Mercier, Financial Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
2:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, February 17, 2022
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9:00 AM

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

  • Marie Audet, Owner, Blue Spruce Farm
  • Abbie Corse, Self-Advocate, Corse Family Farm, Vermont Climate Council
  • Tom Eaton, Agricultural Consulting Services
  • Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
10:15 AM

Committee Adjourns

10:30 AM

Election of Legislative Trustees of the Vermont State Colleges Corporation

Joint Assembly

11:15 AM

Committee Discussion and Planning

12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

H.566 - An act relating to the establishment of the Vermont Forest Future Program

  • Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
  • Ed Larson, Lobbyist, Vermont Forest Products Association
1:45 PM

Vermont Agriculture and Food System Strategic Plan

Budget request

  • Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
2:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, February 18, 2022
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9:30 AM

House Floor

15 minutes after House floor adjourns

Dairy Margin Coverage Program

Support for funding in Supplemental Budget

12:45 AM

H.566 - An act relating to the establishment of the Vermont Forest Future Program

Walk-through of latest draft, 3.2
Possible vote

  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
1:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Tuesday, February 22, 2022
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10:00 AM

House Floor

-

Caucuses and Lunch

1:00 PM

Review of House Natural Resources Bill H.581

Accessory on-farm business

  • Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. Charles Kimbell, Sponsor, House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
2:00 PM

Conservation Districts

  • Jill Arace, Executive Director, Vermont Association of Conservation Districts
  • Jennifer Byrne, District Manager, White RIver Natural Resources Conservation District
  • Sarrah Damsell, District Manager, Orleans County, Orleans County Natural Resources Conservation District
  • Hilary Solomon, District Manager, Poultney-Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District
  • Molly Varner, Communications Coordinator, Vermont Association of Conservation Districts
  • Lauren Weston, District Manager, Franklin County Natural Resources Conservation District
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, February 23, 2022
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9:00 AM

Livestock Care Standards Advisory Council

Joint Hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee

  • Christina Ashley, Retired Officer, Essex Police Department
  • Ruth Blauwiekel, Retired, UVM
  • Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Andrea Etter, Assistant Professor, Nutrition and Food Services Department, UVM
  • Kristin Haas, State Vet, Director, Food Safety, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Rhonda Miller, Member, Molly Brook Farm
  • JoAnn Nichols, Member, Humane Society of Chittenden County, HEART Wildlife Removal
  • Ben Notterman, Owner, Snug Valley Farm
  • Tara Oeschger, Member, Northeast Kingdom Processing, LLC
  • Eliza Rutherford, Member, Foxwood Hanoverians
  • Tracy Webb, Member, National Farmers Organization
10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

Farm to Plate Report

10 Year Retrospective. Joint Hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee

  • Jake Claro, Farm to Plate Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
  • Abbie Corse, Member, Vermont Climate Council, Corse Dairy Farm
  • Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
  • Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

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
2:00 PM

H.581 - An act relating to rural economic development

  • Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
2:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, February 24, 2022
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9:00 AM

Review of House Natural Resources Bill H.581

  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Kevin Geiger, Senior Planner, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission
  • Joseph Tisbert, President, Vermont Farm Bureau
10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Review of House Natural Resources Bill H.581

  • Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
11:00 AM

Committee Discussion

12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:15 PM

FY2023 Budget

letter to House Committee on Appropriations

1:30 PM

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

  • Jared Carpenter, Water Protection Advocate, Lake Champlain Committee
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, February 25, 2022
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9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, March 8, 2022
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10:00 AM

House Floor

-

Caucuses and Lunch

1:00 PM

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

  • Jared Carpenter, Water Protection Advocate, Lake Champlain Committee
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
1:50 PM

Break

2:00 PM

Ecosystem Services

  • Ryan Patch, Agriculture Climate and Land Use Policy Manager, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, March 9, 2022
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9:00 AM

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

  • Sen. Randy Brock, Franklin County
  • Bob Flint, Executive Director, Springfield Regional Development Corporation
  • Sen. Corey Parent, Sponsor, Franklin County
10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

Review of House Natural Resources Bill H.581

  • Chris Campany, Executive Director, Windham Regional Commission
  • Todd Heyman, Owner, Fat Sheep Farm and Cabins
  • Rep. Charles Kimbell, Sponsor
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

H.581 - An act relating to rural economic development

  • Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 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
4:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Thursday, March 10, 2022
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.704 - An act relating to the regulation of accessory on-farm businesses

  • Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
9:45 AM

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
10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

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

  • Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Trini Brassard, Division Deputy Director, Policy, Planning, and Intermodal Development, Agency of Transportation
  • Sabina Haskell, Chair, Natural Resources Board
  • Alison Stone, Associate General Counsel, Natural Resources Board
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

H.704 - An act relating to the regulation of accessory on-farm businesses

  • Steve Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Ellen Kahler, Executive Director, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
2:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, March 11, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.704 - An act relating to the regulation of accessory on-farm businesses

possible vote

  • Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Sabina Haskell, Chair, Natural Resources Board
  • Alison Stone, Associate General Counsel, Natural Resources Board
9:25 AM

Committee Adjourns

9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

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Caucuses and Lunch

Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Committee Discussion

  • Sen. Christopher A. Pearson, Sponsor, Senate Committee on Agriculture
9:20 AM

Review of Senate Bill S.258

  • Sen. Brian Collamore, Reporter, Senate Committee on Agriculture
9:40 AM

H.723 - An act relating to establishing a program to encourage the implementation of year-round agricultural practices

  • Rep. Brian Cina, Sponsor, Chittenden-6-4
10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Vermont Feed Dealers

  • Stuart Hall, Member, Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance, Phoenix Seeds
  • Mike Thresher, Member, Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance, Morrison's Feeds
  • Art Whitman, Member, Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance, A&K Agriservices
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, March 17, 2022
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Review of Senate Agriculture Bill S.188

Walk-through of bill and testimony

  • Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Brynn Hare, Executive Director, Cannabis Control Board
10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Review of Senate Agriculture Bill S.258

Walk-through of bill and testimony

  • Laura DiPietro, Water Quality Division Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Ryan Patch, Agriculture Climate and Land Use Policy Manager, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, March 18, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor & Caucus

Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Pesticides

Changes in pesticide regulations

  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • David Huber, Deputy DIrector, Public Health and Agriculture Resources, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Zach Szczukowski, Intern, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Committee Discussion and Planning

12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, March 24, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Rural Vermont and NOFA-VT

Member introductions and testimony about On-Farm Slaughter
Joint Hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee

  • Ali Berlow, On-Farm Slaughter Customer, Author and Writer
  • Brandon Bless, Bread and Butter Farm, Shelburne, VT
  • Julie Boisvert, Meat Inspection Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Bill Cavanaugh, Farm Business Advisor, NOFA VT
  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Silene DeCiucies, Farm Business Planner, Center for an Agricultural Economy
  • Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
  • Mary Lake, Shearer, butcher, and shepherd, Tunbridge, Vermont
  • Curt Peterson, Shincracker Icelandic Sheep Farm, Hartland, VT
  • Elena Roig, Legislative Intern, Rural Vermont
  • Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
  • Katy Wolfe, Boondoggle Farm, Putney, VT
10:15 AM

Committee Adjourns

10:30 AM

Retention of Superior Court Judges

Joint Assembly

1:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, March 25, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Meeting Details
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10:00 AM

House Floor & Caucus

1:00 PM

Tile Drainage

  • Josh Faulkner, Director, UVM Agricultural and Environmental Testing Lab, UVM Extension
  • Laura Klaiber, Research Scientist, Miner Institute
2:15 PM

Raw milk

  • Cynthia Larson, Owner, Larson Farm and Creamery
  • Rich Larson, Owner, Larson Farm and Creamery
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Field Trip

to Vermont Agriculture and Environmental Laboratory
with Senate Agriculture Committee

  • Rebecca Harvey, Director, Vermont Agriculture and Environmental Laboratory
1:00 PM

Review of Senate Judiciary Bill S.268

  • Sen. Corey Parent, , Sponsor
2:45 AM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, March 31, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Review of Senate Judiciary Bill S.268

  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:15 AM

Review of Senate Judiciary Bill S.268

  • Gerard Vorsteveld, Owner, Vorsteveld Farm
11:15 AM

Review of S.234 as Passed by the Senate

  • Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

Organic Dairy Processors

update on organic standards

  • John Cleary, procurement, Organic Valley
  • Britt Lundgren, Senior Director of Sustainability and Government Affairs, Stonyfield
2:00 PM

Food Security

  • John Sayles, CEO, Vermont Foodbank
  • Theresa Snow, Director, Salvation Farms
2:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, April 1, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, April 5, 2022
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Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor and Caucuses

1:00 PM

Review of Senate Judiciary Bill S.268

  • Sam Bellavance, Executive Director, Sunset Lake CBD
  • Heather Darby, Associate Professor, UVM Extension
  • Walter Gladstone, Board Member, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
  • Rusty Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney, National Agriculture Law Center Staff
  • Travis Samuels, Zion Growers
2:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Committee Discussion

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

Local Food and Food Security Updates and Requests

  • Meg Burmeister, Executive Director, Northeast Kingdom Council on Aging
  • Cynthia Greene, Farm to Early Childhood Partnership Coordinator, Shelburne Farms
  • Anore Horton, Executive Director, Hunger Free Vermont
  • Trevor Lowell, Farm to Institution Program Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Helen Rortvedt, Farm to School Program Director, NOFA VT
  • Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Vermont Farm to School Network
  • Carrie Stahler, Vermont Food Bank
  • Becka Warren, Food Security Plan Project Manager, Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
  • Amanda Witman, Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator, Vermont Everyone Eats
11:30 AM

Committee Discussion

12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

Committee Discussion

1:25 PM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, April 7, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Review of Senate Judiciary Bill S.268

Vermont Farm Bureau members

  • Leon Corse, Owner, Corse Family Farm
  • Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Frank Kampf, Farmer, Cabot
  • Jack Rath, Vermont Beekeeper
10:45 AM

Review of Senate Judiciary Bill S.268

differences between current law and S.268 concerning Right to Farm

  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

Council of State Governments

  • Tara Eric, Council of State Governments
  • Bob Haefner, Council of State Governments
2:00 PM

Required Agricultural Practices (RAPs)

  • Laura DiPietro, Water Quality Division Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
2:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, April 8, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor and Caucuses

1:00 PM

S.188 - An act relating to regulating licensed small cannabis cultivation as farming

  • Rick Fox, Meristem Farms
1:45 PM

Break

2:00 PM

S.188 - An act relating to regulating licensed small cannabis cultivation as farming

  • Sam Bromberg, Mountain Fire Farm
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Enforcement procedures

  • David Huber, Deputy DIrector, Public Health and Agriculture Resources, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

Review of Senate Judiciary Bill S.268

Right to farm

  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
1:45 PM

S.188 - An act relating to regulating licensed small cannabis cultivation as farming

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Review of Senate Judiciary Bill S.268

  • Steven Thomas, Chicken Wiggle Farm, Chelsea, VT
  • Kate Thomas, Chicken Wiggle Farm, Chelsea, VT
2:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, April 14, 2022
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Rural Vermont and NOFA-VT

Member introductions and issues
Joint hearing with Senate Agriculture Committee

  • Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
  • Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
  • Stephen Leslie, Owner, Cedar Mountain Farm and Cobb Hill Cheese
  • Suzanne Long, Owner, Luna Bleu Farm
  • Jon Ramsey, Executive Director, Center for an Agricultural Economy
  • Shona Sanford-Long, Flying Dog Farm
  • Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
  • Ryan Yoder, Yoder Farm
10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

S.188 - An act relating to regulating licensed small cannabis cultivation as farming

  • Michael DiTomasso, Hemp Resource Management Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Brynn Hare, Executive Director, Cannabis Control Board
  • Stephanie Smith, Chief Policy Enforcement Officer, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

Review of Senate Judiciary Bill S.268

Right to farm

  • Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Matt Strassberg, Director, Vermont Agricultural Mediation Program
1:55 PM

Break

2:00 PM

S.188 - An act relating to regulating licensed small cannabis cultivation as farming

  • Geoffrey Pizzutillo, Executive Director and CoFounder, Vermont Growers Association
  • Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
  • Chris White, West Crescent Farm
2:45 PM

Committee Adjourns

3:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, April 15, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor and Caucuses

1:00 PM

Review of Senate Judiciary Bill S.268

  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
2:00 PM

S.188 - An act relating to regulating licensed small cannabis cultivation as farming

  • Michele Childs, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Rural Vermont and NOFA-VT

Legislative priorities

  • Caroline Gordon, Legislative Director, Rural Vermont
  • Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
  • Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
10:15 AM

Break

10:30 AM

S.258 - An act relating to agricultural water quality, enforcement, and dairy farming

Consideration of amendment and possible vote

  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
11:00 AM

S.188 - An act relating to regulating licensed small cannabis cultivation as farming

Committee discussion

12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

House Floor

Following House Floor Adjournment

Committee Discussion

3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Thursday, April 21, 2022
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Committee Discussion

9:30 AM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

S.188 - An act relating to regulating licensed small cannabis cultivation as farming

  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:00 PM

Break

2:50 PM

S.258 - An act relating to agricultural water quality, enforcement, and dairy farming

  • Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
3:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

Friday, April 22, 2022
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

S.258 - An act relating to agricultural water quality, enforcement, and dairy farming

Possible vote

-

S.188 - An act relating to regulating licensed small cannabis cultivation as farming

Vote

9:25 AM

Committee Adjourns

9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor and Caucus

1:00 PM

Caucuses

2:00 PM

House Floor

Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.709 - An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects

  • Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Jackie Folsom, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm Bureau
  • Kati Gallagher, Sustainable Communities Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council
  • Sabina Haskell, Chair, Natural Resources Board
  • Sen. Corey Parent, Sponsor
  • Ari Rockland-Miller, Senior Agricultural Development Coordinator, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
  • Alison Stone, General Counsel, Natural Resources Board
10:45 AM

Break

11:00 AM

S.234 - An act relating to changes to Act 250

  • Rep. Seth Bongartz, House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife
11:15 AM

Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets Budget

  • Diane Bothfeld, Director of Administrative Services & Dairy Policy, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Abbey Willard, Director, Agricultural Development Division, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
12:00 PM

Committee Adjourns

1:00 PM

House Floor

3:15 PM

Recommendations to House Appropriations

Committee letter to House Committee on Appropriations

3:30 PM

Committee Adjourns

Thursday, April 28, 2022
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

S.258 - An act relating to agricultural water quality, enforcement, and dairy farming

  • Trini Brassard, Assistant Director, Agency of Transportation
  • Sen. Corey Parent, Sponsor
1:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, April 29, 2022
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9:30 AM

House Floor

Tuesday, May 3, 2022
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10:00 AM

House Floor and Caucuses

12:40 PM

Caucuses & Lunch

2:15 PM

House Floor

Wednesday, May 4, 2022
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9:30 AM

H.466 - An act relating to surface water withdrawals and interbasin transfers

  • Ryan Patch, Agriculture Climate and Land Use Policy Manager, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
  • Sen. Christopher A. Pearson, Sponsor
1:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, May 5, 2022
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1:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, May 6, 2022
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9:30 AM

House Floor

Monday, May 9, 2022
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1:00 PM

House Floor

Tuesday, May 10, 2022
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9:00 AM

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
  • Brynn Hare, Executive Director, Cannabis Control Board
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:00 AM

House Floor

Wednesday, May 11, 2022
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10:00 AM

House Floor

Thursday, May 12, 2022
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10:00 AM

House Floor

Friday, May 13, 2022
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10:00 AM

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