Meetings are listed by date with the most recent meeting at the top. If there is a television recording of the meeting links to that format will be available below.
I. Overview of Governor's supplemental budget recommendations
II. Informational hearing on MN Dept. of Agriculture bonding request (https://mn.gov/mmb-stat/documents/budget/capital-budget/final-capital-budget/2022/agriculture.pdf)
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I. HF 2391 (Klevorn) State aquaculture plan development funding, and money appropriated.
-Clarence Bischoff, MN Aquaculture Association
-Don Schreiner, MN Sea Grant
-Barry Thoele, Live Aqua
-Karen Clark, Ethe Women’s Environmental Institute
-Dean Dovolis, East Philips Neighborhood Institute
-Constance Carlson, UMN Extension, Rural Sustainable Development Partnerships, Forever Green Initiative
-Harold Stanislawski, AURI
-Thom Petersen, Commissioner, MN Dept. of Agriculture
II. HF 2583 (Wolgamott) Plant-based food research and development funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
-Lauren Stone, Good Food Institute
III. Informational presentation by WaterQuality3D
PUBLIC TESTIMONY: If you would like to sign up to testify, email Nancy.conley@house.mn no later than 4:30 PM, Friday, February 4. Depending on the number of people who sign up, testimony may be limited to 3 minutes/per person. Please use the same email and deadline to submit written testimony (in PDF file format please).
To provide feedback on digital accessibility of meeting information, please submit comments through the Minnesota Legislature Accessibility & Usability Comment Form. If you require an accommodation, please contact John Howe at: John.Howe@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-3208. Please do not contact him with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda. To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access.
HF2391
(Klevorn) - State aquaculture plan development funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF2583
(Wolgamott) - Plant-based food research and development funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.
MN Department of Agriculture
-Thom Petersen, Commissioner
Board of Animal Health
-Dr. Beth Thompson, Executive Director
Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI)
-Dan Skogen, Director of Government and Industry Relations
-Federico Tripodi, Chair of the Board
-Shannon Schlecht, Executive Director
To provide feedback on digital accessibility of meeting information, please submit comments through the Minnesota Legislature Accessibility & Usability Comment Form. If you require an accommodation, please contact John Howe at: John.Howe@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-3208. Please do not contact him with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda. To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access.
I. Presentation on aquaculture in Minnesota
- Clarence Bischoff, MN Aquaculture Association
- Don Schreiner, MN Sea Grant
- Tonny Vang, Happy Fish Aquaponics, LLC
- Michael Ziebell, Tru Shrimp
- Barry Thoele, Live Aqua
- Karen Clark, Ethe Women’s Environmental Institute and Dean Dovolis, East Philips Neighborhood Institute
- Glenn Ford, Praxis / InCity Farms and Chad Hebert, Urban Farm Project / Little Earth of United Tribes
- Jessica Corburn, Blue Water Farms or Ed Aneshansley, HydroTech Limited
- Constance Carlson, UMN Extension, Rural Sustainable Development Partnerships, Forever Green Initiative
- Harold Stanislawski, AURI
II. Update on Drought in Minnesota: Impact on ag/food supply and resources
- Commissioner Thom Petersen, Dept. of Agriculture
- Deputy Commissioner Andrea Vaubel, Dept. of Agriculture
- Gary Wertish, President, MN Farmers Union
- Kevin Papp, President, MN Farm Bureau
PUBLIC VIEWING: This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.
PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY: If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Please do not contact her with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda.
I. Informational hearing on House/Senate Chairs agreement on Ag/Broadband Finance (no action will be taken)
- Walkthrough by Ken Savary, House Fiscal Analysis
PUBLIC TESTIMONY: Written testimony will be accepted until 5:00 PM, June 13, 2021 and will be posted on the committee website.
PUBLIC VIEWING: This remote hearing may be viewed via the House webcast schedule page: https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp NOTE: HTV 1 and HTV 2 will provide live closed captioning. Video archives of meetings streamed on HTV 3, 4, and 5 will have closed captions added. Other reasonable accessibility accommodations may be made with advance notice.
PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY: If you have questions about the accessibility of remote hearings or require an accommodation, please contact Jenny Nash at: jenny.nash@house.mn or by leaving a message at 651-296-4122. Please do not contact her with questions about the substance of the meeting agenda.