House Interim Committee On Agriculture and Land Use

• • Please Note: The Capitol Building is currently closed to the public and meetings are taking place remotely.
    Go to https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019I1/Committees/HAGLU/Overview to access a live stream of this
    meeting. Locate the meeting date and click on the camera icon at the designated time. A viewing station will
    also be available outside on the front steps of the Capitol Building.

• Informational Meeting
  • Invited testimony only
    
    
  • Impacts of COVID-19 on Agriculture Markets
    Barb Iverson, President, Oregon Farm Bureau Federation
    Jeff Stone, Executive Director/CEO, Oregon Association of Nurseries
    Shari Sirkin, Executive Director, Friends of Family Farmers
    Craig Smith, Government Affairs Director, Food Northwest
    
    
  • Temporary Rules Addressing Labor-Intensive Agricultural Operations in Response to COVID-19
    Michael Wood, Administrator, Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Consumer
    and Business Services
    Alexis Taylor, Director, Oregon Department of Agriculture
    Linda Roman, Deputy Legislative Director, Office of Governor Kate Brown
    Amira Streeter, Natural Resources Policy Advisor, Office of Governor Kate Brown
    
    
  • Access to Meat Processing Facilities and the Effect of COVID-19
    Alexis Taylor, Director, Oregon Department of Agriculture
    Lauren Henderson, Assistant Director, Oregon Department of Agriculture
    
    
  • Effect of COVID-19 on the Farm to School Program
    Rick Sherman, Farm to School Program Analyst, Oregon Department of Education
    Jessica Ventura, Legislative Director, Oregon Department of Education
    Alexis Taylor, Director, Oregon Department of Agriculture
    Amy Gilroy, Farm to School Program Manager, Oregon Department of Agriculture
    Dan Thall, Owner, Hood River Organics
    Lisa Vincent, Nutrition Services Operations Supervisor, Beaverton School District
    
    
  • Community Food Initiative Using Container Hydroponics
    Brent Neilson, Co-Founder, Emerald Flash
    Ron Hays, Co-Founder, Emerald Flash
    
    

• • Note change: presenters have been updated.