House Agriculture - 2026-02-12 - 9:35AM

House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, & Forestry · February 13, 2026

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Meeting opened with procedural greetings and the chair welcomed the presenter and attendees.

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Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets senior staff briefed the House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, & Forestry on how Act 250 (criterion 9(b)) defines and protects primary agricultural soils, how mitigation multipliers work, and how on‑site vs. offset mitigation to the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board (VHCB) is applied. The presentation closed with questions about mapping, the tension between housing and prime soils, and Section 248 rules for solar reclamation.

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