HARRISBURG – The Senate and House Agriculture and Rural Affairs committees will hold a joint committee hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 10, beginning at 9 a.m., in the Monongahela Room at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex (2300 N Cameron St, Harrisburg).
Senate committee leaders, Majority Chair Sen. Elder Vogel, Jr. (R-47) and Democratic Chair Sen. Judy Schwank (D-11), and House committee leaders, Majority Chair Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski (D-121) and Republican Chair Rep. Dan Moul (R-91), will be hearing testimony on the impacts of the PA Farm Bill on farmers and the overall state agriculture industry over the last five years.
Testifiers for this hearing include:
- Russell C. Redding, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
- Matt Gabler, Executive Director, PA Forest Products Association
- Heidi Witmer, Executive Director, LEAF (Leadership Education And Farming) Project
- John Kline, Klinedell Farms
- Lisa Freeman, Freeman Family Farms
- John Bixler, Hilltop Urban Farm
- Beau Ramsberg, Rettland Farms
- Dominique Bernardo, Variety Philadelphia
- Denele Hughson, Grow Pittsburgh
**This list may be subject to change.**
Watch live at SenatorElderVogel.com, Agriculture.pasenategop.com, or Facebook.com/Senator.Elder.Vogel.
CONTACT: Abby Chiumento (Sen. Vogel) 717-787-3076