Michigan Legislative Activity Ledger

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Agriculture and Natural Resources

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The source classifies this meeting as held. Proceeding quorum is quorum confirmed; that is not an individual attendance finding.

Meeting date
2023-03-08
Scheduled start
2023-03-08 12:00:00.000000
Documented start
2023-03-08 13:16:00.000000
Documented end
2023-03-08 13:59:00.000000
Location
the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Official minutes
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Actual end
2023-03-08 13:59:00.000000
Actual start
2023-03-08 13:16:00.000000
Chamber
senate
Committee id
committee-342
Committee name
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Evidence text
**DRAFT** COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES March 8, 2023 A meeting of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Natural Resources was scheduled for Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at 12:00 noon, in the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:16 p.m. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Cherry, Sen.(s) Shink and Bumstead. A quorum was present. Member Senator Theis then joined the meeting. Senator Singh was excused. The subcommittee then moved to approve the minutes of their meeting of 2/15/23. The subcommittee welcomed Rich Bowman, Director of Policy, Michigan Nature Conservancy, who testified on the mission of his organization and its work in Michigan. In particular, he spoke of its efforts to encourage the practice of regenerative agriculture in the state. He was joined by colleague Ben Wickerham. The subcommittee then welcomed Kathy Angerer, Acting Director, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), who testified on the importance of regenerative agriculture practices, its core principles, its role in agriculture sustainability, impact on carbon emissions, protecting water from agrichemical runoff, and mitigating and adapting to climate change. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:59 p.m. Page 1 of 1
Location
the 1300 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
Media count
0
Meeting date
2023-03-08
Meeting id
meeting-5035
Meeting state
held
Minutes url
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Quorum state
quorum confirmed
Scheduled start
2023-03-08 12:00:00.000000
Session name
2023-2024

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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Agriculture and Natural Resources,” /meetings/meeting-5035.

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