Thursday, September 23, 2021 – 10:00 AM EDT

Hybrid Hearing

Washington, D.C. 

Full Committee on Agriculture

RE: “Voluntary Carbon Markets in Agriculture and Forestry”



Chairman Scott Opening Statement

WITNESS LIST

Ms. Debbie Reed, Executive Director, Ecosystem Services Market Consortium and Ecosystems
Market Research Consortium, Washington, D.C.

Mr. Leo Bastos, Senior Vice President, Head of Global Commercial Ecosystems, Bayer, St.
Louis, MO

Mr. Brian Luoma, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Westervelt Company, on behalf
of National Alliance of Forest Owners, Tuscaloosa, AL

Mr. David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra, Washington, D.C.

Ms. Callie Eideberg, Director of Government Relations, Environmental Defense Fund,
Washington, D.C.

Mr. David Milligan, President, National Association of Wheat Growers, Washington, D.C.

Ms. Jeanne Merrill, Policy Director, California Climate and Agriculture Network, Alameda,
CA