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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 19, 1999 Subject: Proposed Plan for Orange County Agricultural Summit Department: County Commissioners Cooperative Extension Service Attachment(s): None 1 Action Agenda Item #-_q,- C Public Hearing: Yes _X_ No Budget Amendment Required: Yes X No Information Contact: Commissioner Barry Jacobs, 732 -4941 Fletcher Barber, Jr., CED, 732 -8181, ext. 2051 Telephone Numbers: Hillsborough 732 -8181 Durham 688 -7331 Mebane (336) 227 -2031 Chapel Hill 967 -9251 Purpose: Status on planning for Orange County Agricultural Summit Background: Under the directions of the Orange County Cooperative Extension Director a preliminary meeting was held with interested parties to discuss the Orange County Agricultural Summit. Tentative agenda would consist of an Agriculture Panel made up of individuals, both from within as well as outside the county, who have been involved in alternative agricultural practices. Commodity groups will also be invited to set up displays and be available to answer questions as they related to various agricultural enterprises. The Orange County Agricultural Summit is tentatively scheduled to be held during the last of February or no later than mid -March 1999. The summit will be held during the day with a tentative time of between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a lunch. The location could possibly be in one of the community buildings located in the northern part of the county. The location would hopefully be convenient to the local farmers that are being targeted as our primary audience The following organizations, agencies, and groups that have been contacted to tentatively serve on the planning committee are: Hillsborough and Chapel Hill- Canboro Chambers of Commerce, Economic Development Commission, Soil and Water Conservation Service, Farm Service Agency, Agricultural Districts Advisory Board, representatives from the Chapel Hill n') /1 0 IC]-7