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In North Carolina the number of farms and <br />farmland has been steadily declining. 5,500 <br />farms and 300,000 acres of farmland have been <br />lost since 2003. Since 1990 North Carolina <br />T' has lost 900,000 acres of farmland and 14,000 <br />farms. <br />With each loss of an acre, North Carolina loses <br />products that once contributed to our economy. <br />North Carolina needs a flexible farmland <br />conservation program to meet today's <br />challenges. The NC Agricultural Development <br />& Farmland Preservation Trust Fund will <br />$ help secure these farms with grants for <br />programs that promote sustainable agriculture, <br />agricultural agreements, and conservation <br />easements; giving farm businesses the <br />resources needed to reinvest in their operations. <br />The flexibility of these funds allows counties <br />and nonprofits to tailor unique programs to <br />their area of the state. Each year new ideas and <br />new problems will face agriculture. The NC <br />ADFP Trust Fund will be on the forefront of <br />agriculture during these times of transition. <br />;f <br />North Carolina Agricultural <br />Development & Farmland <br />Preservation Trust Fund <br />1001 Mail Service Center <br />Raleigh, NC 27699 -1001 <br />Phone: (919) 733 -7125 <br />Online: http: / /www.ncagr.com <br />E -mail: ncadfp @ncmail.net <br />.0• <br />2,000 copies of this document were printed at a cost of <br />* Source data provided by USDA. = $134.10 or $.06 per copy. <br />,r- %9ricuirurai <br />Deyelopment & <br />FcaLmland <br />PpLeseevation <br />-Crust Fund <br />"Preserving North Carolinas working family farms" <br />North Carolina Department of Agriculture <br />_k & Consumer Services <br />Steve Troxler, Commissioner <br />