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Thanks to the North Carolina General For More Information En hanced Assembly, North Carolina counties and The exact provisions of each VAD and municipalities now have both a basic VAD EVAD ordinance may vary from one county Farmland Protection program and an enhanced VAD program to or municipalityto the next. North Carolina help protect our farming heritage and our State University and North Carolina �Qr rural economy. Cooperative Extension maintain a website with links to existing VAD and EVAD No rth Caro i i n a Pub{ic Senefits of Agriculturai Districts � ordinances in each participating county and 1n addition to providing direct benefits municipality in North Carolina, as well as to landowners, Voluntary Agricultural model ordinances and other related Lan d own e rs Districts offer the following advantages for information: th2 genet'dl pUbIIC: www.cals.ncsu.edu/wq/Ipn/modelordinances,htm Why is farmland protectivn . providing a voluntaryway to support For more information or to appty to importarlt to North CaI'o{ina? the conservation of rural enroll your land in an agricultural district, • Agriculture and related businesses in communities; please contact your Iocal 5oil and Water North Carolina are worth more than . conserving rural lands without Conservation District office or your local $68 billion annually, making it North adding significant expenses to local Cooperative Extension office. Carolina's #1 industry. government or impacting the tax • In recent years, North Carolina has led base; �� ,��;� the nation in the loss of farms. This . supporting eath community's ruraf �� h�� ...�� trend threatens to impact our heritage and economy, and agricultural heritage in many different providing local jobs and tax income; ways, from the loss of farm-related . maintaining scenic views and ��" income to reduced availability of fresh tourism-based economic activity; �}-- food, wildlife habitat, and much more. . providing fresh food, flowers, and p other local farm products for The Southwestern NCResource S Voluntary Agricufturaf Districts residents and visitors; Conservation and Deve%pment Counciland 3 the Bethel Ru�a/Community Organization � Voluntary agricultura) districts (VADs) • supporting clean air and water; � recognize the importance of agriculture to • providing wildlife habitat; recognize and thank the North Caro/ina „� the economic and social wellbeing of North • maintaining lower levels of traffic Agricultura/Deve%pmentand Farm/and I ` Carolina by encouraging the voluntary and noise; and Preservation TrustFund forproviding t"" preservation and protection of farmland • minimizing the infrastructure funding to deve%p this brochure. from non-farm development. burden on county and local government. w