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Craig Benedict said that he agrees that farms operate differently today and that there are a lot of <br />new things coming down the line and the County needs to adapt. <br />Commissioner Brown said that there is also an increase of people using rural property far bike <br />racing, etc. She asked haw to protect neighboring properties. <br />Craig Benedict said that this will be another discussion. It is related to the use and enjoyment of <br />someone's property. This is an indication of changing times. <br />Commissioner Brown asked if this interacts with the noise ordinance and Craig Benedict said <br />that they work with the Sheriff's office. However, the noise ordinance relates to continuous <br />noise and a retying motorcycle does not qualify. He will give an update on this at a later time. <br />Chair Jacobs said that Craig Benedict will try and get audio and video tapes from the focus <br />group meetings as well as census tract data. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that there are a lot of really nice horse farms in central and <br />northern Orange County. The average house size in northern Orange County is also <br />increasing. <br />Craig Benedict said that the last part of the comprehensive plan will be the timeframe that they <br />are seeking with outreach and compilation of information. <br />The Board agreed to having a work session in place of the QPH on February 23rd <br />3. Breastfeeding Education and Support ProgramlExpanded Food & Nutrition Education <br />Program <br />Cooperative Extension Director Fletcher Barber introduced Mary Rose Tully, Director of <br />Lactation Services at UNC Hospital; and Alice Pettit, Family and Consumer Educator and <br />immediate supervisor far this program. He thanked the Board an behalf of the participants of <br />this program and for allowing it to continue for two months. They would like to extend the <br />program for four more months. They have made progress in receiving additional funds. <br />Mary Rose Tully said that she started out working at Wake Med and was one of the founders of <br />this program there. She said that it is important for babies to breastfeed for at least six months. <br />Many women start and then feel frustrated at home and the poorer women do not have access <br />to help. This is why they developed the in-home visit program. The women who do the home <br />visits are all women who have been law-income eligible themselves and have breastfed their <br />own children. These women are well-trained and they do not want to lose them. She said that <br />at UNC Hospital, they have seen a decrease in the number of readmissions of babies with <br />hyper-bilirubinemia and with poor weight gain because when babies are having problems, the <br />mothers call the breastfeeding support person and she goes to the home and helps the mother. <br />There are also lactation consultants at the hospital. She gave some statistics of program <br />participants. Program participants tend to breastfeed longer and more exclusively than non- <br />participants. At six months, 48°l0 of the participants in the state are still breastfeeding. Only <br />12°~ of non-program participants who are on WIC and law-income eligible are still breastfeeding <br />after six months. She said that UNC Hospitals felt that this program was important enough to <br />give in-kind support to this program. The Nutrition Network requires that there be a local match <br />of 100°~, and most of the match is provided by UNC Hospitals. <br />