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Economic Development Director Dianne Reid said that this creamery is a new <br />agricultural venture that started in 2001 and was recently selected as one of the top ten cow's <br />milk cheeses in the south. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to <br />recognize the Hickory Grove cheese as one of the top ten cow's milk cheeses in the South. <br />RESOLUTION HONORING CHAPEL HILL CREAMERY <br />WHEREAS, Orange County seeks to support new agricultural enterprises that enhance farming <br />in the County and provide quality food for its residents, and <br />WHEREAS, one of the first new farms of the 21st century, Chapel Hill Creamery was <br />established in 2001 with 8 Jersey cows and located just outside Carrboro city limits, and <br />WHEREAS, Chapel Hill Creamery uses high quality milk from their 16 Jersey caws to create an <br />expanding variety of specialty farmstead cheeses that are marketed at local farmers markets, to <br />restaurants, and to local grocers, and <br />WHEREAS, the Southern Foodways Alliance, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of <br />Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, is dedicated to celebrating, preserving, <br />promoting, and nurturing the diverse traditional and developing food cultures of the American <br />south, and <br />WHEREAS, the Southern Foodways Alliance recently conducted a cheese competition of <br />cheeses in the southern region, and <br />WHEREAS, the judges selected Chapel Hill Creamery's washed rind `Hickory Grove' as one of <br />the top 10 cow's milk cheeses in the southern region, noting its "buttery and toasty" flavor; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />expresses its appreciation of and recognizes Chapel Hill Creamery and its owners Portia <br />McKnight and Flo Hawley for their contributions to local agricultural production and for providing <br />a model for successful agricultural enterprises in Orange County. <br />This the 5th day of December, 2005 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />c. Influenza Vaccine Supply Resolution and Pandemic Preparations <br />The Board considered adopting an "Influenza Vaccine Supply Resolution" and to hear an <br />update on local plans for pandemic response. <br />Health Director Rosemary Summers made a PowerPoint presentation. <br />