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3 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 b. Voluntary and Enhanced Agricultural District Designation — Multiple Farms — <br /> 3 Green, Ward, Pope, Walters <br /> 4 The Board considered applications from multiple landowners/farms to certify qualifying <br /> 5 Farmland, totaling 342.21 acres, within the Cedar Grove, Cane Creek-Buckhorn, High <br /> 6 Rock/Efland, and Caldwell Voluntary Agricultural Districts, and enroll the lands in the Orange <br /> 7 County Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) and the Enhanced Voluntary Agriculture District <br /> 8 (EVAD) programs. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Gail Hughes introduced the following 4 new farms into the Voluntary and Enhanced <br /> 11 Agricultural Districts: <br /> 12 <br /> 13 • Christine & Allan Green <br /> 14 Woodcrest Farm <br /> 15 Cane Creek/Buckhorn District <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Raises livestock and produce/vegetable crops for sell at home store and local <br /> 18 farmer's markets <br /> 19 VAD =12.28 acres <br /> 20 <br /> 21 • Randall & Susan Ward <br /> 22 Caldwell District <br /> 23 <br /> 24 Raises grass/hay crop and managed woodland/forestry. <br /> 25 VAD = 156.8 acres <br /> 26 <br /> 27 • Robert Pope Jr. <br /> 28 Cedar Grove District <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Raises lambs for meat; <br /> 31 sells to restaurants and farmer's markets <br /> 32 EVAD = 75.39 acres <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Local Historic Landmark Designation <br /> 35 <br /> 36 • Elizabeth & Roland Walters <br /> 37 Walters Unlimited @Carts-Beth Farm <br /> 38 High Rock/Efland District <br /> 39 <br /> 40 First Orange Co. farm to enter into the VAD program in 1992= 398.41 acres <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Revision: 225.28 acres EVAD (3 parcels) <br /> 43 173.13 acres in VAD (1 parcels) <br /> 44 <br /> 45 Raises beef, chickens, hogs, and produce/vegetable crops; sells at farm and <br /> 46 farmer's markets <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Gail Hughes said that this is a request for approval from the Commissioners to accept <br /> 49 three farms into the program and to complete a revision of acres for one farm. She noted that <br />