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3 <br />against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the <br />measures above. <br />3) Owners of Compton Farm, Vaughn and Marcia Compton, have submitted an application to <br />enroll three (3) parcels of land totaling 166.28 acres, located in the Cedar Grove Community on <br />Hurdle Mills Road and Caviness Jordan Road, as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br />Agricultural District (VAD) program (Cedar Grove Agricultural District). The farm operation is <br />comprised of a poultry operation, tobacco, grain, hay crops, and managed forestry /woodland. <br />The Vaughn and Marcia Compton Farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD <br />certification requirement standards and meets or exceed all of the measures above. <br />4) Owner of Cedar Grove Farm, Inc., Kathy Caruthers Shambley, has submitted an application <br />to enroll one (1) ) parcel of land totaling 74.34 acres located in the Cedar Grove Community on <br />Eland -Cedar Grove Road, as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) <br />program (Cedar Grove Agricultural District). The farm operation is comprised of a dairy <br />operation, pasture land, corn, grain, hay crops, and managed forestry/woodland. The Kathy <br />Caruthers Shambley farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement <br />standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br />5) Owners of the Walter Durham and Linda Durham farm have submitted an application to <br />enroll six (6) parcels of land totaling 298.31 acres located in the White Cross community as <br />qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program (White Cross <br />Agricultural District). The farm operation is comprised of managed forestry /woodland. The <br />Walter and Linda Durham Farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification <br />requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br />6) The owner of the Mary Sue Johnson farm has submitted an application to one (1) parcel of <br />land totaling 70.83 acres located in the Schley community on Schley Road, as qualifying <br />farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program (Schley /Eno Agricultural District). <br />The farm operation is comprised of a hay crops, pasture, and managed forestry /woodland. The <br />Mary Sue Johnson farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement <br />standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br />7) REVISION: Owners of the Thompson Prawn Farm, Joe and Geraldine Thompson, have <br />submitted an application to revise the approved VAD application to the EVAD (Enhanced <br />Voluntary Agricultural District). The revision will include two (2) parcels of land totaling 57.28 <br />acres, located in the Cedar Grove community on Allie Mae Road, as qualifying farmland for the <br />Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District (EAD) program (Cedar Grove Agricultural District). The <br />farm is very diverse with a primary focus on a prawn operation and local market produce for <br />farm and farmers market sales. The Thompson Prawn Farm owned by Joe and Geraldine <br />Thompson Farm has been evaluated against each of the EVAD certification requirement <br />standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br />To be formally designated as part of a voluntary agricultural district, the Board of <br />Commissioners must approve that the farms meet the certification requirements as per the <br />Agriculture Preservation Board's findings. <br />