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BOARD OF ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (BOCC) <br />GOALS — 2015 UPDATE <br />FOR DISCUSSIONS PURPOSES <br />31 <br />GOALS/PRIORITIES <br />ONGOING EFFORTS <br />SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS <br />is allocated. <br />residents that participate in the Aging Services <br />included in the Project EngAGE leadership <br />programs. <br />training. <br />Solid Waste Management <br />Solid Waste Mana_eg ment <br />• Implementing a public process to evaluate <br />• Annual newsletter in 2013 described in <br />alternative recycling and convenience center <br />detail on front page the solid waste 3 -R <br />funding mechanisms. <br />Fees that support the County recycling <br />program work. <br />Goal Three: Implement planning and <br />North Carolina State Cooperative Extension <br />North Carolina State Cooperative Extension <br />• Maintain Orange County ranking in the state as <br />• Breeze Farm Enterprise Incubator Program <br />economic development policies which <br />create a balanced, dynamic local <br />42 for food grown and sold directly to <br />and Sustainable Agriculture direct, retail <br />economy, and which promote diversity, <br />consumers, only behind Henderson County. <br />food sales by Orange County farmers <br />sustainable growth and enhanced revenue <br />• Since a majority of Henderson County's sales <br />jumped from $26,000 in 1997 to $1.44 <br />while embracing community values. <br />are related to apple production, Orange County <br />million in 2012, (5.4% increase over <br />ranks number one in the state in sales to <br />fifteen years). <br />consumers of diversified produce, poultry, and <br />• Average retail food sales per farm rose <br />livestock products. <br />from $1,300 in 1997 to $11,850 in <br />• Profitable and Sustainable Agriculture Program <br />2012. Farms growing vegetables roses <br />in Cooperative Extension has provided the <br />from 11 in 1997 to 77 in 2012, increasing <br />farming community with a number of farming <br />vegetable production acreage from 26 acres <br />alternatives that have been successful in <br />to 146 acres. <br />maintaining this $30 million industry. <br />• Extension provided over approximately <br />3,500 consultations, calls and emails per <br />year for the agriculture community with <br />information on livestock, agricultural <br />production techniques, pest identification <br />or safe pesticide. <br />• The Annual Agricultural Summit is a part <br />of this program that sets the stage to <br />introduce to new and innovative ideas. <br />Human Resources <br />Human Resources <br />