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6 <br /> 1 operation includes vegetables, herbs, fruit crops and managed woodland. The Hughes <br /> 2 /Sakiewicz Farm have been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement <br /> 3 standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 4) Owners of Spring Crest Farm, Kim and Chad Woods, have submitted an application to <br /> 6 update ownership of existing acres in the VAD program and enroll two (2) parcels of land <br /> 7 totaling of 15.06 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) <br /> 8 program located in the Caldwell Agricultural District. The farm includes pasture, hay crops and <br /> 9 managed woodland. The additional acres are adjacent to the existing VAD farm, and will <br /> 10 increase the total farm acres to 98.62 acres. The farm has been evaluated against each of the <br /> 11 VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 5) Owners of the Parker Farm, Carlton, Barbara, Shane, Carley, and Sarah Parker, have <br /> 14 submitted an application to enroll five (5) parcel of land totaling 298.24 acres as qualifying <br /> 15 farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program in the Caldwell Agricultural <br /> 16 District. The farm operation includes a beef cattle operation, pastures, hay crops and managed <br /> 17 woodland. The Parker Farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification <br /> 18 requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 6) Owners Susan Gray and Tommy Warren have submitted an application to enroll one (1) <br /> 21 parcel of land totaling 53.01 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District <br /> 22 (VAD) program in the Caldwell Agricultural District. The farm operation includes a beef cattle <br /> 23 operation, pastures, hay crops and managed woodland. The Gray/Warren farm has been <br /> 24 evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all <br /> 25 of the measures above. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 7) Owners of the Milton A. Latta & Sons Dairy Farm Inc., William and Tate Latta, have submitted <br /> 28 an application to enroll five (5) parcels of land totaling 622.30 acres as qualifying farmland — <br /> 29 363.59 acres for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program and 258.71 acres for the <br /> 30 Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District program (EVAD) in the Schley/Eno Agricultural District. <br /> 31 The farm operation includes a dairy cattle operation, pastures, hay, grain, corn crops and <br /> 32 managed woodland. The Latta Farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD and EVAD <br /> 33 certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 8) The owner of the Irvin Farm Nature Preserve, the Triangle Land Conservancy, has submitted <br /> 36 an application to enroll three (3) parcels of land totaling 261.27 acres as qualifying farmland for <br /> 37 the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District (EVAD) program in the White Cross Agricultural <br /> 38 District. The farm operation includes traditional and Asian fruits and vegetables, wildlife habitat <br /> 39 and managed woodland. The Irvin Farm has been evaluated against each of the EVAD <br /> 40 certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 9) Owners of the Atwater Farm, Donald and Warren Atwater, have submitted an application to <br /> 43 enroll four (4) parcels of land totaling 116.25 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br /> 44 Agricultural District (VAD) program in the White Cross Agricultural District. The farm operation <br /> 45 includes a hay crops and managed woodland. The Atwater farm has been evaluated against <br /> 46 each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures <br /> 47 above. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 10) Owners of the Durham Farm, Gerry and Milton Durham, have submitted an application to <br /> 50 enroll five (5) parcels of land totaling 197.56 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br /> 51 Agricultural District (VAD) program in the White Cross Agricultural District. The farm operation <br />