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7 <br /> 1 District (VAD) program located in the White Cross Agricultural District. The farm includes <br /> 2 seasonal vegetables, cut flowers, fruit, and herbs. The farm has been evaluated against each of <br /> 3 the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 David and Leslie Brooks <br /> 6 Crooked Creek Farm <br /> 7 Caldwell Agricultural District <br /> 8 Farm includes horses, pastures, hay crops, and managed woodland. <br /> 9 VAD= 84 acres <br /> 10 Owners of the Brooks Farm, David and Leslie Brooks, have submitted an application to enroll <br /> 11 two (2) parcels of land totaling 84 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural <br /> 12 District (VAD) program in the Caldwell Agricultural District. The farm operation includes horses, <br /> 13 pastures, hay crops and managed woodland. The Brooks Farm property has been evaluated <br /> 14 against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the <br /> 15 measures above. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Joe and Katherine Ward <br /> 18 Schley/Eno Agricultural District <br /> 19 Farm includes livestock, pastures, and hay crops. <br /> 20 Owners Lacy Joe and Katherine Ward have submitted an application to enroll three (3) <br /> 21 parcels of land totaling 34.7 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District <br /> 22 (VAD) program in the Schley/Eno Agricultural District. The farm operation includes beef cattle, <br /> 23 pastures, and hay crops. The Ward Farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD <br /> 24 certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 25 VAD =34.7 acres <br /> 26 <br /> 27 Patsy Finley <br /> 28 Stephen and Suzanna Finley <br /> 29 Cedar Grove Agricultural District <br /> 30 Fa Owners Patsy Finley and Stephen and Suanne Finley have submitted an application to <br /> 31 enroll <br /> 32 five (5) parcels of land totaling 88.73 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br /> 33 Agricultural District (VAD) program in the Cedar Grove Agricultural District. The farm <br /> 34 operation includes horses, pastures, hay crops and managed woodland. The Finley Farm <br /> 35 has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets <br /> 36 or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 37 Farm includes horses, pasture, hay crops, wildlife habitat and managed woodland <br /> 38 VAD =88.73 acres <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Orange County Voluntary and Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural Program <br /> 41 • Requesting approval from Commissioners to accept six (6) farms into the program. <br /> 42 • 378* acres in the VAD <br /> 43 • 159* acres in the EVAD. <br /> 44 • If approved, total of acres increase in both programs: 537* acres <br /> 45 • * = rounded acres <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Overview Map <br /> 48 June 2016 <br /> 49 VAD = 8914 acres <br /> 50 EVAD = 2018 acres <br />