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7 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 The Agricultural Preservation Board reviewed the findings of the staff assessments for the <br /> 3 applications for the Orange County Voluntary Agricultural District program at the September <br /> 4 and November 2016 meetings. All farm applications were reviewed and verified to have met or <br /> 5 exceeded the minimum criteria for certification into the program. The Agricultural Preservation <br /> 6 Board voted unanimously to recommend approval of the certification for the five (5) farms, <br /> 7 including 547 acres (rounded) of farmland, and their inclusion in the Voluntary and/or Enhanced <br /> 8 Voluntary Agricultural District program. The certification documentation is on file in the <br /> 9 DEAPR/Soil and Water Conservation District office. The farms are described briefly below: <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Brief Farm Descriptions: <br /> 12 1) Owners Paul and Patricia Bonham have submitted an application to enroll two (2) <br /> 13 parcels of land totaling 116.85 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural <br /> 14 District program (VAD) in the Schley/Eno Agricultural District. The farm operation <br /> 15 includes hay crops, pasture, wildlife habitat, and managed woodland. The Bonham <br /> 16 property has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement <br /> 17 standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 2) Owners Michael Milligan and Alicia Carter have submitted an application to enroll two <br /> 20 (2) parcels of land totaling 31.87 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br /> 21 Agricultural District program (VAD) in the New Hope Agricultural District. The farm <br /> 22 operation includes managed woodland, Christmas trees, pumpkins, and chickens. The <br /> 23 Mulligan/Carter property has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification <br /> 24 requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 3) Owner Beth Myers has submitted an application to enroll one (1) parcel of land totaling <br /> 27 of <br /> 28 12.15 acres as qualifying farmland for the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District <br /> 29 (EVAD) program located in the Cedar Grove Agricultural District. The farm includes <br /> 30 seasonal vegetables; such as tomatoes, peppers, onions, etc.; and also managed <br /> 31 woodland. The farm has been evaluated against each of the EVAD certification <br /> 32 requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 4) Owners Andrew B. Lloyd and Andy Lloyd have submitted an application to enroll four (4) <br /> 35 parcels of land totaling 271.49 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural <br /> 36 District (VAD) program in the High Rock/Efland Agricultural District. The farm operation <br /> 37 includes soybeans, small grains, and hay crops. The farm also includes managed <br /> 38 woodland. The Lloyd Farm property has been evaluated against each of the VAD <br /> 39 certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 5) Owners Dennis and Linda Brooks have submitted an application to enroll two (2) <br /> 42 parcels of land totaling 113.84 acres as qualifying farmland for the Enhanced Voluntary <br /> 43 Agricultural District (EVAD) program in the New Hope Agricultural District. The farm <br /> 44 operation includes beef cattle, horses, pastures, and hay crops. The farm also includes <br /> 45 managed woodland. The Brooks Farm has a Conservation Easement with Orange <br /> 46 County on the farm, and installed riparian buffers along the streams through their <br /> 47 property to protect Hillsborough's water supply. The Brooks Farm has been evaluated <br /> 48 against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of <br /> 49 the measures above. <br /> 50 <br />