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9 <br /> Beth Myers <br /> Cedar Grove Agricultural District <br /> Farm includes seasonal vegetables; tomatoes, peppers, onions, cabbages, etc. <br /> EVAD = 12.15 acres <br /> (1 parcel) <br /> Andrew B. Lloyd and Andy Lloyd <br /> Lloyd Dairy Farm <br /> High Rock/Efland Agricultural District <br /> Farm includes soybeans, small grain and hay crops, and managed forestry/woodland. <br /> VAD= 271.49 acres <br /> (4 parcels) <br /> Dennis and Linda Brooks <br /> Rocking B Farm <br /> New Hope Agricultural District <br /> Farm includes beef cattle, horses, pastures, and hay crops. <br /> EVAD =113.84 acres * <br /> (2 parcels) <br /> *Since 2012- Farm is in permanent Conservation Easement with Orange Co. and the State of <br /> NC, protecting Hillsborough water supply by excluding livestock and adding riparian buffers to <br /> all the streams on the farm. <br /> Orange County <br /> Voluntary and Enhanced Voluntary <br /> Agricultural Program <br /> • Requesting approval from Commissioners to accept five (5) farms into the program. <br /> • 421* acres in the Voluntary Agricultural District program <br /> • 126* acres in the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District program <br /> • If approved, total of acres increase in both programs= 547 acres* <br /> • * = rounded acres <br /> Overview Map <br /> December 2016 <br /> VAD = 9320 acres <br /> EVAD = 2144 acres <br /> Total Acres = 11,464* <br /> = rounded acres <br /> Commissioner Rich thanked Gail Hughes for hosting the first VAD breakfast last week. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner McKee for the <br /> Board to certify the five (5) farm properties noted above totaling 421 acres (VAD) and 126 <br /> acres (EVAD) (rounded acreage) as denoted in the attached documentation as qualifying <br /> farmland; designate them as a Voluntary or Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District farm <br /> within the Schley/Eno, Cedar Grove, New Hope, and High Rock/Efland Voluntary Agricultural <br /> Districts; and enroll the lands in the Orange County Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) and <br />