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8 <br /> 1 • VAD — 72 acres —White Cross Agricultural District - 2 parcels of land <br /> 2 • Pastures, hay crops for beef cattle, managed woodland <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Doug and Heidi Brown <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Helmut and Karen Poerschke (parents to Heidi) <br /> 7 • VAD — 31.82 acres —Cedar Grove Agricultural District— 2 parcels of land <br /> 8 • Horses, beef cattle, chickens, pastures, hay crops, managed woodland <br /> 9 Wayne Parmley and Alicia Belcher <br /> 10 • VAD- 42 acres — Cedar Grove Agricultural District <br /> 11 • Vegetables, pasture for hogs, goats, and chickens, managed woodland <br /> 12 <br /> 13 Jeff Berst and Stephanie Bullins <br /> 14 • VAD- 52 acres — Caldwell Agricultural District <br /> 15 • Tobacco and hay crops, transitioning to vegetables , berries, and fruit trees; managed <br /> 16 woodland. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Merry Hill Farm- Lynne Holtkamp <br /> 19 (Ms. Holtkamp also represents multiple family members) <br /> 20 • VAD- 115.25 acres —Cane Creek/Buckhorn Agricultural District— <br /> 21 • 5 parcels of land owned by Holtkamp and other family members <br /> 22 • Beef cattle, pasture, hay crops, and managed woodland <br /> 23 • Farm is in the NCDA&CS Century Farm Program (same family ownership for 100 + <br /> 24 years) <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Lee Miller <br /> 27 • VAD - 50.63 acres— Caldwell Agriculture District—2 parcels <br /> 28 • Hay crops; managed woodland <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Ann Bacon Hollowell (ownership update) <br /> 31 • VAD —42.22 acres —Schley/Eno Agricultural District <br /> 32 • Portion of original acres with Bacon Family Partnership from 2002 <br /> 33 • Grain and hay crops, transitioning to pastures for horses <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Michael and Sherry Miller Scully (ownership update) <br /> 36 • VAD —44.2 acres — Caldwell Agricultural District <br /> 37 • Portion of original acres in Lee Miller farm from 2002 <br /> 38 • Beef cattle, pastures, hay crops, and managed woodland <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Requesting approval from Commissioners to accept ten (10)farms into the program. <br /> 41 470 acres* in the Voluntary Agricultural District <br /> 42 91 acres* in the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Total of acres in both programs= 561 acres* <br /> 45 * = rounded acres <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Commissioner McKee said Gail Hughes has brought in a significant amount of acreage <br /> 48 since 2012. <br /> 49 Chair Dorosin asked if this program is promoted in any particular way. <br /> 50 Gail Hughes said the program is promoted primarily through one on one visits to the <br /> 51 farms, and seeks to help farmers with many aspects of their land. <br />