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6 <br /> includes blueberries, blackberries, fruit and vegetable crops, and managed woodland. The farm <br /> has been evaluated against each of the EVAD certification requirement standards and meets or <br /> exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 3) Owners Charles (Gene) and Ruth Williams have submitted an application to enroll two (2) <br /> parcels of land totaling of 72 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District <br /> (VAD) program located in the White Cross Agricultural District. The farm includes pasture and <br /> hay crops for beef cattle, and managed woodland. The farm has been evaluated against each of <br /> the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 4) Owners and family members Doug and Heidi Brown and Helmut and Karen Poerschke have <br /> submitted an application to enroll two (2) parcel of land totaling 31.82 acres as qualifying <br /> farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program in the Cedar Grove <br /> Agricultural District. The farm operation includes horses, beef cattle, pastures, hay crops <br /> and managed woodland. The farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification <br /> requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 5) Owners Wayne Parmley and Alicia Belcher have submitted an application to enroll one (1) <br /> parcel of land totaling of 42 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District <br /> (VAD) program located in the Cedar Grove Agricultural District. The farm includes seasonal <br /> vegetables, pasture for hogs, goats, and chickens, and managed woodland. The farm has <br /> been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or <br /> exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 6) Owners Jeff Berst and Stephanie Bullins have submitted an application to enroll one (1) <br /> parcel of land totaling 52 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District <br /> (VAD) program in the Caldwell Agricultural District. The farm operation includes tobacco and <br /> hay crops, transitioning to vegetables, berries, and fruit trees; in addition to managed <br /> woodland. The farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement <br /> standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 7) Owners of the Merry Hill Farm, represented by Lynne Holtkamp (on behalf of multiple family <br /> members), have submitted an application to enroll five (5) parcels of land totaling of 115.25 <br /> acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program located in the <br /> Cane Creek/Buckhorn Agricultural District. The farm includes beef cattle, pasture, hay crops <br /> and managed woodland. The farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification <br /> requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 8) Owner Lee Miller has submitted an application to enroll two (2) parcel of land totaling 50.63 <br /> acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program in the Caldwell <br /> Agricultural District. The farm operation includes hay crops and managed woodland. The farm <br /> property has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and <br /> meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> 9) Owner Ann Bacon Hollowell has submitted an application to update ownership for one (1) <br /> parcel of land totaling 42.22 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District <br /> (VAD) program located in the Schley/Eno Agricultural District. The parcel is part of the original <br /> Bacon Family enrolled in the VAD program in 2002; therefore, these acres will not increase the <br /> overall acreage in the program. The farm includes grain and hay crops, and transitioning to <br /> pastures. The farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement <br /> standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br />