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l`f <br />Sergi, provided the tour. A summary of the visit is provided in Appendix 6 and a <br />slide presentation is provided in Appendix 7. <br />3. Tour and Meeting at 5pence's Community Educational Farm, Inc. <br />Spence Dickinson offered his farm as a meeting destination and provided an <br />informal tour of Spence's Community Educational Farm. Members had an <br />opportunity to view a possible model for teaching youth about agriculture and food <br />production. Dinner was graciously provided to Work Group members in the <br />restored historic farmhouse. <br />D. Outreach <br />1. Ag Center Work Group Survey <br />A survey was developed to fulfill Guiding Principle #3 of the BOCC charge to the 2005 <br />Ag Center Work Grotap that directed the work group to use "broad public outreach <br />efforts to engage all citizens interested in this topic and ensure that all interests and <br />stakeholders have the opportunity to be heard "(Appendix 8). <br />There were 58 respondents to the survey, with good diversity based on self identified <br />categories of crop, livestock, crop-livestock, gardener, & consumer (Figure 2). <br />Respondents self-identified category <br />(n=56) <br />All <br />Gardener Crop <br />Consumer si <br />~:? Livestock <br />Crop- <br />Livestock <br />Number of respondents who own land (acres) <br />(n=51) <br />Figure 2. Type, age, and land tenure of survey respondents <br />Agricultural Center Work Group Report Page 12 <br />