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3 <br />ATTACHMENT #3 <br />To: Orange County Farmers and Other hhterested Individuals <br />From: Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Orange County Board Co is errs <br />Dr. Fletcher Barber ' Jr. <br />1 <br />County Extension Director <br />Chair, Orange County Agricultural Summit Planning Committee <br />Date: February 5, 2004 <br />Subject: Agricultural Summit - February 23, 2004 <br />You are invited to attend the Sixth Orange County Agricultural Summit, to be held on Monday, <br />February 23, 2004 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the Schley Grange Hall at the intersection of <br />Schley Road and NC Highway 57 in northern Orange County. Registration will take place from <br />8:30 -9:00 a.m. and refreshments will be available. <br />The Summit will provide agricultural producers in Orange County another opportunity to hear <br />strategies for preserving their farms during this time of agricultural transition. This year's <br />keynote speakers will be Mr. Mac Baldwin of Baldwin Family Farms in Yanceyville, NC and <br />Mr. Joe Lindley of Lindley Mills in Snow Camp, NC. <br />Also, several speakers will discuss marketing opportunities, organic grain production, <br />agritourism and easements. <br />A sponsored lunch will be served. Please call North Carolina Cooperative Extension - Orange <br />County Center at (919) 245 -2050 to reserve your place. Seating is limited, so please respond as <br />soon as possible, and no later than 5:00 pm on Friday, February 20, 2004. <br />Sponsoring agencies include: the Orange County Board of Commissioners. and North Carolina <br />Cooperative Extension Orange County Center, Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, <br />Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce, Orange County Agricultural Preservation <br />Board, Orange County Economic Development Commission, Orange County Environment and <br />Resource Conservation Department, Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District and <br />Natural Resource Conservation Service. <br />Enclosure: Agenda& Map <br />