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im <br />Orange County Agricultural ,qumm;+ <br />306 Revere Road - <br />P. O. Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, .NC 27278 <br />To: Orange County FaVners and Other Interested Individuals <br />From: Barry Ja s, <br />Oran e oar o Co ners <br />Dr. Fl etcher Barber, Jr. <br />County Extension Director <br />Chair, Orange County Agricultural Summit Planning Committee <br />Date: January 25, 2002 <br />Subject: Agricultural Summit - February 19, 2002 <br />You are invited to attend the Fourth Orange County Agricultural Summit, to be held on Tuesday, <br />February 19, 2002 from 9:00 a.m. until 1 :15 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 />This year's Summit will provide agricultural producers in Orange County another opportunity to <br />hear strategies for preserving their farms during this time of agricultural transition. We are proud <br />and pleased to.note that N.C. Secretary of Agriculture Meg Scott Phipps will be the keynote <br />speaker on this important topic. <br />Several speakers will discuss changes that are in the works regarding the use -value system, as <br />well as. other legislative matters of interest to farmers. Later there will be three breakout sessions <br />on plasticulture specialty crops, vegetable marketing, and on how to analyze and manage <br />possible new agricultural ventures. <br />A sponsored lunch will be served and-exhibits will feature information from different commodity <br />and grower associations as well as agricultural resource agencies. Please call North Carolina <br />Cooperative Extension - Orange County Center at (919) 245 -2050 . to reserve your place. Seating <br />is limited, so please respond as soon as possible, and no later than 5:00 pm on Tuesday, February <br />12, 2002. <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 />