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12 <br /> <br />• VAD – 41.0 acres – Cedar Grove Agricultural District - 1 parcel of land <br />• Tobacco, grain, hay crops and managed woodland <br />• Property farmed by Compton Farms <br /> <br />Frank and Susan Hollowell --Garrett II Limited Partnership <br />• VAD – 170.91 acres – Caldwell Agricultural District – 3 parcels of land <br />• Beef cattle, pastures, hay crops, and managed woodland <br /> <br />Debra W. Thornton and Pamella W. Patterson <br />• EVAD- 55.6 acres – White Cross Agricultural District -1 parcel of land <br />• Managed woodland with a Forestry Management plan <br />• Property borders Morgan Creek, and other Conservation Easement parcels <br /> <br />Phillip Walker <br />• VAD- 72.1 acres – Caldwell Agricultural District – 2 parcels of land <br />• Grain, sorghum, pasture and hay crops, beef cattle, and managed woodland. <br /> <br />Vernon Davis <br />(includes Davis Properties of Chapel Hill, LLC) <br />• VAD- 158.56 acres – White Cross Agricultural District – 7 parcels of land <br />• Beef cattle, pasture, hay crops, and managed woodland <br />• Farm is same family ownership for 100 + years) <br /> <br />Felicity Farms: Michael and Patricia Criscito <br />• EVAD/VAD - 259.71 acres – Caldwell Agriculture District –4 parcels of land <br />• EVAD = 245.71 acres ; VAD = 14.0 acres <br />• Livestock, pasture, hay crops, vegetables, and managed woodland <br /> <br />Orange County Voluntary and Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural Program <br />The Agricultural Preservation Board has approved the farm as presented. <br /> <br />Requesting approval from Commissioners to accept eight (8) farms into the VAD/EVAD <br />program. <br /> 591 acres* in the Voluntary Agricultural District <br /> 302 acres* in the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District <br /> <br /> Total of acres in both programs= 893 acres* <br /> * = rounded acres <br /> <br />Overall Map Acres in Programs <br />June 2018 <br />VAD = 10,777 acres <br />EVAD = 2,566 acres <br /> <br />Total Acres* = 13,343 <br /> <br />*rounded acres <br /> <br />Commissioner Jacobs said the map is indicative of one of the goals of having the VAD: <br />to accumulate clusters of farms in parts of the County that will be mutually supportive of each