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12 <br /> <br />service to the people of Orange County, and authorize the Chair to sign the resolution on behalf <br />of the Board. <br /> <br />d. Voluntary Agricultural District Designation – Multiple Farms <br />The Board considered applications from eight (8) landowners/farms to certify qualifying <br />farmland within the Caldwell, Cedar Grove, Schley/Eno, and Cane Creek/Buckhorn Voluntary <br />Agricultural Districts; and vote to enroll the lands in the Orange County Farmland Preservation <br />Voluntary Agricultural District program. <br />Gail Hughes, Soil Conservationist, presented this item and reviewed brief farm <br />descriptions on the farms: <br /> <br />Brief Farm Descriptions: <br />1) Owners Bryant and Nancy Walker have submitted an application to enroll two (2) parcels of <br />land totaling 72.25 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District program <br />(VAD) in the Caldwell Agricultural District. The farm operation includes livestock, pasture, hay <br />crops, and managed woodland. The farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD <br />certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> <br />2) Owner Charles Blalock has submitted an application to enroll one (1) of parcel of land totaling <br />89.81 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program in the <br />Caldwell Agricultural District. The farm operation includes livestock, pasture, hay crops, and <br />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 /> <br />3) Owners Walter and Tammy Havener have submitted an application to enroll one (1) parcel of <br />land totaling of 30.0 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) <br />program located in the Caldwell Agricultural District. The farm includes hay crops and 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 /> <br />4) Owners of Latta’s Egg Ranch, Paul, Mark, and Frank Latta, have submitted an application to <br />enroll nine (9) parcels of land totaling 569.53 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br />Agricultural District (VAD) program in the Schley/Eno Agricultural District. The farm operation <br />includes poultry, beef cattle, pasture, hay crops, and managed woodland. The farm has been <br />evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all <br />of the measures above. <br /> <br />5) Owners David and Gaye Walker have submitted an application to enroll one (1) parcel of land <br />totaling of 126.19 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) <br />program located in the Schley/Eno Agricultural District. The farm includes vegetable crops, <br />livestock, pasture, hay crops and managed woodland. The farm has been evaluated against <br />each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures <br />above. <br /> <br />6) Owners Randall Williams and Lisa Joyner have submitted an application to enroll one (1) <br />parcel of land totaling 8.7 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District <br />(VAD) program in the Cane Creek/Buckhorn Agricultural District. The farm operation includes <br />livestock, pasture, vegetable crops, flowers, and agro-forestry/ managed woodland. <br />The farm property has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement <br />standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br />