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14 <br /> <br />• VAD – 89.81 acres - Caldwell Agricultural District – 1 parcel of land <br />• Livestock, pasture, hay crops, and managed woodland. <br /> <br />Walter and Tammy Havener <br />• VAD – 30.0 acres – Caldwell Agricultural District - 1 parcel of land <br />• Hay crops and managed woodland <br /> <br />Paul, Mark, and Frank Latta -- Latta’s Egg Ranch: <br />• VAD – 569.53 acres – Schley /Eno Agricultural District – 9 parcels of land <br />• Poultry, Beef cattle, pastures, hay crops, and managed woodland <br />• Century Farm –over 100 years in same family ownership <br /> <br />David and Gaye Walker <br />• VAD – 126.19 acres – Schley/ Eno Agricultural District -1 parcel of land <br />• Beef, vegetables crops, pasture, hay crops, and managed woodland <br />• Century Farm – farm owned by same family since 1754- <br />• Charter from the King of England <br /> <br />Randall Williams and Lisa Joyner – Fireside Farm <br />• VAD- 8.7 acres – Cane Creek/Buckhorn Agricultural District – 1 parcel of land <br />• Goats, pasture, vegetables, flowers, and agro-forestry/ managed woodland. <br /> <br />Tracy Lafleur and Robert VanVeld <br />• VAD- 39.94 acres – Cedar Grove Agricultural District – 1 parcel of land <br />• Vegetable crops, hay crops, and bee hives <br />• Started farming at the Breeze Farm, and now moving operation to their land <br /> <br />Stephen and Marsha Scarlett <br />• Farmers currently have land in the VAD program. <br />• Revision of ownership on one parcel of land, 53.94 acres, will increase program acres by <br />23.27 acres <br />• VAD - Cedar Grove Agriculture District –1 parcel of land <br />• Livestock, pasture, hay crops, and managed woodland <br /> <br />Orange County Voluntary and Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural Program <br />• The Agricultural Preservation Board has approved the farms as presented. <br />• Requesting approval from Commissioners to accept eight (8) farms into the VAD <br />program. <br /> 960 acres* in the Voluntary Agricultural District program <br /> * = rounded acres <br /> <br />Commissioner Marcoplos asked if agro-forestry could be defined. <br />Gail Hughes said they are managing their forestry, but are also running their goats in the <br />forestry area. <br /> <br />A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Marcoplos <br />for the Board to certify the eight (8) farm properties noted above totaling 960 acres* (VAD); <br />designate the properties as Voluntary Agricultural District farms within the Caldwell, Cedar <br />Grove, Schley/Eno, and Cane Creek/Buckhorn Voluntary Agricultural Districts; and enroll the <br />lands in the Orange County Farmland Preservation Program Voluntary Agricultural District <br />(VAD) program.