Agenda - 06-04-2013 - 4a; VAD - Walker, Kirk, D. Pope, J. Pope, Hill, Ranells-Bergmann, Green

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K evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. 2) The owners of the Kirk Farms (Kenneth, Ronald, Donald, and Aaron Kirk) have submitted an application to enroll six (6) parcels of land totaling 278.65 acres, located in the Cane Creek community on Orange Grove Road, as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program (Cane Creek /Buckhorn Agricultural District). The farm operation is comprised of beef cattle, corn, soybeans, grain, hay crops, pasture, and managed forestry/woodland. Kirk Farms has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. 3) The owners of the Donald and Faye Pope Farm have submitted an application to enroll three (3) parcels of land totaling 268.63 acres, located in the Cedar Grove Community on Efland -Cedar Grove Road and Highway 86 North, as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program (Cedar Grove Agricultural District). The farm operation is comprised of beef cattle, pasture, organic tobacco, grain, hay crops, and managed forestry/woodland. The Donald and Faye Pope Farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. 4) The owners of the John Pope Farms, LLC (John H. (Jr.)and Kimberly Pope) have submitted an application to enroll two (2) parcels of land totaling 75.27 acres, located in the Cedar Grove Community on Hurdle Mills Road and Stewart Farm Road, as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program (Cedar Grove Agricultural District). The farm operation is comprised of poultry, tobacco, grain, hay crops, and managed forestry/woodland. John Pope has an additional 65 acres of farmland currently in the VAD program. John Pope Farms, LLC has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. 5) The owner of the Betty Walters Hill Farm has submitted an application to enroll one (1) parcel of land totaling 34.83 acres, located in the High Rock Community on High Rock Road, as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program (High Rock /Efland Agricultural District). The farm operation is comprised of beef cattle and pasture, hay crops and forestry/woodland. The Betty Walters Hill Farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. 6) The owners of the Fickle Creek Farm (Noah Ranells and Ben Bergmann) have submitted an application to revise and add acreage for four (4) parcels of land totaling 154.45 acres, located in the Buckhorn and High Rock communities on Buckhorn Road and High Rock Road, as qualifying farmland for both the Voluntary and Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD /EVAD) program (Cane Creek /Buckhorn and High Rock /Efland Agricultural Districts). Fickle Creek Farm has requested to revise acreage in the program. Two (2) parcels of land totaling 131.78 acres will be enrolled in the EVAD. Two (2) parcels of land totaling 17.73 acres will be enrolled in the VAD. The farm is very diverse; including beef cattle, hogs, chickens, and produce /vegetable crops grown for farmers markets, restaurants, and farm market sales. The farm also includes pastures and managed forestry/woodland acres. Fickle Creek Farm has been evaluated against each of the VAD and EVAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. 7) REVISION: The owners of the Allan and Christine Green Farm have submitted an application to revise the approved (May 7, 2013) VAD application to EVAD and enroll one (1)