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6 <br /> <br />farm has been enrolled in the VAD program under the prior ownership of the Barbour <br />family. Mr. Samulski is requesting an ownership change to the existing acreage and <br />adding an additional 28.18 acres to be enrolled in the program. The farm has been <br />evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or <br />exceeds all of the measures above; <br />2) Owners Manley and Kathy Palmer (Palmer Family Show Pigs) have submitted an <br />application to enroll one (1) of parcel of land totaling 3.39 acres as qualifying farmland <br />for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program in the Caldwell Agricultural District. <br />The farm operation includes sheep, swine, and pasture. The farm has been evaluated <br />against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of <br />the measures above; <br />3) Owners William and Amanda Berry have submitted an application to enroll seven (7) <br />parcels of land totaling of 236.15 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br />Agricultural District (VAD) program located in the Caldwell Agricultural District. The farm <br />includes beef cattle, pasture, and managed woodland. The farm has been evaluated <br />against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of <br />the measures above; <br />4) Owner Portia McKnight (Chapel Hill Creamery) has submitted an application to enroll <br />one (1) parcel of land totaling 12.17 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br />Agricultural District (VAD) program in the White Cross Agricultural District. The farm <br />operation includes dairy cattle, pasture, hay crops, and managed woodland. This <br />acreage will be added to their existing parcels in the VAD program. The farm has been <br />evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or <br />exceeds all of the measures above; <br />5) Owners James and Elizabeth Hooten have submitted an application to enroll four (4) <br />parcels of land totaling of 38.09 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br />Agricultural District (VAD) program located in the Cane Creek/Buckhorn Agricultural <br />District. The farm includes beef cattle, pasture, and hay crops. The farm has been <br />evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or <br />exceeds all of the measures above; <br />6) Owner Jason Shepherd has submitted an application to enroll one (1) parcel of land <br />totaling 42.38 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) <br />program in the High Rock/Efland Agricultural District. The farm operation includes <br />soybeans, hay crops, and managed woodland. The farm property has been evaluated <br />against each of the VAD certification requirement standards and meets or exceeds all of <br />the measures above; and <br />7) Owners Annette and Mark McClish have submitted an application to enroll one (1) <br />parcel of land totaling 14.1 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural <br />District (VAD) program in the Cedar Grove Agricultural District. The farm operation <br />includes goats, heritage turkeys and chickens, pasture, and hay crops. The farm <br />property has been evaluated against each of the VAD certification requirement <br />standards and meets or exceeds all of the measures above. <br /> <br />Gail Hughes made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> <br />Orange County Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program <br />Voluntary and Enhanced Voluntary <br />Agricultural District Program <br />Orange County Board of Commissions Meeting <br />December 2, 2019