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2 <br /> The Orange County Agricultural Preservation Board reviewed the findings of the staff <br /> assessments for the attached applications for the Orange County Voluntary Agricultural District <br /> program at their regular meetings in September and November, 2020. All farm applications were <br /> reviewed and verified to have met or exceeded the minimum criteria for certification into the <br /> program. <br /> The Agricultural Preservation Board voted to recommend approval of the certification for these <br /> eleven (11) farms, and their inclusion in the Voluntary and/or the Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural <br /> District programs. The certification documentation is on file in the DEAPR/Soil and Water <br /> Conservation District office. The farms are described briefly below: <br /> Brief Farm Descriptions: <br /> 1) Owners Michael Hughes and Dale Morgan have submitted an application to enroll one (1) <br /> parcel of land totaling 29.26 acres as qualifying farmland for the Enhanced Voluntary <br /> Agricultural District program (EVAD) in the Cane Creek/Buckhorn Agricultural District. The <br /> farm operation includes apiary, grasses, and plans for livestock in the future, in addition to <br /> managed woodland. <br /> 2) Owners Randy and Theresa Pope have submitted an application to enroll four (4) parcels of <br /> land totaling 127.74 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) <br /> program in the Cedar Grove Agricultural District. The farm operation includes grain crops, <br /> soybeans, poultry and managed woodland. <br /> 3) Owner Charles Edens has submitted an application to enroll one (1) parcel of land totaling of <br /> 32.92 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program <br /> located in the Cedar Grove Agricultural District. The farm includes livestock, pasture, and <br /> managed woodland. <br /> 4) Owner Matthew Pinkston has submitted an application to enroll one (1) parcel of land totaling <br /> 26.32 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program in the <br /> Cedar Grove Agricultural District. The farm operation includes fescue grass/ hay crops. <br /> 5) Owners Stanley Hughes, Linda Leach, and Bennie Hughes heirs have submitted an application <br /> to enroll two (2) parcels of land totaling of 52.28 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary <br /> Agricultural District (VAD) program located in the Caldwell and Cedar Grove Agricultural <br /> District. The farm includes tobacco, sweet potatoes, vegetable crops and managed woodland. <br /> 6) Owners Michael and Betsy Parker have submitted an application to enroll three (3) parcels of <br /> land totaling 111.41 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) <br /> program in the Caldwell Agricultural District. The farm operation includes tobacco, corn, grain, <br /> soybeans, and managed woodland. <br /> 7) Owners NCSU--Breeze Farm, have submitted an application to enroll two (2) parcels of land <br /> totaling 269.22 acres as qualifying farmland for the Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) <br /> program in the Schley/Eno Agricultural District. The farm operation is a farm incubator for new <br /> farmers with the NC Cooperative Extension Service and includes vegetables, flowers, <br /> livestock, pasture, corn, grain, soybeans, and managed woodland. <br />