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3 <br /> the next Ag Summit has been set for Feb. 201h, 2023, to be held at the Cedar Grove <br /> Community Center. <br /> b. Ag Economic Development Update: Ortosky provided a brief overview of current activities. <br /> There is a Tri-COG project looking at food production and distribution in three Council of <br /> Government regions. At the Breeze Farm we are woefully underfunded, but there is a <br /> remainder trust set up by the Breeze family that is on the order of$800,000 that can now <br /> help provide support for the farm operations. They have two growers there doing work <br /> right now, along with some incubator activities. We've had several farmers who have <br /> graduated from the Breeze farm and purchased farmland and become successful farmers. <br /> Our new sustainability coordinator, Amy Eckburg, is working a project to do research on the <br /> issue of how to integrate farming activities into solar production facilities, so there is a <br /> chance to do something along these lines at Breeze. <br /> 8. Time for Information Sharing: Myers shared a matter of a small airstrip on a property adjoining <br /> hers where they fly over at very low altitudes near US 86 at Cedar Grove near the county <br /> line, and wondered if this was addressed in our existing county zoning. Discussion followed. <br /> 9. Adjournment: Saiers moved to adjourn, seconded by Sykes. Meeting adjourned at 8:21 pm. <br />