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How the Voluntary Agricultural District FOR MORE INFORMATION <br /> Program Began PLEASE CONTACT: <br /> The State of North Carolina passed the <br /> Farmland Preservation Enabling Act in 1985, <br /> authorizing counties to establish farmland <br /> preservation programs, including agricultural Voluntary <br /> districts. In 1992, Orange County adopted a Brent Bogue <br /> Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Orange County Soil and Water <br /> Ordinance, creating the Agricultural Conservation District <br /> A 9rICU/tUral <br /> Preservation Board(APB) and procedures for 306 Revere Road <br /> establishing Voluntary Agricultural Districts. <br /> Hillsborough,NC 27278 Districts <br /> What is the Agricultural Preservation (919) 245- 2750 <br /> Board? e-mail: bbogue @nc.nres.usda.gov <br /> The Agricultural Preservation Board is <br /> composed of a number of County residents, <br /> including a slot for farmers in the Voluntary <br /> Agricultural Districts program. APB members Fletcher Barber <br /> are appointed by the Board of County Cooperative Extension Service <br /> Commissioners. The APB reviews and 306E Revere Road <br /> approves applications to the Voluntary <br /> Agricultural Districts program, and also Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> make recommendations to the Board of <br /> (919) 245- 2051 <br /> County Commissioners on other issues related e-mail: Fletcher_Barber @ncsu.edu <br /> farmland preservation and viability. rL-' <br /> �d <br /> The Agricultural Preservation Board supports <br /> David Stancil <br /> voluntary measures and incentives that will � �,� �•, "��;,���$l: ��,,� ;°�"�,� <br /> Orange County Environment and <br /> lead to the continued and future viability of . <br /> farming in Orange County, and to the Resource Conservation Department <br /> preservation of farmland as a factor in Orange 306A Revere Road <br /> County's qualihj of life. The APB feels that Hillsborough,NC 27278 <br /> farmland is a resource best preserved by (919) 245-2590 <br /> Strayhoni Farm <br /> protecting the property rights and property e-mail: dstancil @co.orange.nc.us <br /> values of the farmland owner. The goals of rural <br /> preservation, which encompass the <br /> conservation of prime farmland, the scenic County of Orange <br /> vistas of the agricultural landscape, the family <br /> farm tradition, and the economic viability of <br /> agriculture in Orange County, are best served <br /> by keeping farming a profitable enterprise. North Carolina <br /> u, <br />