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67 <br /> 1 Slide#25 <br /> "As farmers age out and are dying, "Housing development. <br /> their heirs are sellingland to cash "Encroaching urban areas, This...leads to increased cost of <br /> out on its purchase value to farmland/forest land being sold to land and decreased value of <br /> developW9"lOt Mousing developers for multi-family homes land for agricultural purposes. <br /> complexes are being built on and multi-family developments There's a lot more money in <br /> farmland while we are losing our instead of being kept in selling the land for 5-10 acre lots <br /> resources for soil,foodshed,and than keeping it as an intact farm. <br /> farms.This will create a crisis for farm/forest" <br /> None of the land I see for sale <br /> both our environment and Local around me is selling as <br /> ecosystem as well as for food farmland.It's simply not worth it. <br /> production and water retention and -tn]evelopment,particularly lots and <br /> It's subdivided into <br /> filtering.We d sprawling development that p <br /> g nee to stop encourages large(10 acre)lots. houses are built.This leads to <br /> developing every square inch of the The county development ecosystem deterioration which <br /> county!It took me 20 years of policies should encourage decreases the quality of <br /> workingtwo obs and investing to clusters of homes leavings 4 ty <br /> 1 g large percentof open space farmland as well.I'm in the far <br /> scrape together a down payment for rather than making it easy to northern reaches of the county.. <br /> my small little farm.It should not be develop to acre lots,5 acre lots. This is not isolated towards <br /> like this.There needs to be more The problems of sprawl in our <br /> county are COMPLETELY the southern more urban parts of <br /> done to save our farmland and predictable based on the the county." <br /> counteract incentives to sell to policies in place currently." <br /> developers." <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Mike Ortosky said around urban areas when acres are sold here and there to developers, <br /> 4 it results in farmers in the area lessening their planning horizon and not investing in the farm when <br /> 5 they see development happening. He said these quotes focus on aging farmers and encroaching <br /> 6 urban areas, which can result in nuisance lawsuits. He said in Orange County there is an <br /> 7 aggressive Voluntary Agricultural District program, and for participating farms, buyers of property <br /> 8 within half a mile are made aware during closing that they are within half a mile from a farm. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Slide #26 <br /> 7 of io respondents lack a documented farm transition <br /> or estate plan. <br /> Do you currently have a documented farm transition plan and/or a documented estate plan? <br /> 92 responses <br /> Yes <br /> No <br /> i <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Slide #27 <br />