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43 <br /> Appendix 1 . Summary of 2023 Orange County Farmer/Landowner Survey <br /> ORANGE COUNTY FARMER/LANDOWNER SURVEY <br /> • Emailed to 366 CALLING ORANGE COUNTY FARMERS AND <br /> County FOREST OREST PRODUCERS! <br /> in Oct 2023 FARMER&ANDOwNERSURVEY <br /> • Survey closed on Your Agricultural Preservation Board requests your help in updating the County's Agricultural Preservation and <br /> Nov 17, 2023 with Farmland Protection Plan,which describes the challenges and opportunities for agriculture and forestry in the <br /> County,outlines a vision forthe future,and defines action steps to achieve that vision.Please complete this <br /> 92 respondents survey to provide vital information that will shape the Plan. <br /> 1 <br /> The most common descriptors of respondents are <br /> farmer/producer, agricultural landowner, forest landowner. <br /> Which of these categories describes you? <br /> 92 responses <br /> Farmer/producer 61 (66.3%) <br /> Agricultural landowner —47(51.1%) <br /> Forest landowner 44(47.8%) <br /> Producer: livestock 31 (33.7°/x) <br /> Producer: produce/row crops 21 (22.8%) <br /> Producer:eggs 16(17.4%) <br /> Producer:dairy —4(4.3%) <br /> Producer:greenhouse —9(9.8%) <br /> Producer: agritourism 11 (12°/fl) <br /> Producer:ornamental trees... 1 (1.1%) <br /> Honeybees and honey 1 (1.1%) <br /> beekeeper 1 (1.1%) <br /> Horse farm —2(2.2%) <br /> Nursery owner 1 (1.1%) <br /> Producer. honey bees -1 (1.1%) <br /> Producer honey and honeyb... —1 (1.1%) <br /> 0 20 40 60 80 <br /> Number(%)of respondents <br /> 2 <br /> 41 <br />