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26 <br /> 1 Slide #2 <br /> Sustainable ORANGE COUNTY <br /> Agriculture NORTH CAROLINA <br /> STRATEGIC PLAN FY2025-2029 <br /> s Preserves and restores <br /> habitats <br /> i Maintains wildlife Orange County aims to "incentivize and <br /> corridors <br /> romote sustainable agriculture and local <br /> Protects watersheds, p <br /> improves water quality food systems development through <br /> Enhances soil health supportive policy, funding, farmland <br /> r Sequesters carbon <br /> �. 'rOteCtlon, and educational outreach.„ <br /> Supports resilient local p <br /> and regional food <br /> systems <br /> 2 <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Slide #3 <br /> Agricultural Viability and <br /> Farmland Stewardship Plan <br /> Meets guidelines outlined in the NC General <br /> Statutes for preferential eligibility Trust Fund monies <br /> r Updates and builds upon the Plan adopted in 2009 <br /> l0k. Proposes actions to be implemented in next 5 years <br /> Is intended as a"living plan”to be updated and <br /> reissued biennially <br /> 1 � <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br /> 7 Slide #4 <br /> Challenges Loss of Farmland to Development <br /> Acres in Farms' Acres in Cropsz <br /> 71,010 in 2002 21,610 in 2017 <br /> 7 <br /> _. 53,068 in 2022 8,821 in 2022 <br /> ,usnw amaus oaaa+a,aae a�ewi�a wn�ai.eanrnra sraueac ss-.k.-zrcea r.Ym camm�cuwn neruy:c..namr ec <br /> iMnalr�-«.�.�,ao.wasiarrc:-wsisiea�wrns>awrwucmio*rre,.,,asi�riwc�ewmo.anosiarNc�s+aRnooyw <br /> 8 amw ca hsaw ca esn w.a� <br />