Voluntary Agricultural District and Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District Program
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Collapse ▲The purpose of the Agricultural District Program is to encourage the preservation and protection of farmland from non-farm development. This is in recognition of the importance of agriculture to the economic and social well being of North Carolina.
In Chapter 106, Article 61 of the North Carolina General Statutes, the North Carolina General Assembly authorized counties to undertake a series of programs to encourage the preservation of farmland. As a result, counties throughout the state of North Carolina have begun to adopt Voluntary Agricultural District Ordinances (VAD) and Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District Ordinances (EVAD).
The ordinance provides for the creation of an Agricultural Advisory Board to administer this program. The Board reviews and approves applications for qualifying farmland as well as establishing the agricultural district.
For more information, contact N.C. Cooperative Extension, Franklin County Center at 919-496-3344.
Brent Strickland – Chair
Natalie Farmer – Vice Chair
Tonya Pearce – Secretary
Mason Horton
Kevin Mitchell
Greg Foster
Ed Wheeler
Jeff Wood
David Smith
Shawn Journigan
More information about the VAD/EVAD Program:
VAD/EVAD Agriculture Ordinance
VAD_Application_for_Participation
VAD_New Application_for_Change in Participation
EVAD_Application_for_Participation