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Mecklenburg interlocal for Voluntary Agricultural Districts ratified by Huntersville board
Summary
Huntersville approved a resolution to ratify interlocal cooperation with Mecklenburg County to join a county Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program that offers a baseline VAD and an enhanced option to protect farmland and provide programmatic benefits to enrolled bona fide farms.
The Huntersville Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution April 22 to ratify interlocal cooperation with Mecklenburg County to participate in the county's Voluntary Agricultural District (VAD) program.
County sustainability staff Erin Stanford and Kathleen Reed presented the VAD framework: a voluntary program that allows bona fide farms to enroll in a 10-year conservation agreement (automatically renewed) that aims to protect farmland, reduce nuisance litigation risk, and increase visibility for farms…
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