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Agricultural Preservation Board outlines five‑year farmland stewardship plan to curb farmland loss
Summary
The Agricultural Preservation Board presented a draft Agricultural Viability and Farmland Stewardship Plan that recommends expanding conservation easements, creating a farmland stewardship coordinator role, and supporting farm economic viability through education, aggregation and targeted incentives.
Jane Sayers, speaking for the Agricultural Preservation Board, presented a draft Agricultural Viability and Farmland Stewardship Plan and a set of recommendations the board says are designed to be implemented over five years and be updated biennially.
“Sustainable agriculture…uses the resources that we need to farm and live conservingly,” Sayers said, defining sustainable agriculture in the presentation as practices that maintain and enhance soil, water and air while supporting local food systems.
The plan, Sayers said, follows North Carolina statutory guidance for eligibility for state farmland protection funding and updates the county’s 2009…
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