WHO/WHAT:

The Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund will hold an advisory committee meeting to:

• Review the Trust Fund budget,
• Hear a Trust Fund activity report on Voluntary Ag Districts and Farmland Protection Plan maps and a Cycle 16 application update,
• hear an easement status report on recent closings and upcoming closings,
• and hear program updates on the program calendar, federal partnerships with the military and USDA, an impervious surface increase waiver rule and the 2022 Friends of Farmland Award Nominations.

WHEN:

Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022
1 p.m.

WHERE:

The meeting will take place in the Hall of Fame Room at the Agriculture Building, 2 W. Edenton St., Raleigh. The public can also join via conference call. The public may access the call at conference number 984-204-1487. Enter the conference ID 662 261 945, followed by the # key.

The Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund supports the farming, forestry and horticulture communities within the agriculture industry, purchasing agricultural conservation easements, funding public and private enterprise programs to promote profitable and sustainable family farms, and providing funding for conservation easements targeted at the active production of food, fiber and other agricultural products.