Methods and Tools
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How to View
Files
Most of the documents listed under the heading "Voluntary Agricultural
Districts & Preservation Programs" are listed under areas of information
such as "County Voluntary Agricultural District and Preservation Program
Information", for example, which contains the names of several counties
with information regarding their respective programs. Under these information
areas the document names and the file formats that the documents are
available in are listed. The exception to this organization is Protecting
Farms and Farmland in the Triangle which is not an information area but
is a single document alone. The clickable file format follows this document.
Documents listed under the heading "Guidance Documents & Brochures"
are followed by the file format that the document is available in and a description
of that document. The file formats are Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and
Portable Document Format (PDF). Microsoft Word (DOC) files may be available
for some documents as well. File format abbreviations link directly to the documents.
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Voluntary Agricultural Districts & Preservation
Programs
The following are links to information regarding voluntary agricultural districts,
preservation programs, and farmland protection plans.
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North Carolina County Land Preservation Ordinances and Programs
See link below...
Click on the following link to go to the webpage containing county
ordinances and programs in pdf or html: County
Ordinances.
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County Voluntary Agricultural District and Preservation Program Information
See links below...
- Buncombe County - Farmland Preservation Program HTML
- Cabarrus County - Cabarrus County Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program
Ordinance HTML
- Caldwell County - Farmland Preservation Program and Voluntary Agricultural
Districts HTML
- Durham County - Preserving Farmland in Durham County HTML
- Orange County - Voluntary Agricultural Districts HTML
- Protecting Farms and Farmland in the Triangle PDF
Discusses the development of a farmland protection plan. Written by Ben
Hitchings, Triangle J Council of Governments (March 2000), Technical Memo:
Smart Growth Series, No. 1 [Editor's Note: This PDF document is
searchable.]
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North Carolina Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund
Please go to the following URL about farmland preservation grants:
<http://www.ncadfp.org/>.
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Guidance Documents & Brochures
The following are links
to guidance documents and brochures that address various methods and tools for
land preservation:
- How to Protect Your Land PDF
(Document is currently being updated. Go to www.ctnc.org
to order.)
by The Conservation Trust for North Carolina (Copyright 1995), Revised
1998. [Editor's Note: This PDF document is not searchable.]
- How to Protect the Future of Your Land PDF
(Document is currently being updated. Go to www.ctnc.org
to order.)
by The Conservation Trust
for North Carolina (Copyright 1997). Written by Brian Dobyns, Piedmont Planning
Associates and CTNC Counselor. [Editor's Note: This PDF document is
not searchable.]
- American Farmland Trust - Technical Assistance Service See
link below...
Click on the following link to go to fact sheets produced and maintained by
American Farmland Trust's Technical Assistance Service; they're available
in html and pdf: http://farmlandinfo.org/fic/tas/index.htm
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Links to Tools and Resources
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for land preservation. The link follows the name of the site to which it goes.
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