Source: SALISBURY POST, 12/19/21


Today, less than 1% of the U.S. population farms and nearly 20% of the food we eat is imported from other countries. The world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion people in 2050. We will need to feed all these people on the same amount or less land as today. Food security is just one of many reasons that farmland preservation is essential. Since its creation in the late 1980s the Voluntary Agricultural District program has offered counties in North Carolina a way to protect, enhance and advocate for their agricultural land and landowners.

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