ADFP - County Info and Statewide Summaries

Counties with VAD Programs: 91
VAD Counties with Enhanced VAD Programs: 36
Farms Enrolled in the VAD Program Statewide: 10,068
Acres of Farmland and Working Forests Enrolled in the VAD Program Statewide: 840,263.49
Farms Enrolled in the Enhanced VAD Program Statewide: 827
Acres of Farmland and Working Forests Enrolled in the Enhanced VAD Program Statewide: 59,667.77
Total Farms Enrolled in the VAD and EVAD Program Statewide: 10,895
Total Acres of Farmland and Working Forests Enrolled in the VAD and EVAD Program Statewide: 899,931.26
Statistics are generated from county reports. Last updated 12-15-2022.

Farmland Protection Plans: 
•    Contain a list and description of existing agricultural activity in the county;
•    Contain a list of existing challenges to continued family farming in the county;
•    Contain a list of opportunities for maintaining or enhancing small, family-owned farms and the local agricultural economy;
•    Describe how the county plans to maintain a viable agricultural community and use farmland preservation tools, including agricultural economic development, farm diversification and marketing assistance, agricultural technical assistance, farm infrastructure financing, farmland purchasing assistance, linking with younger farmers, estate planning, donation of agricultural conservation easements, and entering into Voluntary Agricultural Districts; and 
•    Contain a schedule for implementing the plan and identification of possible funding sources for the long-term support of the plan.