Soil & Water Conservation District

In 1985, North Carolina General Statute Chapter 106, Article 61, known as "The Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Enabling Act", authorized counties to establish farmland preservation programs by ordinance. The purpose was to encourage the preservation of qualifying farmland and to foster the growth, development, and sustainability of family farms. In 1991, the Henderson County Board of Commissioners adopted the Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance (see Chapter 45 below).

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