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CABARRUS COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />SEPTEMBER 22, 2008 <br />6:30 P. M. <br />AGENDA CATEGORY: <br />Consent Agenda <br />SUBJECT: <br />Cooperative Extension -Budget Amendment (N.C. Agricultural Development <br />& Farmland Preservation Grant - $840,750) <br />BRIEF SUMMARY: <br />Cabarrus County has been awarded a grant from the N.C. Agricultural <br />Development & Farmland Preservation for the Sustainable Community <br />Initiative. <br />We are at an important juncture within our community toward a transition to a <br />food system driven by the desire for healthy, safe, high quality food and for <br />connections to the food source/production method of that food. This involves <br />stakeholders across the whole food chain. <br />Goals for this agricultural component of a Sustainable Community include: <br />increased business sales, increased individual farmer sales, improved farmer <br />profitability and operational efficiency, increased purchase of community- <br />based foods, increased jobs, leveraged additional funds, increased <br />consumption of fresh produce, etc. <br />The idea is that local food strengthens agriculture, connects consumers with <br />local producers' products, and allows producers to remain economically <br />viable. <br />This budget amendment totaling $840,750, appropriates the grant revenue of <br />$675,000, the county's cash contribution of $145,750 (which had been set <br />aside in Capital Reserve at the end of last fiscal year) and private contribution <br />of $20,000. Other County in-kind services total $33,500, for a total project <br />budget of $874,250. <br />Item# 5 <br />Page 35 of 199 <br />