The ADFP Trust Fund Advisory Committee is now soliciting proposals to award funding for Agricultural Development & Farmland Preservation.  You will find  the guidelines and procedures to submit an application for consideration at the NC ADFP Trust Fund's website -- www.ncadfp.org.  Please click on "2007-08 Funding Cycle" for more information.  Landowners must partner with a non-profit conservation organization or county agency to submit an application.

In 2005 the North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 607 establishing the Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund (ADFP).  This fund is to be administered by the North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture for the purpose of purchasing agricultural conservation easements and agreements on agricultural, horticultural, and forestlands; or funding programs that promote the development, transitioning, and/or sustainability of agricultural, horticultural, and forestlands.