There are several County plans and documents that are important to agricultural activities within Orange County.  The original Orange County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan was completed in 1996 and additional information involving agricultural economic development was provided within the 2004 Agricultural Economic Development Strategy.  The Orange County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan was updated in 2015 to address issues impacting agriculture and integrated updated information related to the 2004 Agricultural Economic Development Strategy.  In 2006, Orange County passed a Right-to-Farm law that was designed to conserve, protect and encourage the use of agricultural land for the production of food and other agricultural products.