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California Food And Agricultural Code Section 23

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(a) Inasmuch as the planned production of trees, vines, rose
bushes, ornamental plants, floricultural crops, and other
horticultural crops is distinguishable from the production of other
products of the soil only in relation to the time elapsing before
maturity, plants and floricultural crops that are being produced by
nurseries, whether in open fields or in greenhouses, shall be
considered to be "growing agricultural crops" for the purpose of any
laws that pertain to the agricultural industry of the state, and
those laws shall apply equally to greenhouses and open field nursery
operations.
   (b) For the reasons stated in subdivision (a), a nursery where the
primary activity is the planned production of horticultural crops,
is a farm. However, for the purposes of this section and any laws
that pertain to farms in this state, a retail nursery is not a farm.

Last modified: January 12, 2009