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The Quail Springs Farm
Hello There! Can you guess my name?.
The Quail Spring Farm is a 20 acre agricultural property located just outside the main entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. As you head into the park from the town of Joshua Tree, we are 3 miles up the road and adjacent to the JoshuaTree Ranch. We welcome visitors, but please to not just drop in without an appointment.
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"There is a metric – “farm to fork”, and it is a measure of the average distance from the farm where food produced to where it is consumed. In the USA, the average is currently estimated at 1,400 miles and getting larger. Relying on non-locally grown food is both energy and "carbon intensive, not to mention risky from a long long tem perspective." |
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The Quail Springs Farm in its present form was established in 2006 and based on the concept of small scale agriculture in a rural setting. The Farm is leased to James and Kelly Verret, but the operation of the farm is sort of a cooperative and are still evolving. We currently sell pigs and other animals products and hope to soon be selling chicken and duck eggs. Supplies are limited, but we do contract to sell animals and animal products for a future date. Food for special occasion like turkeys for thanksgiving and Christmas are popular. Prices are competitive with other locally grown food options, but higher than you might expect. info@QuailSpringFarm.C`om
The farms agricultural activities are can be classified into four area
- Small and Large Animal Raising
- Fish Farming
- Cultivating activities and greenhouses.
- Conservation Initiatives & Education
The farm is currently operated by James & Kelly Verret and a few other individuals, but the long term vision for the property is for it to be operated as a community farm or cooperative whose members would jointly leases the properties and shares in the cost of it's operation. If you are interested in getting involved in our activities or have your own project in mind, please contact us at info@QuailSpringFarm.Com
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D.J. the "Farm Dog", 2nd in command. |
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"The Right to Farm Act" - California Agricultural Protection Act |
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Originally passed in 1981, this help preserve the agriculture in areas where increased population and other changes in the local area cause people to complain that a agriculture is a public nuisance. § 3482.5. Agricultural activity not a nuisance; exceptions; construction with other laws (a) (1) No agricultural activity, operation, or facility, or appurtenances thereof, conducted or maintained for commercial purposes, and in a manner consistent with proper and accepted customs and standards, as established and followed by similar agricultural operations in the same locality, shall be or become a nuisance, private or public, due to any changed condition in or about the locality, after it has been in operation for more than three years if it was not a nuisance at the time it began. See "CA Right to Farm" |
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Community Alert |
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| Recently, a controversy that began in Joshua Tree is spreading throughout San Bernardino county. See www.right-2-ride.com This controversy involves BLM Section 6 in Joshua Tree, groups of equestrian users, and the County of San Bernardino. The county is closing down horse trails on public land and seem to be using the same heavy handed tactic that are often used by the county to regulated off road vehicles. For other information on projects affiliated with Wally Barker, see www.wallybarker.com | ||
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Per The County Code
(t) Agriculture. The tilling of soil, the raising of crops, horticulture, small livestockfarming, dairying or animal husbandry. This includes all uses customarily incidental thereto, except the following: slaughterhouses, feed yards, hog farms, fertilizer works, bone yards, plants for the reduction of animal matter, or any other industrial or agricultural use that is determined by the Planning Commission to be similarly objectionable because of noise, odor, smoke, dust or fumes. (w) Agricultural Grading. Grading on land designated for exclusive agricultural use. Seealso “Grading.” (x) Agricultural Preserve. Designated areas of existing, viable and productiveagricultural land within which land conservation contracts can be enforced under the provisions of the California Land Conservation Act of 1965 (Williamson Act), to stay in agricultural use for a designated period of time. Under the contracts, the property owner is granted certain tax advantages for the continuation of agricultural use of the land.
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