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U-Pick Programs
Programs organized by growers that allow customers to come into their fields and pick or harvest the produce they want to purchase. Prices are lower than retail, and picking baskets and ladders are often provided.
Farms
Farms, ranches, dairies, greenhouses, nurseries, orchards, hatcheries or other establishments that are primarily engaged in the production of food, fibre or other materials such as seeds, seedlings, plants or parts of plants. Some establishments may sell their products directly to the public.
The above terms and definitions are part of the Taxonomy of Human Services, used here by permission of INFO LINE of Los Angeles.