47000.5
. The following definitions apply to this chapter, unless
otherwise specified:
(a) "Agricultural product" means a fresh or processed product
produced in California, including fruits, nuts, vegetables, herbs,
mushrooms, dairy, shell eggs, honey, pollen, unprocessed bees wax,
propolis, royal jelly, flowers, grains, nursery stock, livestock
meats, poultry meats, rabbit meats, and fish, including shellfish
that is produced under controlled conditions in waters located in
California. Products that are characterized as services, arts,
crafts, bakery, candies, soaps, balms, perfumes, cosmetics, pottery,
clothing, fabrics, pastas, compost, fertilizers, candles, ceramics,
foraged foods, and types of wares are not agricultural products for
purposes of this chapter. A product that combines an agricultural
product with a nonagricultural product or service in a manner that
materially increases the purchase price of the product shall
disqualify the product from being sold as an agricultural product for
purposes of this chapter.
(b) "Practice of the agricultural arts" means the undertaking of
being predominantly responsible for the decisions and actions
encompassing the various phases of producing an agricultural product.
The practice of the agricultural arts for fruit, floral, nut,
vegetable, and other plant products includes directive or actual
responsibility for all the actions of planting, growing, fertilizing,
irrigating, cultivating, pest control, and harvesting. The practice
of the agricultural arts for agricultural animal products includes
directive or actual responsibility for a substantial time of the
raising, feeding, veterinary care, and product harvesting.
(c) "Producer" means a person, partnership, corporation, or an
otherwise legally formed farm or ranch that produces agricultural
products by the practice of the agricultural arts upon land that the
person or entity owns, rents, leases, sharecrops, or otherwise
controls and has the documented legal right to possession. A person
or entity that rents, leases, or otherwise acquires the right to
possession of property essentially only for or limited to the period
of the harvest season of the agricultural products produced on that
property shall not be considered a producer under the provisions of
this chapter.