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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXV
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Chapter 570
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
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570.86 Definitions.As used in ss. 570.85-570.89, the term:
(1) “Agritourism activity” means any agricultural related activity consistent with a bona fide farm, livestock operation, or ranch or in a working forest which allows members of the general public, for recreational, entertainment, or educational purposes, to view or enjoy activities, including farming, ranching, historical, cultural, civic, ceremonial, training and exhibition, or harvest-your-own activities and attractions. An agritourism activity does not include the construction of new or additional structures or facilities intended primarily to house, shelter, transport, or otherwise accommodate members of the general public. An activity is an agritourism activity regardless of whether the participant paid to participate in the activity.
(2) “Agritourism operator” means a person who is engaged in the business of providing one or more agritourism activities, whether for compensation or not for compensation.
(3) “Farm” means the land, buildings, support facilities, machinery, and other appurtenances used in the production of farm or aquaculture products, including land used to display plants, animals, farm products, or farm equipment to the public.
(4) “Farm operation” has the same meaning as in s. 823.14.
(5) “Inherent risks of agritourism activity” means those dangers or conditions that are an integral part of an agritourism activity including certain hazards, such as surface and subsurface conditions; natural conditions of land, vegetation, and waters; the behavior of wild or domestic animals; and the ordinary dangers of structures or equipment ordinarily used in farming and ranching operations. The term also includes the potential of a participant to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to the injury of the participant or others, including failing to follow the instructions given by the agritourism operator or failing to exercise reasonable caution while engaging in the agritourism activity.
History.s. 1, ch. 2007-244; s. 17, ch. 2012-83; s. 2, ch. 2013-179; s. 112, ch. 2014-150; s. 2, ch. 2016-14; s. 9, ch. 2021-7.
Note.Former s. 570.961.

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Sheik Island Farm, Inc., Cypress Ridge Farm, Inc., et al v. Covington Farm, Inc., Stalnaker, Jr., et al (Fla. 2d DCA 2026).

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...It is the purpose of this act to protect reasonable agricultural and complementary agritourism activities conducted on farm land from nuisance suits and other similar lawsuits. (3) Definitions.—As used in this section: (a) "Agritourism activity" has the same meaning as provided in s. 570.86. .... (c) "Farm" means the land, buildings, support facilities, machinery, and other appurtenances used in the production of farm or aquaculture products. (d) "Farm operation" means all conditions or activities by the owner, lessee, ag...
...plaintiff proves by clear and convincing evidence that the claim arises out of conduct that did not comply with state or federal environmental laws, regulations, or best management practices. Subsection (3)(a) of the Act1 references section 570.86, Florida Statutes (2019), which, in turn, defines "Agritourism activity" to mean: 1 We note that at the time the claims at issue in this case would have accrued and when this action was filed, a prior version of section 823.14 was in effect, one which did not include the references to "Agritourism activity" or section 570.86 (which were added later in a 7 [A]ny agricultural related activity consistent with a bona fide farm, livestock operation, or ranch or in a working forest which allows members of the...
...own activities and attractions. An agritourism activity does not include the construction of new or additional structures or facilities intended primarily to house, shelter, transport, or otherwise accommodate members of the general public. § 570.86(1). Although there are a few provisions for us to work through, the operative terms we need to construe are fairly limited....
...broad sweep of "agricultural related activity" (which include those that would invite the general public "to view or enjoy activities, including farming, ranching, historical, cultural, civic, [and] ceremonial . . . activities and attractions"), see § 570.86(1), but the term "agritourism activities" is limited to those that are "complementary" and "consistent with a bona fide farm, livestock operation, or ranch."2 See § 823.14(3)(d)....
...See § 823.14(3)(d); see also Scherer v. Volusia Cnty. Dep't of Corr., 171 So. 3d 135, 139 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) ("No part of a statute, not even a single word, should be 2 No one has ever suggested that Covington Farm could constitute a "working forest" under section 570.86(1). 9 ignored, read out of the text, or rendered meaningless, in construing the provision."). What is a farm, then? The Act defines the term for us, so we must apply that definition....
...ting as such, we need not resolve that issue now. 11 conditioned wedding barn with its fireplace, bar, lounge, and changing rooms was not "consistent with a bona fide farm, livestock operation or ranch" under section 570.86's definition of agritourism activity. See § 570.86(1) (emphasis added); Travelers Home & Marine Ins....

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