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Murray Family Farms

Mid — ~320-360 acres of permanent crops.

6700 General Beale Road, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA

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murrayfamilyfarms.org ↗verification source ↗

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Quality assessment

A real single family farm in Kern County: Steve Murray bought 20 acres near Bakersfield in 1989 after selling a beekeeping business, and the operation has grown to roughly 320-360 acres of permanent crops, supported by farmers-market sales and an agritourism operation (the Big Red Barn). Reported as certified organic by a produce distributor. Named family, named address, verifiable — but it is a mid-size diversified commercial farm with agritourism, not a distinctive quality program, and the organic certification is reported second-hand.

Scale
Mid — ~320-360 acres of permanent crops.
Feed & inputs
Reported certified organic; specific practices not published.
Animal welfare
N/A.
Environmental
Nothing certified beyond the organic claim.
Transparency
Medium — identity and history are well documented; the organic certificate is not.

Caveats

PENDING REGISTRY CHECK — 'certified organic' comes from a distributor listing, not from a certifier or the USDA Organic INTEGRITY database. Sources disagree on acreage (320 vs 360). Not yet linked to a venue row; carried from the CEO purveyor list.

Family-owned, certified-organic farm and agritourism destination in Bakersfield, California, growing seasonal fruit and produce (candy grapes, cherries, watermelon, and specialty items) and operating two farm markets plus a fall Pumpkin Patch/Harvest Festival.

Products

stone fruitberriesgrapesvegetables

Certifications

Certified Organic — registry row "Murray Family Farms, Inc.", Bakersfield CA, USDA cert 6220007125 (INTEGRITY). Certifier agent to be re-pulled; entity and location confirmed

Registry match

Matched to a public certification registry — a separate record, not a Terroir-verified supplier relationship.

Served at

Sources

What the quality assessment above is built on.