Good Mood Ranch

08/27/2025

We are open on the Labor Day Weekend!
29th Aug - 31st Aug & 1st September

08/21/2025

Thank you for your continued support and trust!

08/18/2025

07/26/2025

Our goal this weekend is to reach over 2,500 signatures on our petition and we need your help to make it happen! Every signature matters in our fight to keep Good Mood Ranch open. Thank you so much for the support so far.

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07/25/2025

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Good Mood Ranch in East Naples was asked to pack up and leave as well as face ongoing fines by South Florida Water Management District and Collier County this July.

07/24/2025

New developments are causing flooding to surrounding properties like Good Mood Ranch. Some new developments are allowed to direct their water to undeveloped properties that they do not own. Hacienda Lakes directs their water onto Good Mood Ranch's land to their mitigation land across the street from us.

The development of nearly 423 homes in the Sabal Palm community of East Naples threatens to permanently alter the neighborhood with the loss of one of the last area orange groves, area flooding, and traffic concerns. 

07/24/2025

Dear Fellow Community Members,
We are extremely happy for your continued support that is making a positive impact in our effort to save the Good Mood Ranch (GMR)! There have been a lot of questions to say the least. We would love to address one of them in particular with this letter. Is GMR recognized as a farmer?
The short answer is your dang tootin’ we are! If that is all you want to know, you can stop reading now but if you want some of the important key details that bolster this fact, keep reading. The following is a generalized account in chronological order.
• GMR applied to Collier County Property Appraiser (CCPA) on March 10, 2022 for an agricultural exemption. Note that CCPA’s narrow window for agricultural exemption application is only from January 1st to March 1st each year! The application was submitted 7-business days late therefore CCPA would not approve GMR’s request for agricultural exemption until the following year. This is the crux of the situation that has resulted in a series of other issues that authorities using in an attempt to shut GMR down.
o GMR was informed that they had to apply for the agricultural exemption with CCPA again the following year between January 1st and March 1st, 2023. CCPA also noted that GMR would need to demonstrate that they are farmers of that land to be agriculturally exempt.
o A catch-22: For CCPA to approve GMR as agriculturally exempt, GMR had to show they were farmers on lands that they were not yet allowed to farm on. How can someone farm land that is not approved to be farmed?!?!
• USDA Consumer Center Poultry License number to sell eggs issued to GMR in November 2022.
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued GMR a number in January 2023.
• Code enforcement sent GMR a complaint letter dated January 13, 2023 which was a direct result of the farm’s directly adjacent neighbor. This neighbor does not want GMR as her neighbor and has tried multiple times to get GMR shut down. The complaint letter had four distinct accusations:
1. Clearing Land without a permit.
2. Erecting structures without a permit.
3. Creating ponds without a permit.
4. Farming without a permit.
o Accusations 2, 3, and 4 have been resolved, as it is addressed in the rights to farm act that Bonafide farmers do not need the permits.
o Accusation 1 has not been resolved yet. *Water Management District has an issue with this.
• GMR received a letter from CCPA dated October 3, 2022 (3-Months after the submission of the agricultural exemption request application) acknowledging receipt of the agricultural exemption application. Furthermore, CCPA said they would send a representative from their office to GMR to inspect for commercial agricultural use of the land between Januari 1 and March 1, 2023.
• A document to acknowledge receipt of the Agricultural Classification of GMR was signed by CCPA on October 3, 2022. After the CCPA inspected GMR, and on the same document CCPA signed again on January 4, 2023 “Application approved and all lands are classified agricultural” aka Bona fide Agricultural Purposes which includes Agri-tourism.
• GMR enrolled in Florida Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services (FDACS) Best Management Practices (BMP) program directly after being classified agricultural by CCPA.
• GMR opened to the public Friday, March 3, 2023.
Sincerely,
Owners of Good Mood Ranch, Luc & Karen.

07/22/2025

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07/22/2025

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The owner says he bought the agriculturally zoned land to run a farm but is now being told he can’t keep animals or structures because it’s considered protected wetlands.

07/22/2025

Thank you for your voices! This is why Good Mood Ranch fights to exist!
Two ways to show support:
1. Sign the petition
2. Share with others (No donations necessary at this time) ❤️