Mr. Joe's Farm
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We have no shortage of animals on our 3-acre Mead Valley farm.
We have 20 variety of animals including alpacas, miniature horses and donkeys, goats, pot belly pigs, sheep, tortoises,ducks, geese, chickens and Gwen the iguana.
We also have non-traditional animals such as a pair of emus and a two-hump camel named Oscar that the public can see and touch.
We invite people to come visit us for the purpose of a hands-on experience with animals, so we call ourselves a hands-on zoo rather than a petting zoo because you get to interact more in their natural environment on a farm than if you went to a petting zoo.
Many of the animals roam free around our farm and approach new people with curiosity.
We are located 90 miles north of the World Famous San Diego Zoo and 70 miles east of the Los Angeles Zoo, Mr. Joe's Farm is a collection of over 100 animals including one Bactrian (two humped) camel, two emus, six miniature horses, 15 alpacas and two miniature donkeys. In contrast to both above mentioned zoos, we do not charge admission and we allow people to touch the camel and the other animals.
In addition to providing free entertainment for families, church and school groups, clubs and organizations, we also use our facility as a place to help troubled youth. We have various young people, some from low income families, who also help us and we are able to have a positive influence in their lives. We are currently working with an eight year old boy whose father died three years ago. In a short period of time, we have seen some real positive progress in this boy's life. He smiles more and is starting to open up to us. Our service to youth of all ages comes at absolutely no cost to the parents.
So far, 2007 has been a very busy year for us. We have had approximately 800 visitors to the farm. Next year we are expecting that number to triple. Here is a list of some of the different groups who have come: moms & toddlers, homeschoolers, adult daycares, churches, schools and senior citizens.
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