Farm Participation Agreement

1. Who this applies to

This Agreement is between Farm-Stand ("we", "us") and anyone who registers a farm, farm stand or similar business on Farm-Stand ("you", the "Farm"). It adds to our Terms of Service, which also apply to you. By submitting a listing, you confirm that you have authority to act for the farm and agree to this Agreement.

2. The relationship

Farm-Stand is an independent discovery and information platform. You are an independent business. Nothing in this Agreement creates a partnership, employment, agency or joint venture. You decide what to sell, your prices, your hours and how you deal with customers, and customers buy directly from you.

3. Accurate listings

You are responsible for keeping your listing accurate, including your address, hours, products, prices, availability, photos and any claims about how your products are grown or raised. Update your listing promptly when anything changes.

The Organic product label is available only to farms with the Certified Organic badge, and you must not otherwise describe products as organic. Make other claims about how products are grown or raised only where they are true and you can support them.

4. Your right to advertise

You must have the legal right to advertise your products and your business. This includes the right to use your business name, logos and any photographs you submit, and any licences or permits needed to offer your products for sale.

5. Food safety and regulatory compliance

You are responsible for complying with all applicable food safety, health, labelling, agricultural, licensing, tax and consumer protection laws, and for holding any insurance your business needs. Farm-Stand does not inspect, certify or approve your products or premises.

6. Your dealings with customers

You handle your own sales, payments, taxes, cancellations, refunds and customer complaints. Treat customers fairly and follow our Acceptable Use Policy.

7. Authorization to display your content

You authorize Farm-Stand to display, reproduce, resize and adapt the photographs, logos, business information and other content you submit. We may use it on Farm-Stand and to promote Farm-Stand and local farms, for example in the newsletter, event materials and social media posts. You keep ownership of your content; see our Intellectual Property Policy for the full licence terms.

8. Features and sponsored content

We may feature your farm in the newsletter, on the site or on social media free of charge, as an editorial choice. Editorial features are not guaranteed and are chosen at our discretion.

Sponsored content from other businesses may appear near your listing and products, and in the newsletter. It is always labelled as sponsored. We aim to work only with sponsors that fit our mission, but we do not guarantee that a sponsor will not offer products similar to yours.

9. Listing review, changes and removal

New listings are reviewed before they appear publicly. Farm-Stand can modify, suspend or remove listings, or any part of them, at its discretion. This includes where a listing is inaccurate, breaks this Agreement or our policies, receives credible complaints, or creates risk for users or for us. Where reasonable, we will tell you why.

10. Certified Organic badge

The Certified Organic badge is shown only after you provide proof of current certification and we have reviewed it. Tell us promptly if your certification lapses or is withdrawn, and we will remove the badge and the Organic label from your products.

11. Reviews

Customers may review your farm. You may not post reviews of your own farm, offer incentives for positive reviews, or pressure customers to change reviews. If you believe a review breaks our policies, report it to us.

12. Statistics

We do not currently provide statistics about your listing. If we do in future, they will be estimates provided for information only, and will not identify individual visitors.

13. Fees and paid plans

Listing on Farm-Stand is currently free, because Farm-Stand is funded by advertising from other businesses (see sections 8 and 14). If we introduce paid plans, we will give you clear notice in advance, and separate terms will apply only if you choose to subscribe. You will never be charged without agreeing to a paid plan.

14. Sponsored partners on your dashboard

Your farm dashboard shows offers from businesses that sponsor Farm-Stand ("sponsored partners"). They are on by default. Only you see them; they never appear on your farm's public page. You can switch them off at any time from your account page, and an admin can also switch them off for you.

Sponsored partners are third parties. Showing an offer is not a recommendation or guarantee by Farm-Stand, and any dealings you have with a sponsored partner are between you and them. We count how often each offer is shown and clicked, without recording who you are, so we can report totals to the sponsor.

15. Indemnity

You agree to be responsible for, and to indemnify Farm-Stand against, claims arising from your products, your dealings with customers, your listing content, or your breach of this Agreement or the law.

16. Ending your participation

You can end your participation at any time by deleting your farm account from your account page or by contacting us, and we will remove your listing. We may end this Agreement or suspend your listing if you breach it, or with reasonable notice for any other reason.

Contact us

Email: hello@farmstandna.com.