Terms of Use
Plain-language terms for using United Farmers Market: informational content, not advice; copyright and quoting; external links; recipes; and no warranties.
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These are the terms for using United Farmers Market. In plain language: our content is informational and not professional advice, you must confirm rules with the official agency, our writing is copyrighted but short quotes with attribution are welcome, photographs carry their own licenses, we do not warrant anything, and recipes are used at your own discretion.
Who we are
United Farmers Market is operated in the United States, and its content is directed to a U.S. audience. Questions about these terms go to contact@unitedfarmersmarket.com.
Informational content, not advice
Everything on this site, including articles, state guides, recipes, and the newsletter, is published for general information. It is not legal, financial, tax, or food-safety advice, and it does not create any professional relationship between you and us.
Cottage food laws, market rules, tax obligations, and food-safety requirements vary by state and locality and change over time. Before you sell a product, print a label, sign a market agreement, or rely on any figure in an article, confirm the current requirement with the official agency that governs it. Our state guides link to the responsible agency in each state. Where an article gives a dollar cap, a fee, or a statute section, it reflects the source we read on the date shown, and it may be out of date by the time you read it.
Copyright
The text, structure, and original graphics of United Farmers Market are copyrighted by United Farmers Market. Photographs are not ours: each is published under its own license, which is shown with the image and on image credits, and you must follow that license if you reuse a photograph.
Quoting and sharing
We welcome limited quoting with attribution. You may quote short passages in your own writing, teaching, or reporting if you credit United Farmers Market and, online, link to the article. You may share links to our pages freely.
You may not republish whole articles or substantial portions of them, present our writing as your own, or reproduce large parts of the site in another product without written permission. To ask for permission, email contact@unitedfarmersmarket.com.
Recipes
Recipes on this site are editorial recipes developed from standard reference methods and labeled that way. They are not represented as kitchen-tested unless the piece says so. You use them at your own discretion. Cooking, canning, fermenting, and preserving carry real risks, and food-safety statements in a recipe are general guidance, not a substitute for the official methods published by the National Center for Home Food Preservation, USDA, or your state agency. If you sell what you make, your state's cottage food rules govern what you may sell and how it must be labeled, not our recipe.
External links
Articles link to government agencies, universities, companies, and other outside sites. Links are provided for reference and are not endorsements. We do not control external sites and are not responsible for their content, accuracy, availability, or privacy practices. Links to Local Cottage Foods, a related brand, are labeled as such; see About.
No warranties
We work hard to be accurate, and our editorial standards describe how. Even so, the site is provided as it is, without any warranty of accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or fitness for a particular purpose. We do not guarantee that any article reflects the current law in your state or the current price of any product.
Limits on our responsibility
To the extent the law allows, United Farmers Market is not liable for losses or damages arising from your use of the site or your reliance on its content, including decisions about what to sell, how to label it, how to price it, or how to prepare or preserve food. If you would not act on a claim without checking it with the responsible agency, do not act on ours without checking either.
Newsletter
Subscribing to Market Dispatch means you agree to receive one email a week from us. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any issue. The form is for your own address only. How we handle your address is described in the privacy policy.
Corrections
If you believe something on the site is wrong, email contact@unitedfarmersmarket.com. Our corrections policy explains how we respond.
Changes
We may update these terms. The page's "updated" date shows when they last changed, and continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated terms.