Terms of service
Terms of Service
UNDERSTANDING THE 2027 VEGETABLE CSA
Purchasing a 2027 JPL Homestead Vegetable CSA membership creates a season-long relationship between the member and JPL Homestead.
The detailed terms governing CSA membership are contained in the current 2027 JPL Homestead Vegetable CSA Member Agreement.
SEASONAL COMMITMENT AND PAYMENT
The 2027 Vegetable CSA covers one 20-week season.
Members may pay in full or, when offered, choose five automatic monthly payments. The installment option pays the same total membership price and automatically ends after the fifth payment. It is not an indefinite subscription that continues until canceled.
Every member receives a seven-calendar-day cancellation grace period beginning on the enrollment date.
After that period, the membership becomes a firm seasonal commitment. Any later cancellation, transfer, fulfillment change, or other adjustment is governed by the CSA Member Agreement and requires JPL Homestead approval where applicable.
If an automatic installment payment fails, the member receives a cure period under the CSA Member Agreement.
If the payment remains unresolved after the approved cure period, JPL Homestead may suspend CSA distributions or place a pre-season membership on delinquent hold. Suspension does not itself cancel the membership or forgive the remaining balance.
SEASONAL PRODUCE AND FARMING RISK
CSA contents are primarily farmer-selected based on seasonal availability, qualifying harvests, crop performance, and practical packing.
Weather, excessive heat, heavy rain, drought, pests, disease, germination, crop timing, and crop failures can affect what is available during the season.
JPL Homestead does not guarantee:
- a particular vegetable every week;
- an exact weekly crop list;
- a fixed weekly weight;
- a fixed number of items;
- a fixed weekly retail value; or
- that every planted crop will succeed.
JPL Homestead remains responsible for reasonable production planning, crop care, irrigation, pest and disease response, harvest quality, postharvest handling, realistic membership capacity, and reasonable efforts to provide an appropriate CSA throughout the season.
SHARE CONTENTS AND PREFERENCES
CSA shares are primarily farmer-selected based on what is ready, qualifying, and seasonally appropriate.
Members may provide information about produce preferences, allergies, or sensitivities. JPL Homestead may accommodate preferences when practical, but customized CSA boxes, guaranteed exclusions, and individual substitutions are not promised.
The CSA is not an allergen-controlled or medically customized food program. Members remain responsible for determining which foods are appropriate for their household.
PICKUP
Pickup members are responsible for collecting their share during the published pickup period or arranging an approved alternative.
A missed pickup does not automatically create a refund, credit, replacement share, make-up share, or extension of the CSA season.
Approved arrangements for planned absences may include pickup by a friend or family member, a temporary hold through the approved period, or donation of the share.
DELIVERY
Delivery members do not need to be home when delivery occurs.
Members should provide a safe and reasonably suitable delivery location, such as a cooler, insulated container, shaded porch, protected entry, or another approved location when practical.
Once a share has been properly delivered according to the agreed delivery instructions, responsibility for timely retrieval, refrigeration, storage, and protection passes to the member.
Delivery-address changes and changes between Pickup and Delivery require JPL Homestead approval and are subject to the applicable CSA policies.
MISSED SHARES AND FARM-SIDE DISRUPTIONS
Vacation, missed pickup, or customer-caused failed delivery does not automatically create a refund, credit, replacement share, payment pause, or season extension.
Rare farm-side circumstances that prevent JPL Homestead from fulfilling a distribution are handled separately under the CSA Member Agreement. When appropriate, JPL Homestead may use an approved financial adjustment, fulfillment adjustment, or future-payment adjustment.
COMMUNICATION
JPL Homestead will use reasonable communication to provide members with important CSA information, including seasonal updates, pickup or delivery information, payment-related notices, and other membership information.
Members are responsible for maintaining reasonably current contact and payment information.
MEMBER AGREEMENT
The 2027 JPL Homestead Vegetable CSA Member Agreement contains the detailed terms for CSA pricing, installment payments, failed payments, cancellation, hardship, transfers, Pickup and Delivery, vacations, missed shares, crop risk, extraordinary disruptions, communication, preferences, and other CSA-specific matters.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
To the maximum extent permitted by law, JPL Homestead's liability is limited to the amount you paid for your CSA membership. We are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from crop failures, delivery issues, or other farming-related circumstances.
ACCEPTANCE
Before CSA enrollment is completed, the customer must have access to the current 2027 JPL Homestead Vegetable CSA Member Agreement and affirmatively indicate acceptance of that agreement as part of the enrollment process.
JPL Homestead will maintain reasonable evidence of agreement acceptance when practical, which may include the customer, order or membership, acceptance date, and agreement version or effective date.
Questions? Contact us at jplhomestead2022@gmail.com - we're always happy to talk about what CSA membership means.
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