Our farm operates as a Private Membership Association. You must be a member and agree to our terms before purchasing from Grugras Dairy.
Summary of this Contract:
- You are becoming a member of a Private Membership Association protected by the 1st Amendment, to obtain food of the highest quality including raw dairy and pastured meats directly from the farmer.
- You are choosing for yourself the types of food you want to buy and eat, and you have done your own research on the topic.
- You will not pursue any course of legal action against the Association trustees, staff or other members for anything pertaining to the foods you obtain by your own choosing.
- Your activities and the farm's activities within the Association are private and not to be shared with local, state or federal investigative or enforcement agencies.
- You are acting as a private member of the Association and not representing any local, state or federal agency whose purpose is to regulate Association business or carry out any enforcement, entrapment or investigation.
Membership Agreement:
1. This Association of members declares that our objective is to allow the Private Association founders and all Association members a platform to conduct all manner of private business, keeping all business in the private domain and utilizing the protections guaranteed by the Constitution.
2. We believe that the Constitution of the United States of America guarantees our members the rights of free speech, petition, assembly, and the right to gather together for the lawful purpose of helping one another in asserting our rights, in addition to the rights to be free from unreasonable search and seizure, the right to not incriminate ourselves, and the right to freely exercise all other unalienable rights as granted by God and guaranteed by the Constitution.
3. We declare the basic right of all our members to decide for themselves which members could be expected to give wise counsel and advice concerning all matters, and to accept from those members any and all counsel and advice.
4. The Association will recognize any person who has joined this Association and is in agreement with these principles and policies as a member, providing said person has not been sanctioned or banned by the administrator.
5. Membership to this Association may be terminated by an Association Trustee at any time should they conclude that a specific member is interacting with other members in a way that is contrary or detrimental to the focus and principles of this Association.
6. I understand that, since The Association is protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, it is outside the jurisdiction and authority of Federal and State Agencies concerning all complaints or grievances. All rights of complaints or grievances will be settled by an Association designee. I fully understand that I am consuming raw food products. I waive HIPAA privacy rights and complaint processes.
7. My activities within The Association are a private contractual matter. I fully agree not to pursue any course of legal action against a fellow member of The Association, unless that member has exposed me to a clear and present danger of substantive evil.
8. I enter into this agreement of my own free will without any pressure or coercion. I affirm that as an Association member I am joining in the capacity of a private member and not to represent any Local, State or Federal agency. I have read and understood this document and my questions have been answered fully to my satisfaction.
9. I understand that I can withdraw from this agreement and terminate my membership at any time, and that my membership can and will be revoked if I engage in abusive, violent, menacing, destructive or harassing behavior towards any other member.
10. I declare that I have carefully read the whole of this document and I understand and agree with it. Should I disagree with any part of this statement, I will immediately provide written notice of termination of my membership.
Member Cost Sharing Policy:
Grugras Dairy is a Private Membership Association operating a Member Farm Share Program. At the point in time in which a member receives farm products including but not limited to milk, milk products (cheese, butter, yogurt, etc.), or meats, such member shall remit to the Association an allocated share of costs incurred.
Each member of the Private Membership Association will review and accept the Member Cost Share Policy and agree to farm share costs incurred prior to checkout.
Please scroll through and read the full agreement above before agreeing.
