Terms of Service

A Fresher Place is operated by FINxTIN TECH LLC ("A Fresher Place", "we", "us"). A Fresher Place is a doing-business-as name of FINxTIN TECH LLC. By using the platform, creating an account, or applying as a partner, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the platform. Contact: hello@afresherplace.com.

A Fresher Place is a software platform that connects families with local farms and partners through neighborhood pickups, a produce and food-as-medicine library, community content, and partner tools. We are the technology and coordination layer. We are not a grocer, a farm, a medical provider, or a payment processor for family food purchases. Farms and other partners are independent and are responsible for their own products, services, prices, food safety, and legal compliance.

Families never pay A Fresher Place for food, and we never touch the food dollar or your SNAP or EBT benefits. Where produce is sold, the farm receives payment directly through its own payment processor, and the farm keeps its full price.

You must be able to form a binding agreement to use partner accounts, and you must provide accurate information. The platform is not directed to children under 13. You are responsible for keeping your account secure and for activity under it.

When you apply as a partner (farm, host, community organization, chef, or steward), you agree to give accurate information and to keep it current. Some roles require you to accept a separate partner agreement, and some require our review and approval before your profile or listing becomes public. Approval is at our discretion, and we may decline, pause, or remove a partner to protect the community.

Pickups, classes, and events happen only at locations we have vetted. Partners may select only vetted locations. Vetting is a good-faith review, not a guarantee: partners and hosts remain responsible for the safety, legality, permits, and food-safety compliance of their own activities and sites. Chefs who handle or serve food are responsible for holding the required food handler credentials and for following local food-safety law, and for relying on the host location’s food permit where applicable. A Fresher Place does not assume responsibility for a partner’s food handling.

You agree not to misuse the platform. That includes not posting false, harmful, infringing, or unlawful content, not impersonating others, not attempting to gain unauthorized access, not scraping or overloading the service, and not using the platform to harass anyone or to collect personal information without permission. We may remove content or suspend accounts that break these rules.

You keep ownership of the content you submit, including profiles, recipes, stories, and photos. By submitting content and granting the related consent, you give A Fresher Place permission to display, feature, lightly edit, and share that content on and about the platform, with attribution and under the consent you gave, so we can run the community feed, produce profiles, and community content. You confirm you have the right to share what you submit, and that everyone recognizable in a photo agreed to appear. You can ask us to remove your content, and we will honor that for content we control. We never publish a minor’s name or face in a community story without a parent or guardian’s consent.

Household-level survey answers are community-owned and are governed by our Privacy Policy and the consents you give, not by a general content license. We do not sell them.

We contact you only through the channels you opt into, plus necessary service messages about your account. Marketing opt-ins are always optional and never a condition of applying or partnering. You can unsubscribe from email at any time. If and when we offer text messages, text consent will be a separate opt-in and you can reply STOP to cancel.

Where the platform supports commerce, farms and vendors are paid directly through their own payment processors and set their own prices. A Fresher Place’s revenue is its technology, reporting, and platform fees, not a share of the food dollar or of any grant or benefit funds. Farms and vendors are paid through their own third-party payment processors, such as Stripe or Square, and those processors charge their own standard processing fees, which A Fresher Place does not set and does not receive. Partners are independent contractors and businesses, not employees or agents of A Fresher Place, and nothing here creates a partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship.

The platform, including its software, design, and the libraries and content A Fresher Place creates, belongs to FINxTIN TECH LLC and is protected by law. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the platform for its intended purpose. You may not copy, resell, or create derivative works from the platform except as allowed by law or with our permission.

The platform relies on third-party providers (for hosting, surveys, email, payments, and, in the future, texting) and may link to third-party sites. We are not responsible for third-party services or content, and your use of them is subject to their own terms.

The platform is provided "as is" and "as available." To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim warranties of any kind, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Food-as-medicine and produce information on the platform is educational and is not medical advice; consult a qualified professional for medical decisions. We do not warrant that the platform will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that any partner, product, or location will meet your expectations.

To the fullest extent the law allows, A Fresher Place and FINxTIN TECH LLC will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits or data, arising from your use of the platform. Our total liability for any claim relating to the platform will not exceed one hundred dollars or the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim, whichever is greater. Some places do not allow these limits, so they may not fully apply to you.

You agree to defend and hold harmless A Fresher Place and FINxTIN TECH LLC from claims arising out of your content, your use of the platform, your activities as a partner, or your violation of these Terms or of law, to the extent the law allows.

You may stop using the platform at any time. We may suspend or end your access if you break these Terms or to protect the community. Sections that by their nature should survive termination, including content licenses you granted, disclaimers, and limitations of liability, survive.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New Mexico, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, and disputes will be handled in the state or federal courts located in New Mexico, unless the law where you live requires otherwise.

We may update these Terms as the platform grows. We will post the new version with a new effective date, and for material changes we will make a reasonable effort to tell you. Continuing to use the platform after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

Questions about these Terms: hello@afresherplace.com, or 4300 Ridgecrest Dr SE, Suite L 1255, Rio Rancho, NM 87124.