Rules

Who Can Use This Website

Any one may use this website to trade with each other in their local community. This applies to individuals, collectives and to commercial enterprises who have something that is locally produced or local to your area, then feel free to advertise on the HomeGrown Market. Examples include locally produced crafts, homegrown veggies or fruit, homemade pickles, jams, clothing, felting, weaving. For those who have services or run local businesses, you can add this information into your profile so people can make contact with you.

If a person sees something they wish to trade, they need to contact the owner of that item by using the contact details available to users of the site. It is the responsibility of the two parties to communicate with each other, negotiate acceptable trades and meet with each other for receipt of goods.

The site and its owners cannot be held liable for the quality of goods traded by any party.

Site Protocols

The site and its owners cannot be held liable for the behaviour of members. Users should respect other members on the site. Please report complaints so that those responsible can be dealt with. If complaints are received about the behaviour of members, their membership to the site will be disabled.

Users are permitted to register their telephone numbers in their user details, should they wish. When entering your telephone number in Profile, please add it with NO space between the area code and telephone number.

Food Preparation Guidelines

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority is the regulatory authority controlling the processing of foodstuffs. In summary, if food is processed for commercial gain (selling or swapping), that producer is required to manufacture the product in a registered food premises. The producer is also required to comply with food labelling regulations.

Refer to your territorial authority for information about registering food premises for commercial production.

Refer to the New Zealand Food Safety Authority website for regulations, policies and legislation.