RELEASE OF LIABILITY
Release of Liability, Waiver of Claims, Assumption of Risk, & Indemnification Agreement
Last Updated: September 2026
Agreement & Scope of Release
This Release of Liability, Waiver of Claims, Assumption of Risk, & Indemnification Agreement (“Agreement”) is an enforceable contract between you and Blossom & Brine™ (including its owners, instructors, craftsmen, and agents).
This Agreement applies to all virtual classes, remote educational consultations, digital and print materials, physical products, and property repair services provided by Blossom & Brine™. By checking an acceptance box during online checkout or booking, signing a service agreement or work order, or purchasing our products, you affirmatively accept and agree to all terms, liability releases, and risk assumptions set forth below.
General browsing of publicly accessible website pages or public social media posts is educational and subject to our standard Website Terms of Use and Disclaimers.
1. Non-USDA Approved Methods & Botulism Warning
Heritage & Amish Practices: Blossom & Brine™ teaches traditional, heritage, and Amish food preservation techniques. You understand and explicitly acknowledge that many of the methods, recipes, and processing times we teach—including traditional water-bath canning of certain foods and atmospheric processing—are NOT approved, tested, or recommended by the USDA, the National Center for Home Food Preservation (NCHFP), or university extension services.
Foodborne Pathogens & Botulism: You acknowledge that improper food preparation, processing, acidification, thermal handling, or storage carries severe inherent health risks. You specifically acknowledge the dangerous nature of foodborne pathogens, including bacteria, spores, molds, and toxins—most notably Clostridium botulinum (Botulism), which can cause paralysis, severe illness, or death.
Informed Choice & Assumption of Risk: We provide traditional education alongside food safety principles so you can make informed decisions for your household. You voluntarily choose to learn and practice these heritage methods, and you assume full, sole responsibility for all risks of foodborne illness, personal injury, or loss arising from food you preserve, store, or consume.
2. Virtual Classes, Remote Consultations & Home Safety
Safety in Your Own Home: All educational classes, workshops, and troubleshooting sessions are conducted remotely online. You work in your own home using your own stoves, burners, boiling water, steam, pressure canners, glassware, and knives. You acknowledge that cooking, boiling water, steam, pressure canning, and hot glass carry inherent risks of severe burns, cuts, and equipment hazards. You voluntarily assume all risk of personal injury or property damage that occurs in your home while participating in or following a class.
Limitations of Remote Advice: During live virtual classes or instant phone and text troubleshooting consultations, our advice is educational. Because we are remote, we cannot physically verify your dial-gauge accuracy, stove's heat cycles, elevation adjustments, acidity levels, or jar seals. You retain sole responsibility for evaluating and testing your equipment, observing your own processing conditions, confirming final seals and judging the safety of your workspace.
Intellectual Property & Recording Ban: All class video feeds, printable guides, shopping lists, handouts, and curriculum structure are the exclusive intellectual property of Blossom & Brine™. You are strictly prohibited from recording, screen-capturing, downloading, transcribing, or redistributing our live classes, private session links, or digital materials. You may not use our materials to conduct commercial classes or demonstrations.
3. User-Prepared Food & Third-Party Claims
No Direct Supervision of Finished Food: Blossom & Brine™ cannot verify your home kitchen sanitation, ingredient freshness, recipe compliance, or storage conditions.
Sole Responsibility: You are solely responsible for how you prepare, can, store, label, gift, or serve any food you make using Blossom & Brine™ recipes or guidance. A statement that food was made using a "Blossom & Brine™ recipe" does not mean Blossom & Brine™ prepared, tested, inspected, or guaranteed that food.
Indemnification: To the fullest extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Blossom & Brine™ and its owners from any third-party claims, liabilities, damages, or legal expenses (including claims from guests, family members, or potluck attendees) arising out of food you produced, handled, stored, gifted, or served yourself.
4. Handyman, Woodworking & Property Services
When Blossom & Brine™ performs property repairs, woodworking, carpentry, maintenance, or handyman services on your property:
Pre-Existing Conditions: Maintenance, carpentry, and repair work can reveal pre-existing rot, insect damage, structural settling, or material fatigue. Blossom & Brine™ is not responsible for damage resulting from pre-existing structural defects, age-related wear, or poor prior construction.
Customer Disclosures & Utility Marking: You agree to disclose all known hazards, hidden wiring, fragile pipes, or structural issues before work begins. For any work involving ground penetration (such as post setting or trenching), the customer is responsible for marking private lines and ensuring public utilities have been located and marked via Tennessee 811 prior to work.
Customer-Supplied Materials: If you supply fixtures, lumber, or hardware for a project, Blossom & Brine™ is not liable for failures, defects, or premature wear caused by the quality or grade of those materials.
Job Site Safety: You agree to keep children, pets, and household members safely away from the active work area, tools, ladders, and equipment while work is underway.
5. Herbal Preparations & Health Disclaimer
Educational Use Only: Blossom & Brine™ shares traditional knowledge and recipes regarding botanical preparations, including herbal teas, syrups, tinctures, and salves, for educational and personal enrichment purposes only. Nothing we teach, write, or provide is intended as medical advice, diagnosis, prescription, or treatment for any disease, illness, or condition.
FDA Disclaimer: Statements and products regarding herbal remedies, plants, or wild-foraged botanicals have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These products and teachings are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Consult a Physician: Always consult a licensed healthcare professional before using any herbal product, particularly if you are pregnant, nursing, taking prescription medications, or managing a chronic illness. You assume full responsibility for your health decisions and any physical reactions to botanical ingredients.
6. Age Requirements & Household Supervision
You must be at least 18 years of age to purchase products, book virtual classes, or enter into property service agreements. If a minor (under age 18) assists you in your kitchen or watches a virtual class alongside you, the registered adult assumes full responsibility for their physical safety, training, and active supervision.
7. Intellectual Property, Course Materials & Product Resale
Educational Materials & Curriculum: All videos, written guides, printable handouts, course curriculum, presentations, website content, and original recipe text are the exclusive intellectual property of Blossom & Brine™. These materials are provided solely for your personal, non-commercial household use.
Recording & Screen Capture Ban: You are strictly prohibited from recording, screen-capturing, downloading, audio-recording, or transcribing live virtual classes, emergency video troubleshooting calls, or digital workshops without prior written permission. You may not share course login credentials, private livestream links, or digital downloads with third parties.
No Commercial Teaching: You may not use Blossom & Brine™ materials, handouts, outlines, or curriculum to conduct your own commercial workshops, classes, paid demonstrations, or digital content.
Physical Products & Resale: All food products, herbal preparations, and handcrafted goods are sold for personal use and consumption only. You may not rebrand, repackage, relabel, or commercially resell any Blossom & Brine™ physical goods without an express, signed wholesale agreement.
8. Release of Ordinary Negligence (Tennessee Law)
To the fullest extent permitted by Tennessee law, you voluntarily release and discharge Blossom & Brine™ from all liability, claims, or demands for personal injury, illness, or property damage arising out of ordinary negligence or the inherent risks of our educational instruction, advice, or property services.
By affirmatively accepting this Agreement, you voluntarily and expressly release and hold harmless Blossom & Brine™ and its owners, craftsmen, instructors, and agents from any and all liability, claims, or demands for personal injury, illness, property damage, or financial loss arising out of the inherent risks of our educational instruction, advice, or property services, or the ordinary negligence of Blossom & Brine™.
This release does not apply to gross negligence, reckless misconduct, intentional wrongdoing, or any liability that Tennessee law prohibits from being waived.
9. Tennessee Food Freedom Act Disclosure
T.C.A. § 53-1-118 Certain food products sold directly by Blossom & Brine™ are produced pursuant to Tennessee’s Food Freedom Act:
This product was produced at a private residence that is exempt from state licensing and inspection. This product may contain allergens.
10. Registration, Perishable Materials & Virtual Event Rules
Non-Refundable Policy: All virtual class registrations, workshops, and emergency consultation fees are non-refundable. Ticket sales are final because your booking reserves a limited live roster spot, grants immediate access to proprietary shopping lists and prep guides, and directly funds the fresh, perishable produce and canning supplies purchased in advance for the live demonstration.
Ticket Transfers: If you cannot attend a scheduled live session, you may transfer your registration to another person by emailing [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the start time with the replacement attendee's full name and email address.
Virtual Conduct & Removal: Participants must maintain a respectful, family-friendly learning environment. Blossom & Brine™ reserves the right to mute, remove, or block any participant who engages in harassment, uses profanity, spams chat feeds, displays inappropriate video, or disrupts instruction. Participants removed for disruptive conduct forfeit their fee without refund.
Technology & No-Shows: Participants are responsible for securing their own ingredients, verifying their home equipment, and maintaining a stable internet connection. Missed sessions or personal connectivity failures are non-refundable.
11. Physical Goods, Handcrafted Items & Shipping Policy
Final Sale on Consumables: Due to food safety and hygiene regulations, all sales of food items, herbal preparations, teas, and syrups are final sale and non-returnable once shipped.
Handmade & Natural Character: Handcrafted woodwork and sewn textiles are made individually. Natural variations in wood grain, knots, character markings, and hand-stitching are hallmarks of authentic handcrafts and are not considered manufacturing defects.
Damaged in Transit: If an item arrives broken or damaged, you must email [email protected] within 48 hours of delivery with clear photographs of the damaged product, the shipping box, and the packaging materials. Upon verification, we will ship a replacement. If the item is a one-of-a-kind craft or out-of-stock seasonal food item, we will issue a store credit or refund.
Carrier Delays & Incorrect Addresses: Blossom & Brine™ is not responsible for transit delays, weather disruptions, or carrier handling once packages are in the custody of USPS or UPS. Customers are responsible for providing an accurate shipping address; we cannot replace or refund packages delivered to an incorrectly entered address or marked "Delivered" by the carrier.
12. Separate Entities & On-Site Farm Visits
While Blossom & Brine™ (educational services, online store, and digital media) and Blossom & Brine Farm (agricultural production and U-Pick operations) share a heritage and brand name, they are independently operated entities. All physical, on-site agricultural activities—including public produce picking, farm stands, and property visits at the physical farm location—are managed exclusively by Blossom & Brine Farm under separate management.
Blossom & Brine™ (the educational and online entity) assumes no liability for personal injury, property damage, or incidents occurring on the physical farm premises. Visitors attending the physical farm assume all inherent risks associated with agricultural premises and agritourism activities.
13. Entire Agreement & Jurisdiction
Entire Agreement: This Agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive understanding between you and Blossom & Brine™ regarding liability, safety, and risk assumption, superseding all prior oral or written discussions.
Severability: If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that specific term will be limited or severed, and all remaining provisions will continue in full legal force and effect.
Governing Law & Exclusive Venue: This Agreement is governed strictly by the laws of the State of Tennessee. Any dispute, claim, or legal action arising out of this Agreement or your relationship with Blossom & Brine™ shall be brought exclusively in the state courts located in Cheatham County, Tennessee, or the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Nashville Division).
Attorneys’ Fees & Legal Costs: In any legal dispute or proceeding where Blossom & Brine™ is determined by a court to be the prevailing party, Blossom & Brine™ shall be entitled to recover from the non-prevailing party all reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, and associated litigation expenses.
Acknowledgment & Final Acceptance
BY SIGNING BELOW (OR CHECKING THE MANDATORY ACCEPTANCE BOX ONLINE), I CONFIRM THAT:
I AM AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE AND LEGALLY COMPETENT TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT.
I HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND, AND VOLUNTARILY AGREE TO THIS ENTIRE AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE RELEASE OF ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE IN SECTION 7.
I EXPLICITLY UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BLOSSOM & BRINE™ TEACHES TRADITIONAL, HERITAGE, AND AMISH PRESERVATION METHODS THAT ARE NOT APPROVED, TESTED, OR RECOMMENDED BY THE USDA, AND I VOLUNTARILY ASSUME ALL RISKS (INCLUDING THE RISK OF FOODBORNE ILLNESS AND BOTULISM) ASSOCIATED WITH PRACTICING THEM.
Participant / Property Owner Signature (For Handyman Clipboard or Paper Forms):
Printed Full Name: __________________________________________________
Signature: _________________________________________________________
Date: ________________________