Visitor and Volunteer Waiver and Release of Liability

Welcome to Organic Oasis. Everyone who comes onto the farm — visitors, event guests and volunteers — signs this waiver once. Please read this whole page before you sign. It is a legal document: by signing it you give up legal rights, including the right to sue. If you have a question, ask us before you sign.

1. Who this protects

In this waiver, "the Farm" means Organic Oasis, LLC; its owners, members and managers, including Sarah Glover and Laurie Scott; its employees, volunteers and agents; and S2E3 Group LLC, which owns the land at 6300 SW Martin Highway, Palm City, Florida, and its members. "I", "me" and "my" mean the adult signing below.

"The activities" means being at the Farm for any reason, on any day I am there, and everything that goes with it: arriving, parking and leaving; being anywhere on the property; visiting the farm store or farm stand; picking up a CSA share; going to any event, tour, class, workshop, meal or gathering; walking the fields, beds, paths and buildings; and, whenever I volunteer, planting, weeding, harvesting, washing and packing produce; composting; carrying, lifting and moving things; using hand tools, hoses, carts and other equipment; and working near vehicles and machinery.

2. I am here by choice

I am coming onto the Farm and taking part of my own free will. I am responsible for my own health insurance and medical costs. Whenever I volunteer, I am not an employee of the Farm, I will not be paid wages, and I am not covered by the Farm's workers' compensation or any other insurance of the Farm's.

3. The risks

I understand that a working farm is not a controlled environment and that the activities carry real risks, including, among others:

• uneven ground, holes, mud, irrigation lines, beds, stakes, fencing and other things to trip over;
• heat, sun, dehydration, heat stroke, rain, lightning and storms;
• fire ants, bees, wasps, mosquitoes, ticks, snakes, wildlife and other animals, including allergic reactions to stings and bites;
• plants, soil, compost, manure, dust, mold and bacteria that can irritate skin, eyes or lungs or cause illness;
• hot material in active compost piles;
• fertilizers, soil amendments and sprays approved for organic farming;
• food and drink offered at the Farm, including produce eaten unwashed, and allergic reactions to it;
• sharp and heavy hand tools, power tools, vehicles, carts and farm machinery, and vehicles moving and parking on the property;
• strains, sprains, cuts, falls and back injuries, including from bending, lifting and repetitive work;
• the actions of other visitors, guests, volunteers and people working on the farm; and
• being some distance from emergency medical care.

These risks can cause serious injury, illness, permanent disability or death, and damage to or loss of property. Some of them cannot be removed even when everyone takes proper care.

4. I accept the risks

I freely accept and assume all of the risks of the activities, whether listed above or not, and whether known or unknown to me, including risks that arise from the negligence of the Farm.

5. Release and promise not to sue

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY FLORIDA LAW, I RELEASE, WAIVE AND DISCHARGE THE FARM FROM, AND PROMISE NOT TO SUE THE FARM FOR, ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS AND CAUSES OF ACTION FOR MY PERSONAL INJURY, ILLNESS, DISABILITY OR DEATH, OR FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF MY PROPERTY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING CLAIMS CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE FARM. This release binds me and my heirs, family, estate, personal representatives and anyone who might claim on my behalf.

If I, or anyone claiming on my behalf, bring a claim this release covers, I agree to pay the Farm's reasonable costs and attorney's fees in defending it.

6. Following instructions

I will follow the instructions of the people running the Farm, and any signs on the property. I will stay out of work areas, compost piles, machinery and buildings unless they are open to visitors or the Farm invites me in. I will use a tool or piece of equipment only after I have been shown how and only in the way I was shown. I will dress for the outdoors, and wear closed-toe shoes whenever I work. I will drink water, take breaks, and stop and say so if I feel unwell or unsafe. I will report any injury, however small, straight away. The Farm may ask me to stop any activity, or to leave, at any time.

7. My health

I am physically able to take part in what I choose to do. I will tell the Farm before I start any work, or eat or drink anything the Farm offers, about any allergy (for example to bee stings) or medical condition that could affect my safety, and I will bring any medicine I may need, such as an epinephrine pen.

8. Medical emergencies

If I, or a child I have listed below, need emergency medical care and cannot consent, I authorize the Farm to call for and arrange that care. The Farm is not required to give first aid. I am responsible for the cost of any care.

9. Children

This section applies only if I list children when I sign. I confirm that I am the parent or legal guardian of each child I list, and that I will supervise them at all times while they are at the Farm unless the Farm agrees otherwise.

On behalf of each child I list, I waive and release, in advance, any claim or cause of action against the Farm which would accrue to the child for personal injury, including death, and property damage resulting from an inherent risk in the activities. "Inherent risk" means those dangers or conditions, known or unknown, which are characteristic of, intrinsic to, or an integral part of the activities and which are not eliminated even if the Farm acts with due care in a reasonably prudent manner. It includes, but is not limited to: the failure by the Farm to warn me or my child of an inherent risk; and the risk that my child or another participant in the activities may act in a negligent or intentional manner and contribute to the injury or death of my child. A participant does not include the Farm or its owners, affiliates, employees or agents.

10. Agritourism warning

WARNING

Under Florida law, an agritourism operator is not liable for injury or death of, or damage or loss to, a participant in an agritourism activity conducted at this agritourism location if such injury, death, damage, or loss results from the inherent risks of the agritourism activity. Inherent risks of agritourism activities include, among others, risks of injury inherent to land, equipment, and animals, as well as the potential for you to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury, death, damage, or loss. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity.

11. Photos

Only if I choose "Yes" below: I allow Organic Oasis to take and use photographs and video of me, and of any child I list, at the Farm, on its website, social media, emails and printed material, without payment. I can stop future use at any time by emailing info@organicoasisfl.com. Choosing "No" does not stop me visiting or volunteering.

12. How long this lasts

This waiver covers today and every future day I, or any child I list, am at the Farm — as a visitor, a guest or a volunteer — until I tell the Farm in writing that I withdraw it. Withdrawing it does not affect anything that happened before.

13. The rest of the agreement

This waiver is governed by the laws of the State of Florida, and any claim not released by it must be brought in Martin County, Florida. If any part of it is found unenforceable, the rest stays in full effect, and that part is enforced as far as the law allows. It is intended to be as broad and inclusive as Florida law permits.

I agree to sign this waiver electronically. Typing my name and ticking the boxes below is my signature, and has the same effect as signing a paper copy.

I HAVE READ THIS WAIVER AND UNDERSTAND IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT I AM GIVING UP SUBSTANTIAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO SUE. I AM SIGNING IT FREELY AND VOLUNTARILY.