Terms of Service for Sonoma Family Meal Website

Last Updated: 7/2/26

Welcome to Sonoma Family Meal. These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of our website and services. By using our website or Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms; if you use the Services on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using the services provided by Sonoma Family Meal, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use our services.

2. Description of Services

Sonoma Family Meal provides the following services, which may be modified, suspended, discontinued, or made subject to additional written terms, eligibility requirements, program rules, waivers, or agreements at our discretion:

  • Culinary job training programs

  • Emergency and food-security meal services

  • Disaster response meal preparation and distribution

  • Catering services

  • Cooking classes and workshops

  • Community kitchen rentals

  • Food recovery and waste reduction programs

  • School food services and trainings

  • Workforce development and employment support within the food industry

3. Intellectual Property (IP) Rights

Unless otherwise indicated, the Website and all content therein — including source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics (collectively, the “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the “Marks”) — are owned or controlled by Sonoma Family Meal or licensed to us, and are protected by copyright and trademark laws.

The Content and Marks are provided on the Website “AS IS” for your information and personal, non-commercial use only, and no right, title, or interest in or to the Website, Content, or Marks is transferred to you. Except as expressly provided in these Terms, no part of the Website and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever, without our express prior written permission.

4. Disclaimers

The services and information on this website are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Sonoma Family Meal makes no warranties, expressed or implied, regarding the operation of the website or the information, content, or materials included. To the full extent permissible by applicable law, Sonoma Family Meal disclaims all warranties, including but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

5. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Sonoma Family Meal, its directors, officers, employees, volunteers, agents, partners, and affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, including loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from or relating to (i) your access to, use of, or inability to access or use the Services; (ii) any conduct or content of any third party on or through the Services; (iii) unauthorized access, use, or alteration of your transmissions or content; or (iv) participation in any program, event, class, training, rental, meal, food distribution, or other Service, except to the extent liability cannot be limited under applicable law.

6. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Sonoma Family Meal and its licensee and licensors, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers, and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees), resulting from or arising out of (a) your use and access of the service, or (b) a breach of these Terms.

7. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights.

8. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. We will provide notice of any changes by posting the new Terms on this site.

9. Contact Us

To ask questions or comment about these Terms, contact Sonoma Family Meal via mail at 1370A Redwood Way, Petaluma, CA 94954, via phone at 707-978-2340, or via email at hello@sonomafamilymeal.org.