For reviewers
Your honest word helps a neighbour choose
A good review tells someone down the street what a producer's food is really like. That's worth something, and on CFT a reviewer can be paid or given perks by CFT or by a producer.
What can't be bought is the review itself. Your word counts because it's yours.
Why you matter
Trust is the whole network
Shoppers can't walk every farm. An honest review is how they know who to buy from.
Good producers get found
A small grower doesn't have an advertising budget. A true, specific review can do more for them than an ad.
Problems get fixed
A fair review of something that went wrong tells the producer what to fix and tells the next buyer what to expect.
Our rules for reviewers
These keep the community honest and the food local. See what we accept for the standards each food has to meet.
- Review only food you bought or were given yourself. A star rating counts only from someone who bought the item. A review of food you were given is labelled as one.
- Say it plainly whenever you got anything for it: payment, free food, a discount, a referral fee or any other perk. Put it on the review or post itself, where people will see it before they read on. In a video or audio piece, say it in the video or audio itself, not only in the caption.
- Payment or perks never depend on what you say. Neither CFT nor any producer may offer anything for a good word, to change or remove a review, or to say less about a problem, and no one may pressure or threaten anyone over a review. You may not ask for anything in exchange for one either.
- Don't review your own business, a business you work for or are related to, or a competitor.
- Be specific and fair. Review the food, the packing and the service, not the person.
- Say only what's true. No health or medical claims, and no claim about a certification or practice the producer hasn't shown. A certification counts only once CFT has checked it.
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