Farm Membership

Membership Application

In order to obtain food from CT Ranch, you must join our Private Farm Membership which
protects your rights as consumers and protects the farmers who provide the food to members.

The lifetime membership fee of $100 must be paid before you purchase any dairy, meat or
alternative dairy products (cream, yogurt, kefir, etc.).

SUMMARY OF THIS CONTRACT

• You are joining a PRIVATE MEMBERSHIP protected by the 1st Amendment, to obtain
  food of highest quality, including raw milk products and grass-fed beef directly from the
  farmer.

• You are choosing for yourself the types of food you want to buy and eat, and you have
  done your own research on the topic.
• You will not file a liability lawsuit against the Membership trustee, staff, or the other
  members for anything pertaining to the foods you obtain in your own choosing.
• Your activities and the farmers activities within the Membership are private and not to
  be shared with the FDA, FTC, State Milk Boards, USDA, Agricultural Boards, or other
  governing agencies.
• You are not a State or Federal agent whose purpose is to regulate and approve food
  products.

MEMBERSHIP CONTRACT FOR CT RANCH

I do hereby apply for membership to CT Ranch, a private membership operated through a
"Coordinator", Blue Ohana Company, LLC. With the signing of this membership agreement, I/we accept the offer made to become a member of CT Ranch and have read and agree with the following Declaration of Purpose from Article 1 of CT Ranch Articles of Association.

1. This membership hereby declares that our main objective is to maintain and improve
the civil rights, constitutional guarantees, and political freedom of every member and
citizen of the United States of America. We believe that the Constitution of the United
States is one of the best documents ever devised by man, and the signers of the
Declaration of Independence did so out of love for their country.

2. We believe that the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of
America guarantees our members the rights of free speech, petition, assembly, and the
right to gather together for the lawful purpose of advising and helping one another in
asserting our rights under the Federal and State Constitutions and Statutes.

IT IS HEREBY declared that we are exercising our right of “freedom of association” as
guaranteed by the 1st and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution and equivalent
provisions of the various State Constitutions. This means that our association activities
are restricted to the private domain only.

3. We declare the basic right of all our members to select spokesmen who could be
expected to give wisest counsel and advice concerning the need for, and availability and
access to food and to select from our number those members who are the most skilled
to assist and facilitate the actual performance and delivery of products.

4. We proclaim the freedom to choose and decide for ourselves the types of products,
services, and methods that we think best for healthy eating and preventing illness and
disease of our minds and bodies and for achieving and maintaining optimum wellness.
We proclaim and reserve the right to include healthy food options that include, but are
not limited to, cutting edge discoveries and farming practiced or used by any types of
healers or therapists or practitioners the world over whether traditional or
nontraditional, conventional or unconventional.

5. More specifically, the mission of our membership is to provide members with the
highest level of food quality and the most effective methods of producing said foods.
We offer members these food options. Our membership understands that wellness has
many dimensions and strives every day to stay on the leading edge of new technology
that leads to better wholesome foods. The membership strives and provides the healthy
food choices in the most effective means of delivery of these foods at an affordable fee.
More specifically, the membership specializes in raw milk products and grass-fed meats
and demands access to foods of our choice. The membership offers to members
alternates to other type foods and as a service and benefit to members.

6. The membership will recognize any person (irrespective of race, color, or religion) who
is in accordance with these principles and policies as a member, and will provide a
medium through which its individual members may associate for actuating and bringing
to fruition the purposes heretofore declared.

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

I understand that the fellow members of the membership that provide products and services, do so in the capacity of a fellow member and not in the capacity as a licensed wholesaler, retailer or provider. I further understand that within the membership no wholesaler/retailer-customer relationship exists but only a contract member-member membership relationship.In addition, I have freely chosen to change my legal status as a public consumer/customer to a private member of the membership. I further understand that it is entirely my own responsibility to consider the recommendations and products offered to me by my fellow members and to educate myself as to the efficacy, risks, and desirability of same and the acceptance of the offered or recommended products and is my own carefully considered decision.

Any request by me to a fellow member to assist me or provide me with the aforementioned recommendations or products is my own free decision in an exercise of my rights and made by me for the benefit, and I agree to hold the Trustee(s), staff and other worker members and the membership harmless from any unintentional liability for the results of such recommendations and products, except for harm that results from instances of a clear and present danger of substantive evil as determined by the membership, as stated and defined by the United States Supreme Court.

The Trustee and members have chosen Pierre Caballero as the person best qualified to perform services to members of the membership and entrust them to select other members to assist them in carrying out that service. 

In addition, I understand that, since the membership is protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, it is outside the jurisdiction and authority of Federal and State Agencies and Authorities concerning any and all complaints or grievances against the membership, any Trustee(s), members or other staff persons. All rights of complaints or grievances will be settled by a membership Committee and will be waived by the member for the benefit of the membership and its members. 

Because the privacy and security of membership records maintained within the membership, which have been held to be inviolate by the U.S. Supreme Court, the undersigned member waives complaint process. Any customer/consumer records kept by the membership will be strictly protected and only released upon written request of the member. I agree that violation of any waivers in this membership contract will result in a no contest legal proceeding against me. In addition, the membership does not participate in any insurance plans. 

I agree to join the private-membership under common law, whose members seek to help each other achieve better health and live longer with good quality products.

I understand that the providers who are fellow members of the membership are offering me products, services and benefits that do not necessarily conform to conventional products on the market.

As a member, I accept the goals of helping my body function better and choosing food products that are very safe, realizing that no product testing is foolproof. Other aspects of informed consent will take place in my discussions with the providers and my fellow members of the membership.

My activities within the membership are a private matter that I refuse to share with State
Medical Board(s), the FDA, FTC, State Milk Board(s), USDA, Agricultural Board(s) and any other governmental agency without my expressed specific permission. All records and documents remain as property of the membership, even if I receive a copy of them. I fully agree not to file a liability lawsuit against a fellow member of the membership, unless that member has exposed me to a clear and present danger of substantive evil. I acknowledge that the members of the membership do not carry liability insurance.

The Trustee(s) and the Coordinator shall have the right to sanction a member upon unanimous vote of the Trustee(s), after a hearing of the facts where the member may be present after notification. The sanctions include removal from active membership or imposing any other special and necessary conditions upon any member who shall discredit or bring harm to the membership in any manner.

I enter into this agreement of my own free will or on behalf of my dependent without any
pressure or promise of products. I affirm that I do not represent any State or Federal agency whose purpose is to regulate and approve products. I have read and understood this document, and my questions have been answered fully to my satisfaction. I understand that I can withdraw from this agreement and terminate my membership in this association at any time. These pages and Article 1 of the articles of association of the membership consist of the entire agreement for my membership and they supersede any previous agreement.

I understand that the membership fee entitles me to receive those benefits declared by the
Trustee(s) and the benefits provided by the online ordering system of www.ctranch.com, to be “general benefits” free of further charge. I agree to pay as levied those benefits that I receive that are declared by the Trustees to be “special assessments”, per Fee Schedule. I also understand, that all personal information, credit card & payment information, intellectual property, images and ordering systems are proprietary to Blue Ohana Company, LLC. The information contained in this document is intended only for the individuals and entities entering into this agreement and any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited.

MEMBERSHIP FEE
I will pay the sum of $100.00 (non-refundable) as consideration for my membership contract, said term beginning with the date of the signing of this contract, and by these presents do hereby certify, attest and warrant that I have carefully read the above and foregoing CT Ranch Contractual Application for Membership, and I fully understand and agree with same.

Member Cost Sharing Policy

CT Ranch is a Private Membership Association operating a Member Farm Share Program.

Pursuant to authority granted by the Articles of Association of CT Ranch, a private membership association, Trustees Pierre and Nicole Caballero, hereby adopt the following Member Cost Sharing Policy.

Whereas the Private Membership Association owns the rights to certain milk producing livestock;

Whereas the Private Membership Association incurs direct and indirect costs in the management and maintenance of its livestock;

Whereas the Private Membership Association incurs direct and indirect costs in the processing of the livestock’s milk;

Whereas the Private Membership Association members wish to implement a system by which their mutual costs are shared among the members in a fair and equitable manner, and in a process that connects the personal benefit that a member receives from the livestock’s production to the cost incurred by the Private Membership Association for the production of the member’s benefit.

Therefore, the Private Membership Association hereby adopts the following Cost Sharing Policy.

1. All Private Membership Association members must have a signed Private Membership Association contract on file. The Private Membership Association shall require a membership fee, paid in full prior to receiving any farm products.
2. At the point in time in which a member receives farm products from the Private Membership Association’s livestock, including but not limited to milk, or milk products (cheese, butter, yogurt, etc.), beef or pork, then such member shall remit to the Private Membership Association an allocated share of the Private Membership Association’s cost incurred.
3. The Cost Share Allocation shall be reset periodically at the discretion of the Trustees to account for changes in the Private Membership Association’s direct and indirect cost incurred. The Trustees shall develop a calculation formula on a rolling adjusted average basis to provide for a consistent method for determining the daily Cost Share without volatile adjustments. The Cost Share Allocation shall endeavor to account for all direct and indirect costs incurred by the Private Membership Association.
4. The Cost Share Allocation shall be available for members to review on the Private Membership Association website and farm store locations.
5. Each member of the Private Membership Association will review and accept the Member Cost Share Policy, and agree to farm share costs incurred, prior to checkout from our farm store or website.