Privacy Policy
Last Updated: October 16, 2026
Welcome to The Backyard Farming Connection, located at https://backyardfarmingconnection.com/.
This Privacy Policy explains how The Backyard Farming Connection (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information when you visit our website, subscribe to our newsletter, download resources, or interact with our content.
This policy applies to The Backyard Farming Connection website. Third-party websites and services linked from our website may have their own privacy policies.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information you voluntarily provide and information collected automatically when you visit our website.
Information You Provide
You may provide personal information when you:
- Subscribe to our newsletter or email updates.
- Request free ebooks, guides, or other downloadable resources.
- Contact us through email or a website contact form.
- Leave comments on articles, where commenting is enabled.
- Participate in surveys, promotions, or giveaways, if offered.
- Communicate with us about gardening, homesteading, books, courses, or partnerships.
This information may include your name, email address, and any additional information you choose to share.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, we and our third-party service providers may collect certain information, including:
- IP address and approximate geographic location.
- Browser type, device type, and operating system.
- Pages visited and time spent on the website.
- Referring websites and traffic sources.
- Interactions with website content, advertisements, and affiliate links.
- Cookies, device identifiers, and similar tracking information.
This information helps us operate the website, understand visitor behavior, improve content, maintain security, and support advertising.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use collected information to:
- Operate, maintain, and improve The Backyard Farming Connection.
- Deliver newsletters, ebooks, guides, and requested resources.
- Respond to questions, comments, and inquiries.
- Improve our gardening, homesteading, animal care, and food-related content.
- Analyze website traffic and visitor engagement.
- Display advertisements and measure advertising performance.
- Track affiliate referrals and commissions.
- Maintain website security and prevent misuse.
- Comply with applicable legal obligations.
We will provide additional notice or obtain consent for other uses when required by law.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
The Backyard Farming Connection uses cookies and similar technologies, which may include pixels, tags, and other tracking tools.
Cookies are small files stored on your device that help websites function, remember preferences, measure traffic, and support advertising.
We may use the following categories:
Essential Cookies: Support necessary website functionality, security, and operations.
Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors use the website and identify opportunities for improvement.
Advertising Cookies: Allow advertising partners to deliver, measure, and potentially personalize advertisements.
Preference Cookies: May remember visitor settings and choices.
Some third-party advertising providers may collect information about visitors’ activities across websites or services.
You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Additional privacy choices may be available through the advertising and consent controls provided on our website.
Where required by applicable law, we will obtain consent before using non-essential cookies or similar tracking technologies.
Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality. Rejecting personalized advertising does not necessarily prevent advertisements from appearing.
4. Advertising — Journey by Mediavine
The Backyard Farming Connection works with Journey by Mediavine to display third-party advertisements.
Mediavine and its advertising partners may use cookies, pixels, and other technologies to collect information about visitors and their interactions with our website.
This information may be used to deliver advertisements, measure advertising performance, prevent fraud, and support interest-based advertising.
Depending on applicable law, certain advertising-related disclosures may be considered a sale or sharing of personal information for targeted advertising.
For information about Mediavine’s advertising partners, visit:
For additional information about Mediavine’s privacy practices, visit:
Mediavine Advertising Privacy Notice
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5. Google Analytics
The Backyard Farming Connection uses Google Analytics 4, a website analytics service provided by Google.
Google Analytics helps us understand how visitors find and interact with our website.
Information collected may include:
- Pages viewed and website interactions.
- Approximate geographic location.
- Browser and device information.
- Referral sources.
- Website engagement and usage patterns.
Google may process information according to its applicable terms and privacy practices.
For more information, visit Google’s Privacy Policy:
Visitors may also use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, where supported:
Where required by law, Google Analytics tracking will be subject to applicable consent requirements.
6. Email Newsletters and Substack
The Backyard Farming Connection uses Substack to publish and distribute email newsletters and provide access to certain subscriber resources.
When you subscribe, Substack may process information including your email address, name if provided, subscription preferences, and newsletter engagement information.
We use subscriber information to:
- Deliver newsletter content and updates.
- Provide requested ebooks, guides, or downloadable resources.
- Manage subscriptions and communications.
- Understand newsletter engagement and improve our content.
You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link included in newsletter emails or manage your subscription directly through Substack.
For more information, review Substack’s Privacy Policy:
7. Affiliate Marketing
The Backyard Farming Connection participates in affiliate marketing programs, including the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program.
Some links on our website may be affiliate links to gardening supplies, homesteading equipment, books, tools, and other products.
When you click an affiliate link, the retailer or affiliate network may use cookies or similar technologies to track referrals and purchases.
We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you.
Purchases made through affiliate links generally take place on external websites. Those businesses independently manage their checkout processes and payment information.
For additional information about our affiliate relationships, please review our Disclaimer:
8. Books, Courses, and Digital Resources
The Backyard Farming Connection may recommend or offer books, ebooks, educational courses, printable guides, and other resources.
Purchases of books and courses are completed through external retailers or course platforms rather than through a checkout operated directly on this website.
When you follow a link to an external retailer or course provider, that business may collect personal information needed to process the transaction or deliver the resource.
This information may include your name, email address, billing information, and payment details.
External providers process information according to their own privacy policies and applicable agreements.
We do not ordinarily receive complete payment card details from purchases completed through these independent platforms.
9. Comments and Contact Forms
If you leave a comment or contact us, we may collect the information you submit and technical information used for security and spam prevention.
Public comments may display your chosen name, website address, and comment text.
Your email address will not ordinarily be displayed publicly as part of a standard WordPress comment.
We may use submitted information to respond to inquiries, moderate comments, prevent spam, and maintain website security.
10. Social Media and Embedded Content
The Backyard Farming Connection may link to or embed content from third-party platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube.
Embedded content may behave similarly to content viewed directly on the third-party platform.
These providers may collect information about your device, interactions, and online activity through cookies or similar technologies.
Their collection and use of information are governed by their own privacy policies and applicable agreements.
Following links to external social media platforms may also allow those platforms to collect information independently.
11. How We Share Information
We may disclose personal information to third parties that help us operate our website and provide services.
These may include:
- Advertising providers and advertising technology partners.
- Website analytics providers.
- Email newsletter and subscription services.
- Website hosting and security providers.
- Affiliate marketing networks and retailers.
- Spam prevention and technical service providers.
- Legal authorities when required by law.
Certain advertising-related disclosures may qualify as the sale or sharing of personal information under applicable privacy laws.
We do not directly sell our newsletter subscriber email list to third-party marketers. This statement does not exclude advertising-related data sharing described elsewhere in this policy.
12. Data Retention and Security
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, subject to applicable legal obligations.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, services involved, and legal or operational requirements.
We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards to help protect personal information under our control.
However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
13. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights concerning your personal information.
These may include:
- Requesting access to personal information we hold about you.
- Requesting correction of inaccurate information.
- Requesting deletion of certain personal information.
- Withdrawing consent where processing relies on consent.
- Objecting to or restricting certain processing activities.
- Requesting a portable copy of certain information.
- Opting out of certain sales, sharing, or targeted advertising.
- Appealing a denied privacy request where applicable law provides that right.
To exercise applicable rights, please contact us using the information below.
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.
You may also manage available advertising privacy choices through the privacy controls provided on our website.
Requests involving information independently controlled by Mediavine, Google, Substack, or other third parties may also need to be directed to those providers.
We will not unlawfully discriminate against visitors for exercising their privacy rights.
14. International Visitors
The Backyard Farming Connection is operated from the United States and may be accessed by visitors from other countries.
Information collected through the website or its service providers may be processed or stored in the United States or other countries.
Where applicable, we will comply with relevant legal requirements concerning international data transfers and personal information processing.
Visitors in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and other regions with applicable privacy laws may have additional rights.
Where required, we will identify the applicable legal basis for processing personal information, which may include consent, legitimate interests, contractual necessity, or compliance with legal obligations, depending on the processing activity.
15. Children’s Privacy
The Backyard Farming Connection provides gardening, homesteading, and educational content for a general audience and is not directed toward children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 without any consent required by applicable law.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us inappropriately, please contact us so we can investigate and take appropriate action.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our website, technology, business practices, or applicable legal requirements.
When changes are made, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.
Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent for material changes.
17. Contact Information
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to exercise applicable privacy rights, please contact:
The Backyard Farming Connection
Website: https://backyardfarmingconnection.com/
Email: [INSERT VERIFIED PRIVACY CONTACT EMAIL]
Business/operator: [INSERT LEGAL BUSINESS NAME OR OPERATOR]
We will review and respond to privacy requests in accordance with applicable law.
Disclaimer and Affiliate Disclosure
Last Updated: October 16, 2026
The Backyard Farming Connection shares information, resources, and recommendations about gardening, raising animals, homesteading, food preservation, and sustainable living.
Our goal is to provide practical information based on experience, research, and a commitment to helping readers develop their own backyard homesteads.
1. Affiliate Disclosure
Some links on The Backyard Farming Connection are affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one of these links, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.
These commissions help support the website and allow us to continue creating free educational content.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
The Backyard Farming Connection participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for websites to earn advertising fees by linking to Amazon.com.
We may also participate in other affiliate marketing programs.
2. Advertising
The Backyard Farming Connection displays third-party advertisements through Journey by Mediavine.
Advertising helps support the operation of this website and the creation of free educational content.
Advertisements are provided by third-party advertising partners. The appearance of an advertisement does not necessarily constitute our endorsement of the advertised product or service.
For information about advertising-related data collection, please review our Privacy Policy.
3. Sponsored Content and Brand Partnerships
From time to time, we may collaborate with brands, businesses, or organizations to feature products, tools, or services.
We may receive compensation, complimentary products, or other benefits in connection with these partnerships.
When content is sponsored or a material relationship exists, we will disclose that relationship in accordance with applicable requirements.
Our goal is to provide useful information and recommendations to our readers.
4. Educational Information
Information on The Backyard Farming Connection is provided for general educational and informational purposes.
Gardening, animal care, food preservation, and homesteading practices vary depending on location, climate, equipment, and individual circumstances.
Readers should use appropriate precautions and consult qualified professionals when necessary, particularly regarding:
- Animal health and veterinary care.
- Food preservation and food safety.
- Construction, electrical work, and equipment use.
- Agricultural chemicals and pest management.
- Local regulations and property requirements.
Information on this website is not a substitute for individualized professional advice.
We make reasonable efforts to provide accurate information but cannot guarantee that every recommendation will be appropriate for every situation.
Readers are responsible for evaluating the suitability and safety of any techniques, products, or recommendations before using them.
5. Books, Courses, and Product Recommendations
The Backyard Farming Connection may recommend books, courses, gardening supplies, animal care products, and other resources.
Some recommendations may link to external retailers or educational platforms.
Product availability, prices, specifications, and other details may change without notice.
We encourage readers to verify product information and follow manufacturer instructions and applicable safety guidance.
6. External Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites.
We are not responsible for the content, availability, accuracy, or privacy practices of websites we do not operate.
7. Contact and Privacy
For information about how visitor information is collected and used, please review our Privacy Policy:
For questions about this disclaimer, please contact us through the contact information provided on our website.
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