Last updated: 26 July 2026
FoodLore makes money from a small number of affiliate links. This page explains exactly how that works, because you deserve to know before you click something.
The legally required bit
FoodLore is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, FoodLore earns from qualifying purchases.
The plain English bit
If you click an affiliate link on this site and buy something, the retailer pays FoodLore a small commission. You pay exactly the same price. The commission comes out of the retailer’s margin, not your pocket.
That money goes towards the hosting bill, the domain, and the time it takes to research articles. It is currently nowhere near covering any of them.
Where the links actually are
- The Crop Calendar — each crop can link to seeds or supplies on Amazon. These are marked as affiliate links inside the tool.
- Some articles — where an article covers equipment you might actually buy (grow lights, raised beds, growing systems), there may be affiliate links in the text. They are labelled.
Everything else on this site — the vast majority of it — carries no commercial link at all.
What it does not change
This is the part that matters more than the disclosure itself.
- Nobody pays to be recommended here. No brand has ever paid FoodLore for coverage, a review, a link, or a mention.
- Products get criticised. If something is overpriced, badly built, or a bad idea for most people, the article says so — including when there is an affiliate link on the page. The whole point of this site is writing down the numbers that don’t flatter the industry.
- The recommendation comes first, the link comes second. Links get added to conclusions that already existed, not the other way round.
If you would rather not use an affiliate link, search for the product directly. No hard feelings — the article is the same either way.
Cookies from affiliate links
Clicking an affiliate link sets a cookie from the retailer (usually Amazon) so they can attribute a purchase back to FoodLore. That cookie is set by the retailer, not by FoodLore, and it is governed by their privacy policy. More detail in the Privacy Policy.
Questions
If anything here is unclear, or you think a link should be labelled better, email lorenzo@foodlore.blog. Corrections are welcome.