Hi there,
First off,
what a great conference last week! Hats off to Lisa, John, their son Liam, and all of the sponsors that made it possible.
All told,
over 450 people registered for the conference, and with hundreds of people congregating together, the
strong sense of community was palpable.
In case you missed it, everything was recorded and
you can still register and access all of the conference resources until July 1st, 2023.
If you were busy with the conference last week,
you might have missed last week's podcast episode! Not only does Emily have a very unique cottage food business, but her journey along the way has been quite unique as well.
Listen to Episode 86: Anything Is Possible with Emily VanlandinghamAnd speaking of past episodes, I'm going to take you back one more, to Episode 85.
I've never done this before, but
I'm going to share a clip from Jen's episode that never made it to air. There was just too much great stuff in
her episode, and I couldn't squeeze it in.*
Here's something fascinating: even though Jen lived in one of the few states (back then) that had a cottage food law, she never used it, even though she would have loved to.
And the reason is likely because
she happened to be talking to the wrong governmental department.
As a result, she went through all of
the hassle and expense of building her own commercial kitchen much sooner than she needed to.
Things are a lot better now!
This clip gives some insight into just how much things have improved in the past decade.
Listen to a bonus clip from Episode 85 with Jen MorrisUntil next week,
David
* As you've probably noticed, my podcast episodes are highly edited. Most of my interviews with guests run around 1.5 hours, but I always keep episodes to less than 1 hour. That means that I usually have to make some hard choices while editing, and I often remove some good material in order to keep the very best.