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Cottage Food Laws

Law status: great good okay poor restricted pending none

Alabama

57%
28%
50%
44%

Alaska

57%
35%
106%
58%

Arizona

100%
100%
52%
90%

Arkansas

43%
100%
43%
66%

California

100%
69%
87%
85%

California Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation

29%
69%
98%
59%

Colorado

71%
67%
84%
72%

Connecticut

71%
35%
73%
57%

Connecticut Residential Farm

29%
100%
13%
54%

Delaware

57%
35%
33%
43%

Delaware On-Farm Home Processing

43%
56%
45%
48%

District of Columbia

29%
35%
52%
36%

Florida

71%
69%
68%
70%

Georgia

71%
100%
62%
81%

Hawaii

57%
100%
84%
80%

Idaho

71%
100%
81%
85%

Illinois

14%
50%
36%
33%

Illinois Home Kitchen Operation

57%
17%
24%
34%

Indiana

43%
100%
65%
70%

Iowa

29%
100%
74%
66%

Iowa Home Food Establishment

100%
28%
35%
58%

Kansas

43%
100%
69%
71%

Kentucky

71%
100%
49%
78%

Kentucky Microprocessor

43%
49%
23%
41%

Louisiana

100%
28%
55%
62%

Maine

100%
100%
88%
98%

Maryland

71%
35%
57%
54%

Maryland On-Farm Home Processing

100%
56%
53%
73%

Massachusetts

100%
100%
58%
92%

Michigan

57%
28%
64%
47%

Minnesota

57%
25%
85%
50%

Mississippi

57%
28%
68%
48%

Missouri

57%
69%
21%
55%

Montana

57%
100%
66%
76%

Nebraska

14%
100%
43%
54%

Nevada

57%
49%
65%
55%

New Hampshire

43%
28%
62%
41%

New Hampshire Homestead

100%
100%
59%
92%

New Jersey

0%
 No data
0%
 No data
0%
 No data
0%
 No data

New Mexico

43%
100%
43%
66%

New York

43%
100%
48%
67%

North Carolina

100%
100%
58%
92%

North Dakota

43%
100%
38%
65%

Ohio

86%
100%
69%
88%

Ohio Home Bakery

100%
100%
35%
87%

Oklahoma

14%
28%
30%
23%

Oklahoma Honey

57%
0%
 No data
3%
39%

Oregon

57%
28%
45%
43%

Oregon Domestic Kitchen

100%
100%
98%
100%

Oregon Farm Direct

71%
28%
30%
46%

Pennsylvania

100%
100%
92%
98%

Rhode Island

71%
100%
25%
73%

South Carolina

57%
21%
46%
40%

South Dakota

57%
100%
52%
73%

South Dakota Home Sales

29%
7%
36%
21%

Tennessee

43%
100%
62%
70%

Tennessee Domestic Kitchen

100%
0%
 No data
61%
87%

Texas

57%
69%
62%
63%

Utah

86%
100%
62%
87%

Vermont

71%
100%
26%
74%

Virginia

29%
100%
62%
64%

Virginia Home Food Processing Operation

100%
100%
116%
103%

Washington

71%
35%
51%
53%

West Virginia

29%
100%
29%
57%

Wisconsin

71%
100%
29%
74%

Wisconsin Pickle Bill

29%
7%
18%
18%

Wyoming

71%
100%
121%
93%

Wyoming Cottage Food

57%
100%
78%
78%