David Crabill

Yes, you usually do. Here’s more info: http://forrager.com/faq/#home-address

This is a fantastic advancement to the cottage food law! Good work Rebecca and team. Hopefully the governor signs it soon.

Although this is a dramatic improvement to the current cottage food law, and it represents a breakthrough in a state that has consistently been stubborn, I don’t think this can be properly termed a food freedom initiative. I understand that the original intent was for food freedom, but it is now an improved cottage food law. Three things severely limit this law: food can only be sold at farmers markets, many food items cannot be sold, and (if I’m reading this right) health depts have the authority to disallow CFOs in their area. This isn’t meant to take away from the significant advancement that this law represents… it’s just that it seems like it’s dumbing down the term “food freedom”, which has historically represented eliminating almost all government interference with the sale of food.

I don’t think you can sell from your retail store, but it wouldn’t hurt to ask the ag dept to see if they will allow it.

Yes, you can do that with the cottage food law. Here is some info about repackaging: http://forrager.com/faq/#repackaging

Rules are often different for B&Bs. I’m not an expert on those laws, though I’ve heard that laws usually only allow B&Bs to offer food to customers on their premises. Some states don’t allow B&Bs to sell food to their own customers (even though they can serve the same food to them onsite).

Assuming that’s the case, then you probably need to register as a CFE to sell your homemade food to guests: http://forrager.com/law/delaware/
To sell to cafes, you would need to produce you products in a commercial kitchen: http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial