David Crabill

As long as your products contain at least 75% of your own honey, you can directly sell your honey from your home, at farmers markets, farm auctions, or government festivals within Ohio. All sales must be made in-person, and no license from the ag dept is needed. For fewer restrictions, you should contact the ag dept about becoming licensed as a honey processor.

Although you can’t sell in other states, you may be able to offer free samples at an event in another state. You need to communicate with the ag depts in both states to make sure this is possible. If you’re not going to be selling or giving out food at these events, then you can definitely participate.

I think it depends on the county, but your business license will probably be adequate for selling in most other counties (not sure). However, if you sell wholesale outside of your county, the other counties you sell in need to have an agreement with yours. You need to make sure the health depts have spoken with each other and agreed to allow inter-county sales for Class B CFOs.

Sorry, I don’t know about LA. You just need to call the env health dept and ask them.

No, you don’t need a separate bank account if you’re a sole proprietorship. You do need to report your income on yearly taxes, and you may need to pay quarterly estimated taxes if you make enough money.