Melanie S

That sounds like great news! I read the article, and if I understand correctly, this will only change things for the Cottage Food Law. Will any of the changes affect the Home Kitchen Operation Law (cupcake law)? I would love to see the cap on gross receipts removed for that as well!

Yes, my daughter and I got the Cupcake Law passed in Aurora, IL in January, 2017. We simply started with and email on the city website (I sent it in the fall of 2016, and they didn’t contact me until December or January). We didn’t need to do a letter. We just worked with someone from the city and she invited us to the meetings with Aldermen and…[Read more]

Perfect! I’m glad you got it to work. I haven’t heard of that error before so it will be interesting to see if someone else has the problem.

I got it to work! I logged out and restarted everything. Thank you

I just tried it again. It seems to be having a hard time with my address. I filled in all the information and it gave this error: ” validation failed. Spam detected.”

Hmm…. I just tested this and it worked. Can you give me some more information? First of all, are you using this page to add your CFO: http://forrager.com/add-cfo/

If so, I assume you are adding something to all of the required fields? And if yes, then can you tell me what you’re putting in each field? (except your email address — you don’t…[Read more]

It depends on what state you live in, but in almost all states, cheese cannot be an ingredient in any cottage food item. Baking dried tomatoes into bread will probably be allowed. Jalapenos are less likely, but possible if they’re baked in the bread.

Yes, you need to use a commercial kitchen, and you need to get the proper licensing and training from the health dept. http://forrager.com/faq/#commercial