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Grace Fellowship Church

Grace Fellowship Church has for many years given away in excess of 10,000 cups of Hot Chocolate to visitors of the Christmas Light Show and to the Police that guide the traffic each night. It is not unusual to have more than 20,000 visitors at any one time touring the show in addition to thousands… [read more]

A Treat for Everyone

A Treat for Everyone is a San Diego home-based bakery that is passionate about creating made-from-scratch goods for customers with various dietary needs. Our mission is in our name: we seek to create a treat that everyone can enjoy. All of our treats are deliciously made from wholesome ingredients without gluten, dairy, eggs, and soy. We… [read more]

Michael T. Baker Bakery

I’m a Home Based Bakery giving the freshest quality bakery goods that the customer deserves.

Krauft Cookies

I make delicious decorated sugar cookies for Holidays, as well as custom cookies for any occasion.

AvoFudge Fallbrook’s Famous Avocado Fudge

Fallbrook’s Famous™ Avocado Fudge is an entirely new and better way to enjoy a classic American confection. Fresh, ripe local avocados are used instead of butter for a healthier fat content and a smoothness and creaminess found nowhere else. No greasy aftertaste, just full, robust flavor and character. It doesn’t taste like avocados, but it’s… [read more]

Mama Cakery

Welcome to Mama Cakery! We are a home cakery, specializing in a variety of sweet treats. From cakes, cookies, and breads too. We bake it all. Feel free to contact us for all your baking needs.

24 Bakery

24 Bakery is based out of Campbell, CA. We are at Japantown’s Farmers Market in San Jose on Sundays from 8 am- 12 pm. www.facebook/24bakery Twitter: @24_bakery Instagram: 24_bakery Pinterest: 24 Bakery

Muffin Me Happy

Muffin Me Happy is a small organic muffin developer. Our mission is to make breakfast, lunch and dinner fit perfectly in one hand and sometimes in one muffin. Our inspirations come from  the world around us and the local organic seasonal gardens here in Florida. Muffin Me Happy is always changing and developing as a company.

Vesna Djurdjevic

Many of my baked goods are forgotten delicacies from my home country. I call my pastries European because our culture and food presents a mix of different influences from different European countries. Coming from Balkan means coming from the ” Mix of East and West”. This same rule applies to food too and I am… [read more]

Yes She Cans

I make delicious homemade jam using fresh fruit from farmers markets and farmers directly.

OMH, LLC

OMH is a specific blend of foods that are sold as a frozen nugget treat or granola cookie.  OMH helps nutritionally support women who are in the natural phase of menopause. (I support change in the “cottage laws” in the state of Kentucky.  It is not fair trade friendly and focuses solely on farming and not… [read more]

Texas Law Has Created Over A Thousand Local Businesses

Half a year after publishing a detailed report of California’s cottage food law, the Institute for Justice has now published a new report about the amended cottage food law in Texas. It gives a thorough overview of their current law and gives some good examples of people that are using it successfully. One of the more… [read more]

Dandelion Soap Herb Shop

Established 2003 making soaps, lotions and general natural body care using refined oils and butters, adding bulk herbs, essential oils, candles and canned jellies, butters and preserves. Visit in person, website or call; all questions are welcomed. Teaching at Old Salem and on-site too about Herbs, all natural care and offering products Tuesday through Saturday…. [read more]

Tiers of Sweetness

My name is Denice Pittman and this is my story:My journey of cake decorating started with me taking a class to learn to decorate the cakes I made for my “furry children.”  Little did I know that God had a gift and passion waiting on me that I didn’t know was in me.  God has… [read more]

Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast and Farm

Completely powered by the sun, Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast and Farm is operated by Lisa Kivirist and John Ivanko, co-authors of HOMEMADE FOR SALE: How to Set Up and Market a Food Business from your Home Kitchen. We sell a diverse selection of baked goods like breads, muffins, and cookies as well as hand-crafted,… [read more]

Missouri SB 525

Initial cottage food law for sales from home. Allowed up to $50k per year of sales of baked goods, jams, jellies, & herbs.

Get Baked Bakery

Get Baked Bakery is a CFO located in Fort Lupton Colorado. I specialize in custom sugar cookies, cupcakes and cakes.

A Cookie Family

We specialize in hand rolled, cut and decorated sugar cookies in various flavors.  Please visit our website or facebook page for more information!

The Attack on Food Freedom

The Institute for Justice has published a report titled “The Attack on Food Freedom“, which feeds off the rising trend of saying no to excessive government regulation in the food industry. The report aims to relate current food laws to the food regulations put in place by Britain in the 18th century, suggesting that the… [read more]

Sam’s Patisserie

: Artisan viennoiseries, breads, tarts, cookies, and cakes crafted from sustainably grown ingredients. Hi there! I’m Sam, the baker & owner. I’m a newly minted cottage food baker (as of March of this year). I love food and have been cooking in the kitchen since I was 5, believe it or not. I opened Sam’s… [read more]

Butterfly Bakery

I make products that are made of ingredients from earth in its original form without much processing or modifying. No artificial ingredients, fillers or gmo. All vegetarian. Vegan, gluten free, paleo, sugar free or any other special request available with a minimum quantity. Low ecological footprint in production and packaging. Butterfly Bakery’s goal is to… [read more]

Huck’s Hollow Farm Homemade Goods

Huck’s Hollow Farm is a small homestead farm in Penn Valley, CA.  The owners are Theresa, Jim and Josh Huck.  We believe in clean, organic foods and are against factory farming.  We raise our own meats and veggies, enjoying the healthy lifestyle it gives us.  We are animal lovers and have four dogs, seven sheep,… [read more]

Calder Homemade Sweets

Can make almost any dessert. Willing to accommodate to clients request and can also deliver next day!

Shepherd’s Table

Shepherd’s Table is a Sacramento based Catering business. We specialize in making locally grown foods more accessible to everybody, at a fraction of the price of fast food and grocery stores. This promotes fresher food and a way to help your local economy. We Cater to many different needs, such as Birthday Parties, to Weddings… [read more]

Presidential Sweets

A homemade bakery specializing in French Macarons offering many different flavors and custom shapes or images too. Also provides custom designed cakes and cupcakes at reasonable prices.

Macabees Macarons

macabees is a home-based french macaron bakery in san diego, ca, specializing in unique flavors and presentations. each macaron is handmade to order by owner & baker, Phoebe Pascasio. #macabeesmacarons @macabeesmacarons on instagram facebook.com/macabeesmacarons

Sparkles Bakery

My name is Kayla and this is my business, Sparkles Bakery. I nicknamed it “Sparkles.” Right now it’s ran at home, someday when I get enough money I will open a store front. I graduated from Johnson and Wales, and majored in Baking and Pastry Arts. I may be working from home, but I have worked at… [read more]

Alabama SB 159

First dedicated cottage food law, which allowed direct sales of certain non-perishable foods, and had a $20k sales limit

The Cinnamon Spoon

The Cinnamon Spoon really started because of our friends and family, who couldn’t get enough of our fresh homemade granola and granola bars.  We try to have something for everyone!  Whether you are looking for decadently sweet granola for a dessert, or a no-sugar option for breakfast… and of course we also offer everything in between!  Vegan,… [read more]

The Cake Studio

The Cake Studio is a local custom cake shoppe in Perry, Ohio (Lake County), owned and operated by Chris Page.   I started making cakes in 1979 and am self-taught.  My focus is on quality, taste and attention to details!  I offer custom cakes, cake pops, cupcakes and cookies.  We do custom orders for weddings,… [read more]

Simply Home-Made Bakery

We make over 250 flavors of home-made rich creamy fudge by the pound, tin, or grab and go.  We also create beautiful custom cakes, cupcakes, and confectionaries.

Smashbakes

I’m constantly thinking in sweets. I’ve been a baker since I was a child and have only fell more in love with it as I’ve gotten older. I’m a self-taught baker, learning everything I know from my family, books and lots of baking experiments. I believe this gives me a creative edge. Not constrained by classic flavors… [read more]

Queen of Cake and Events

Queen of Cake and Events is a  home-based, boutique style, couture cake studio that focuses on creating cakes individually tailored to the client’s wishes to celebrate life’s grand events. Cakes are made to order, fresh never frozen, using only the finest ingredients. My expertise in cake decorating combined with knowledge of the latest trends allows me to bring… [read more]

Ugg’s Bakery

Ugg’s Bakery offers specialty bakery treats to those with dietary restrictions. Grain free, gluten free, dairy free, soy free, yeast free… problem free! Ugg’s Bakery is a small home-kitchen business that currently operates under the Florida Cottage Law. The dream is to someday have a storefront but for now, we take orders during the week… [read more]

California Cottage Food Law Podcast

Real Food Real Talk interviewed a number of the key players surrounding the cottage food law in California. Their podcast, Home Cooking Your Way To Your Own Food Business, does a good job of summarizing the progress of the cottage food industry in that state.

Victory Bake Shop

Victory Bake Shop is my home cake decorating business. Your cakes are always made fresh within a few days of your event. I personalize a lot of cakes to provide my customers with a unique celebration experience. I can make most any cake flavor/frosting combination and I work with modeling chocolate, fondant and gumpaste. I… [read more]

Green Mountain Pies LLC

Green Mountain Pies is a bakery that specializes in cooking from the heart. Goods are made with the highest quality ingredients available and minimizing additives. Preservatives are never used and nothing in our kitchen can’t be found in your local grocery store.   Green Mountain Pies is dedicated to supporting local farms, the humane treatment… [read more]

The Bagels are Coming

Small Batch Bagels… All hand made!!! No store front, CFO (Cottage Foods Operations) Made from my Home Kitchen… For now :)

Kristens Cake Kreations

I started my cake business when I decided to also be a stay at home mom. I was a Pastry Chef at 5 star fine dining restaurants in Colorado before starting my family. I have a true passion for making sweets, cakes, cupcakes and anything that is made in the kitchen. I love being able… [read more]

Hana Lulu’s Candy

Hana Lulu’s Coconut candy is like that found on the road to Hana in Maui, Hawaii — crisp, crunchy thin strips of coconut with Hawaiian cane sugar. We sell two varieties, natural and cinnamon flavor. More like the texture of a potato chip, this candy is hard to find anywhere other than the roadside stands… [read more]

Cheryl’s Caramels

Cheryl’s Caramels offers amazing home made, hand cut and individually wrapped caramel candy in 9 unique and delicious flavors! You can find me in beuatiful San Diego County every Thursday at downtown Oceanside’s Sunset Market on Thursday evenings from 5 to 9 pm, and at the Welk Resort’s Certified Farmer’s Market in Escondido every Monday… [read more]

Wicked Slow Foods

We create foods made of responsibly grown and dietary restriction-friendly ingredients for families across California. Many of our items are gluten-free, most are vegan, and the rest are vegetarian. We only use organic ingredients and we work with local farms to bring you responsibly grown, locally crafted goods. Our menu includes Vegan Gluten-free Sandwich Bread,… [read more]

Raf’s European Delights

House of the original Belgian Squares!!! Our love for baked goods and sweets in combination with the approval of the Cottage Food Law were the main drivers for starting our own home-based European style bakery. Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/RafEuropeanDelights

11-year-old girl’s cupcake business gets shut down

Another food entrepreneur’s dream (in this case, an 11-year-old girl) gets shut down by the government. Maybe it’s time to get Illinois’ cottage food law amended! Is this girl really hazardous to the public health? As Kathleen mentioned below, coincidentally, a campaign for an improved cottage food law in Illinois just begun. Show your support by… [read more]

Is Virginia’s new cottage food bill too ambitious?

UPDATE: This bill was initially tabled, and has now been abandoned Virginia has a new bill filed for the next legislative session (HB 135), call the “Virginia Food Freedom Act”, which is trying to go where no cottage food law has gone before! Its basic premise is to allow home cooks to make any kind of… [read more]

The Gluten Free Wife Bakery

100% Gluten Free Custom cakes, cookies, sweet breads, and more!  Trained in cake decorating so you can have a delicious custom order to fit your event.

Holly Pops

My name is Holly Castleman. I am the owner/operator of Holly Pops and I am operating from the County of Santa Clara since 2013. Over the years, baking has always been a passion of mine.  Cake pops started out as a hobby to make “Thank You” gifts for my husband’s clients as well as birthday… [read more]

Moose Caboose Bakery

Hello!! Don’t have time to bake all your favorites?? LET ME!! I make homemade pies all homemade – even the crust! (See pics below). My chocolate chip cookies are insane lol! They are so big you will think it’s a cake or something … I make homemade pan rolls and regular rolls… I make divinity… [read more]

White House Goodies

White House Goodies started as a concept to create products produced from our land. The first try was a Christmas Basket given to friends and family. Then California passed the Cottage Food Legislation allowing us to produce certain products in our home kitchen and we went to work. Some of our products are home grown…. [read more]

Dimple’s Sweetery | Cakes by Raya Najjar

Order delicious cakes for any occasion!  We cater weddings, birthdays, Quincenaneras, graduations, fund raising events, baby showers, bridal shower, engagements, corporate events, black tie events, and many others. We focus on the richness of flavor rather than the sweetness.  We believe that taste is everything when it comes to cakes and cupcakes, but we don’t… [read more]

Rich Desserts

Rich Desserts is a home based bakery in progress created by Rebecca (me!).  Rich Desserts provides simple, delicious desserts because I believe simple is always better!  When I think of simple desserts, I think back to items I made with my mom and grandma as a child—classic chocolate chip cookies and decadent, fudgy brownies.  As… [read more]

Sweet Beginnings

Los Angeles | Sweet Beginnings embodies my authentic passion and love for family, friends and food — especially desserts. After spending more than 25 years collecting and sampling new recipes, it wasn’t long before I launched “Sweet Beginnings”. I love creating memorable experiences for people through my baking. I started my venture with a booth… [read more]

California AB 1252

Allowed all Class A & B operations to do direct sales anywhere within the state, rather than just their own county. It also required Class A operations to list their county on product labels.

Yum For All (gluten-free bakery)

Yum For All bakery creates gluten-free treats that are so good, everyone loves them… so there’s no need to buy separate treats for people with dietary restrictions! In addition to individual orders, we also run a cookie subscription service for local businesses. What better way to make work a little sweeter than with fresh-baked cookies… [read more]

All ‘Bout Cakes

I am not as of yet officially opened but have hopes to open in the near future. I plan to open as LLC and am weeding through the process and trying to figure out what I am allowed to do under the Cottage Law. I have in place the makings of a commercial kitchen…the three… [read more]

Cottage food lawsuit filed in Minnesota, but will it work?

A couple bakers in Minnesota, along with the Institute of Justice, have just taken the state’s Department of Agriculture by surprise. As part of IJ’s Food Freedom Initiative, they are filing a lawsuit that is designed to question the very premise of the cottage food law in Minnesota. But in the bigger picture, they are… [read more]

Plain Jane Cakes

Plain Jane Cakes is a home based cupcake business that provides 12 different varieties of cupcakes available for order. $18 per dozen. Specialty cupcakes are available for special order, and any special decorations, etc, may cost extra. Contact Melissa Bellingar for more information 904-557-8335 [email protected] Descriptions below: Red Velvet- classic red cake, cream cheese frosting… [read more]

Harvard Students Produce Study About the Cottage Food Industry

A new research paper, titled Cottage Food Laws in the United States, by Alli Condra, has been published by the Food Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard University. The goal of the paper was to create a comprehensive overview of the cottage food industry, including what is allowed in different states, how to create a… [read more]

Kitchen confections

We are just starting up, looking for advice, customers, etc. We believe in our food, and want to share it with everyone!

Treasures From the Heart

I would love to share my cookies, caramel corn, brownies and mixes with anyone who want to purchase them. I am trying to get into the business of selling these items. I also make wonderful quick breads, scones, biscuits and other items.  I am a passionate crafter and teach very large classes for card making,… [read more]

I Heart Butter

I make decorated sugar cookies for any occasion. You can find me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/iheartbutterbakery) and online (http://iheartbutter.com/)!

Windy Ridge Bakery

I’m a Michigan cottage bakery, operating out of my home in the southern part of Michigan. I work part time for a chiropractor, and in my spare time, bake.  I started my home-based business as a way to get my vegan cupcakes out into the public. It’s taking off slowly.

The Perfect Pound

I bake fresh pound cakes that are all natural with gluten-free and sugar-free varieties.  I bake mini bundtlettes and the large bundts also.   Pictures will be coming very soon!!  I currently bake 10 kinds, but will be expanding soon.  They include buttermilk, lemon, chocolate chip, double chocolate chip, praline, cinnamon roll, pina colada and gluten free… [read more]

Oklahoma HB 1094

The Home Bakery Act of 2013, which was Oklahoma’s first cottage food law, only allowed sales of baked goods at the producer’s home, with a $20,000 sales limit

Delectable Homestyle Creations

My name is Wendy Donovan. I am the co-owner (with my husband Michael) of Delectable Homestyle Creations.  DHC was a realized dream come true for me. Having worked for years as a scratch baker in a couple of bakeries, we jumped at the opportunity to open our own.  I have been a cake decorator for… [read more]

The Gentle Barn At Tuff Luck Ranch

The Gentle Barn is located on The Tuff Luck Ranch in Dayton, Nevada.  In addition to offering home made pies, cookies, jams, jellies, and other home made items allowed under the Nevada Cottage Food Law, we offer an informational farm and ranch animal area where children and adults learn about the following ranch and farm… [read more]

Kate’s Cakery

We proudly specialize in unique gourmet cupcake flavors and gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, and Paleo varieties of cupcakes and other treats. See our website for our latest menu!

Shelley’s Sweets ‘N Stuff

I started my business in 2011 in Western PA and relocated to Wooster, Ohio in June of 2013. I am still in the process of getting started here in Ohio.

Bunny’s Golden Brittle

Hello, my name is Sylvia Johnson. I am the master of Bunny’s Golden Brittle. I specialize in scrumptious candy brittle, made up with fresh roasted nuts, creamy butter, and real vanilla, and a variety of flavors: almond, peanut, pecan, cashew, and mixed fruit. Order yours today!

California AB 1616

Initial cottage food law which created two classes of cottage food operations (CFOs). Class A can sell directly at most venues, whereas Class B can also sell indirectly through stores, restaurants, etc. A Class B permit is more expensive and requires a kitchen inspection. All CFOs can sell from a specific list of non-perishable items,… [read more]

Michigan HB 5130

Increase sales limit from $15k to $20k until 2017, then $25k thereafter

Georgia R&R 40-7-19

Initial cottage food law. Allows most non-perishable products to be sold directly to consumers from home and at farmers markets, events, and other venues. Requires producers to get a $100/year cottage food license, take a food safety training course, and get inspected by the ag department. Includes many labeling and workplace requirements. This law was… [read more]

Can you sell cottage foods?

Can you sell homemade food? The short answer is… probably, if your state allows it. Most states have cottage food laws in place, but there are still some things you should check before getting started.

Tennessee SB 3547

Allowed “home-based kitchens” to sell directly from home and at farmers markets and events, without needing a permit from the ag department. Certain nonperishable foods were allowed, and there was no sales limit. These rules were repealed in 2017.

Arizona HB 2103

Arizona’s initial cottage food law, allowing for the sale of baked and confectionary goods from any venue within the state

Florida HB 7209

Initial cottage food law, which allowed producers to directly sell a number of non-perishable foods, and set a $15k sales limit