Recommended Resources
Learning
Homemade For Sale
This book will help you avoid common pitfalls, and it will teach you about marketing, sales, and strategy.
Craftsy
Improve your skills by taking excellent classes on baking, cake decorating, candy making, canning, etc.
Safety
360 Training Learn2Serve
Their food handler course only costs $8 in most states, and they have other food training classes as well.
FLIP Liability Insurance
Affordable food business liability insurance, starting at $299/year. Save $10 by using coupon code “forrager10”
Sales
Square
An easy way to collect credit card payments, either online or in-person. No fees on your first $1,000 of sales.
Square Online
An easy and affordable way to create a well-designed website and sell your products online.
Communication
Google Workspace
Use Google’s tools with a professional email address, like yourname@yourwebsite.com
ConvertKit
A great way to get started with email marketing. Easy-to-use, powerful, and free for up to 1,000 subscribers.
Supplies
Paper Mart
Tons of packaging supplies at rock bottom prices. Paper Mart is the largest packaging store on the web.
Kitchen Equipment
The most essential and basic kitchen products that every cottage food entrepreneur should consider
Amazon
An easy way to support Forrager is to use this link before shopping on Amazon. The prices are the same for you.
Other Resources
Trello
An amazing free tool for visually organizing and managing projects (or just about anything).