Learn how to start a food business from your home kitchen by hearing stories from cottage food entrepreneurs about how they grew their businesses from the ground up. Does everyone ask for your recipes, or say "You should sell that"? Have you dreamed of starting a brick-and-mortar bakery, or simply want a fun hobby that brings in some extra dough? On this podcast, David interviews a wide range of entrepreneurs across America who legally sell their homemade food via their state's cottage food law. Each episode reveals strategies for marketing and selling your food products successfully from home, online, at farmers markets/events, and in stores. Learn what steps you should (or shouldn't) take, and get your cottage food business off to the right start!

The Forrager Podcast for Cottage Food Businesses
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Learn how to start a food business from your home kitchen by hearing stories from cottage food entrepreneurs about how they grew their businesses from the ground up. Does everyone ask for your recipes, or say "You should sell that"? Have you dreamed of starting a brick-and-mortar bakery, or simply want a fun hobby that brings in some extra dough? On this podcast, David interviews a wide range of entrepreneurs across America who legally sell their homemade food via their state's cottage food law. Each episode reveals strategies for marketing and selling your food products successfully from home, online, at farmers markets/events, and in stores. Learn what steps you should (or shouldn't) take, and get your cottage food business off to the right start!
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Recent Episodes

March 17, 2026
Katrina Bland with Sweet Benefits
Host Hunter Hobbs interviews Katrina Bland, owner of Sweet Benefits, about growing her allergy-friendly cottage food business through strategic coaching and online presence.

March 3, 2026
Beth Ford with Joe’s Bakery – Baton Rouge
Beth Ford of Joe's Bakery shares her journey of finding purpose and building a successful cottage food business, inspiring others to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams.

February 17, 2026
Lauren “Lolly” Anderson with Lolly’s Home Kitchen
Lolly Anderson of Sioux Falls, SD shares how cookies literally changed her life and led her to build a successful cottage food bakery and a digital product business that has done over $1M in salesGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/161
163 total episodes available with 32 transcripts
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