Episodes
169
Latest episode
Jun 2026
Language
EN
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!
Porsha Kimble of Dallas, TX shares her 20-year journey including starting as a home baker, competing on the Food Network, teaching around the world, and building a 6-figure packaged food businessGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/169
Halei Musil of Crescent, OK shares how her unique award-winning products led her to a surprising cottage food business journey that has enabled her to become an integral part of her local communityGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/168
Tammy Brennan of Vancouver, WA shares how she started a cottage food business as an empty nester and grew it into a huge success, with hour-long lines at markets and over 150k followers on InstagramGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/167
Yanhui Chen of Virginia Beach, VA shares how she transitioned from a cottage food business to a food truck and built a thriving business by constantly trying new things until she found what workedGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/166
Kathleen & Drew Meyer of Boerne, TX share how they reached over $55k in sales within their first year in business by staying adaptable, implementing efficient business systems, and leveraging AIGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/165
Amy Mucha of Kent, OH shares how she massively scaled her home bakery and now sells over 100,000 cake pops per year, and then created a cake pop supplies business that is revolutionizing the industryGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/164
Katrina Bland of Catonsville, MD shares how she boosted her small cottage food business by investing in professional coaching, focusing on ecommerce, and landing large corporate ordersGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/163
Beth Ford of Baton Rouge, LA shares how she found new purpose, passion, and peace in life by opening a cottage food bakery and growing it until she could quit her job and focus on the bakery full-timeGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/162
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
Brandy Nelson of Soldotna, AK shares how she built a strong customer base by selling very unique and healthy products, and the challenges she needs to consider to continue scaling her business furtherGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/160
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