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Selling jams and preserves at a farmers market (and why salsa is different)
Jams and jellies are the classic cottage food, and there is a specific regulatory reason why. The acidity line that separates them from salsa and pickles, what a process authority is, naming your product honestly, and how to label and sell it.
7 min readSelling honey at a farmers market: labeling, claims, and hive rules
Honey sells itself, but its label is closely governed. What you may legally call your honey, when you can name a floral source, the claims that get vendors in trouble, hive registration, and where to confirm your state's rules.
6 min readSelling soap and candles at a farmers market: the rules are not what you think
Soap and candles are not cottage foods, and they are not regulated like food. The FDA test that decides whether your soap is soap or a cosmetic, the claims that turn it into a drug, what governs candles, and how to label both.
6 min readWinter farmers markets: how to keep selling year-round
The vendors who sell through winter keep their regulars, capture the holiday season, and start spring with momentum. How to find cold-month venues, adapt your product line, build a booth for the dark and cold, and plan cash flow across a seasonal year.
6 min readSelling produce at a farmers market: from garden to a booth that sells out
Produce plays by different rules than baked goods or crafts: freshness is the product, and the clock starts at harvest. How to plan your growing around market dates, handle the harvest, build an abundant display, and price without racing to the bottom.
7 min readSelling baked goods at a farmers market: from cottage kitchen to sold-out table
A practical guide to selling baked goods: checking what your cottage food law allows, choosing bakes that travel and sell, packaging for freshness and grab-and-go, pricing for the real time baking takes, and a display that makes people stop.
6 min readSelling eggs at a farmers market: the rules first-timers miss
Eggs are popular and more regulated than they look. A plain-English walk through state egg rules, cleaning and candling and grading, carton and labeling requirements, keeping eggs cold, how flock size can change the rules, and where to confirm before you sell.
6 min readWhat to sell at a farmers market: a framework for choosing your product
A five-lens decision framework for choosing a product that actually sells at your market: demand versus competition, margin after your time, shelf life, your unfair advantage, and seasonality, plus how to test cheaply before you commit.
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