Homemade for Sale: How to Set Up and Market a Food Business from Your Home Kitchen

By Lisa Kivirist and John Ivanko

• Homemade for Sale is the most comprehensive and accessible reference guide for home cooks unacquainted with the operation of a small business. It also provides more detailed information for business-savvy food entrepreneurs
• As the first authoritative guide to launching a successful food enterprise operated specifically from your home kitchen, Homemade for Sale provides a clear roadmap to go from idea and recipe to final product
• Homemade for Sale will feature "story profiles" of cottage food start-ups addressing real life challenges while sharing practical advice and opportunities
• Widely known as "cottage food legislation," over 42 states and various Canadian provinces currently have varying forms of laws that encourage home cooks to create and sell to the public specific, "non-hazardous" food items
• Every major cottage food category and direct sales channel will be represented, including decorative cookies, wedding cakes, pickles, preserves, cookies and salsas
• From slow food to fancy food, from farm-to-fork to hand-made artisan breads, more people than ever are demanding real food made with real ingredients by real people " not by machines in factories
• Homemade for Sale gets you started, organized and cooking for your customers, creating items that by their very nature are small batch, fresh, unique and specialized

• Language: English
• Publisher: New Society Publishers
• Release date: May 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781550925821

Lisa Kivirist

Lisa Kivirist is a nationally recognised speaker, writer, instructor, and co-author of 15 books, including award-winning ECOpreneuring, Homemade for Sale, and Farmstead Chef. Lisa teaches the best-selling online Udemy cottage food course. With John D. Ivanko, she runs the solar-powered Inn Serendipity B&B in Wisconsin.

Reviews for Homemade for Sale

[bookshellz_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Homemade For Sale is a very informative book, letting a novice understand exactly what's involved in running your own food business from home. There are laws and restrictions you must know about concerning your own particular state. It's not as easy as the average person may think. I know there is a whole lot more involved than I ever thought about. I feel very lucky I've had the opportunity to read Homemade For Sale and I thank the authors for giving us all the insight into the food business life. I feel they've done a tremendous job in guiding me through the details and the book is very well put together. The authors give you information concerning business expenses, licenses, expansion and more information than you can imagine. I highly recommend it to anyone even contemplating getting into the food from home business. 5 Stars!

[hownovel · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book had many ideas that were very useful. Although not personally involved in this field, a friend that bakes and sell her goods, was very interested and enjoyed browsing the book.