Did you know that from 2011 to 2019, doughnuts were allowed as a cottage food, but only if they were baked? It’s true! Due to a quirk in tax statute, “doughnuts” were already defined as a baked good before the cottage food law existed. For simplicity’s sake, this definition of “baked goods” was used in […]

On November 2, 2021, Maine voters by a wide margin approved the nation’s first “Right to Food” constitutional amendment. The amendment states, in part: “Right to food.  All individuals have a natural, inherent and unalienable right to food, including the right to save and exchange seeds, and the right to grow, raise, harvest, produce and

September 1, 2021 – Kelley Masters, founder of the Texas cottage food law movement and local foods proponent since 2007, has announced the formation of Homemade Texas, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to supporting home independence and entrepreneurship. Homemade Texas will give homemakers, homesteaders, and entrepreneurs a presence and voice in Texas policy making. The