116 episodes
The Forrager Podcast for Cottage Food Businesses David Crabill
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5.0 • 104 Ratings
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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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Rob Sanz with Rise Artisan Sourdough
Rob Sanz of Rockville, MD shares how he's added a cottage food bakery to a busy family life and career, and why he has intentionally kept his microbakery small, even though he could easily grow itGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/116
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Elisa Marie Lords with Elisa Marie Baking
Elisa Marie Lords of Placentia, CA shares how she overcame early struggles with her sales and built a thriving cottage food bakery by focusing on community, consistency, and customer serviceGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/115
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Tiffany Hill with Think Pink Bakers
Tiffany Hill shares how she built on her success as a cottage food baker by creating a thriving online community/course and a packaging business, both of which have experienced unprecedented growthGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/114
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Tiffany Hill with The Pink Crumbb
Tiffany Hill of Apple Valley, CA shares how she switched careers and built a full-time income from her cottage food bakery, after initially struggling to make sales and nearly shutting it downGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/113
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Mark Elvidge with Vermont Nut Free Chocolates
Mark Elvidge shares how he and his wife started Vermont Nut Free Chocolates from home in 1998 and built it into an international brand with over 1,000 wholesale locations and constant growth each yearGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/112
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Monique Germaine with Kneading to Bake
Monique Germaine of Nashville, TN shares how she built and rebuilt her cottage food bakery in 3 different states, plus a crazy commercial food business journey that got her products into big retailersGet full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/111
Customer Reviews
So helpful
I greatly appreciate all your episodes. So helpful and always uplifting. My local health department said they recommended your website, I told them YES, I mentioned I love the podcast. They didn’t know you had one and are excited to come listen. Thanks for being a great resource for a Cottage Baker.
Good content but often lengthy
As a cottage food operator, I appreciate the knowledge I have gained from listening to the show. However, I seem to finish each show wishing that it was more concise. One way this could happen is to ask those he interviews open-ended questions. Most questions are close-ended and don’t allow the interview to progress naturally. This as well as as cutting down the show time to a max of 35-45 minutes would keep the listeners attention.
Excellent podcast
David is a very good interviewer and asks very good questions. I often relate to the struggles and success of the entrepreneurs and so this podcast is just perfect for me, as a cottage food entrepreneur. I highly recommend. Thank you, David.