The Forrager Podcast for Cottage Food Businesses

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The Forrager Podcast for Cottage Food Businesses episodes

December 07, 2021 A Little Bit of Joy with Tracy Mancuso
Tracy Mancuso near Medford, OR shares how she built her successful custom cake business from home while raising young kids by leveraging social media and embracing her local community.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/49
50 min
November 23, 2021 How To Sell French Macarons Online with Anthony Rosemond
Anthony Rosemond lives in Phelan, CA and shares how he and his wife Yami moved from France to start a French bakery that went from selling macarons at farmers markets to now selling them nationwide.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/48
1 hr
November 09, 2021 Do Whatever It Takes with Whitney Singletary
Whitney Singletary of Berkeley, CA shares many of the obstacles she faced to build a successful nut-flavored cookie business from her driveway and eventually grow into a brick-and-mortar storefront.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/47
53 min
October 26, 2021 Mom By Day, Baker By Night with Daniela Zographos
Daniela Zographos of Anderson, SC shares how she niched down to only selling custom-decorated cake pops, which made her home bakery even more successful and gave her more time to spend with her kids.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/46
50 min
October 12, 2021 If You Don’t Like The Law, Change It with Shelley Erickson
Shelley Erickson of Big Lake, MN shares how she became the leader of the cottage food movement in her state, by improving her state's cottage food law and starting a cottage food association.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/45
49 min
September 28, 2021 No Stopping, Keep Popping with Payshee Felt & Steve Bivans
Payshee Felt & Steve Bivans of St. Paul, MN share how they went from selling homemade, prepackaged popcorn at their local farmers market to selling $5k of popcorn in a weekend at large events.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/44
1 hr
September 14, 2021 Family, Freedom, & Pie with Kourtney Rojas
Kourtney Rojas of Anaheim, CA shares her long, organic journey into creating a successful home pie business that helps support her family and gave her the freedom to quit her job.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/43
59 min
August 31, 2021 The Self-Taught Supermom with April Spencer
Cake decorator and sugar artist April Spencer from Harrod, OH shares how she sells custom cakes and lollipops from home and on Etsy while being a nearly full-time stay-at-home mom of 3 young children.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/42
59 min
August 17, 2021 Small Is Beautiful with Eric Sorensen
Eric Sorensen from Pullman, WA shares how he runs a profitable small side business in retirement by selling sourdough bread, bagels, pretzels, cookies, and more from his driveway and farmers markets.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/41
58 min
August 03, 2021 The Resilient Baker with Justina Rucinski
Justina Rucinski from Burlington, IA shares how she resurrected her custom cookie business after being sexually assaulted by a supposed client, and how her experience impacted the cottage food industry.
Get full show notes and transcript here: https://forrager.com/podcast/40
55 min

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