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everybody should learn to keep things a little bit more local we started with seventy-five shares our first year and now we're up to about thousand shares well I've always been interested in growing vegetable seed branding is enormous ly important you know in order for people to really buy it they need to try it there are a lot of challenges like a food processing business is very logistical one of the reasons we exist is to get our community to eat whole organic food Washington State is the seventh in the nation for direct sales to consumers and contains more than 39,000 farms 90% of which are small and family-owned the state has a national and international reputation for its high-quality and safe food products in 2011 the Washington State Legislature passed the cottage food operations law to ensure the continued quality for products made in a home kitchen the law requires that a cottage food permit be obtained by anyone selling low-risk non potentially hazardous food products which are made in their home kitchen and sold directly to customers Adrienne Wolfe of rolling Bey farms discusses what prompted her and her husband to apply for a cottage food permit that Plumtree created so many plums and we made so much plum jam for ourselves and everybody liked it so much we started experimenting with different flavors that were like how can we take all the produce that comes off of this orchard and make it last for the whole year and so the cottage food bill is excellent in that way because we can make things like spices which last forever the jams and jellies which then give us sales all year long acceptable foods to produce within the cottage food permit consists of products that are cooked in an oven such as loaf breads rolls biscuits quick breads muffins cakes pastries scones cookies and bars crackers cereals trail mixes or granola and baked candies and or confections it also includes nuts and nut mixes vinegars combining and packaging of dry herbs seasonings and mixtures that are obtained from approved sources and finally standardized jams jellies preserves and fruit butters with approved recipes for production only non potentially hazardous food items are permitted potentially hazardous foods require temperature control for safety because of their capability to support the rapid growth of pathogenic or toxigenic microorganisms or the growth and toxin production of Clostridium botulinum an extensive list of specific prohibited foods can be found on our website at the following link with the cottage food permit they can sell only within Washington State and it has to be direct person-to-person sale those avenues would be the farm has a farm store they could sell out of the farm store they could take the products down to the farmers market or somebody could place an order and then they could deliver that product to them while the cottage foods permit is a great resource for those wanting to start a small business it may not be for everyone especially those wanting to sell their products across state lines if you're going to wholesale and you're going to start selling especially for us being really close to Portland we're in Southwest Washington it's right across the river that's a huge market for a lot of people in Southwest Washington you're selling in a different seed so you know you should probably really if you're going to go a little bit bigger like that then I don't think cottage food is gonna work for you an essential step in obtaining a cottage food permit is to first obtain a master business license through the Washington State Department of Revenue once the master business license and food worker card are obtained you can start the process of applying for your annual permit the first time you apply and includes a review of your application and all of your recipes your floor plan and your whole kitchen that you will be using to produce the products it also includes your first year inspection and your first permit and that's $230 all cottage foods require a label each label must include the name and address of the cottage food operation the ingredients in their sub ingredients in descending order of predominance by weight allergen labeling as specified in the federal labeling requirements the net weight or net volume of the product and finally the statement made in a home kitchen that has not been subject to standard inspection criteria which must be printed in 11 point font in addition to providing a detailed label the recipe for each product must be submitted in the application both of which are subject to public record disclosure the biggest hurdle came re on my part not being familiar with the ingredients or the sub ingredients of something that seems very common like butter if you put butter in the ingredients you have to break it down you know I would submit a recipe and I just went back and forth a couple times before it was approved just because there was a concern to make sure all the ingredients are actually properly labeled once the application is approved the Washington State Department of Agriculture will conduct an inspection which will include reviewing sanitary practices in hygiene the inspection is basically meeting with the operator at their home and going through the floor plan with them where are they going to be storing their ingredients where's the refrigeration space how will they be making the products what work surfaces are there are the work surfaces smooth and easily cleanable is there adequate of facilities for equipment washing as well as hand washing the nice thing about it is that we didn't have to do much of anything as far as modification for the kitchen this is our home this is where we prepare our meals for our family and you know when that's not happening when we set up the kitchen for production it's relatively simple the inspection will also include a review of your child and pet management plan both of which can be quite simple falesha Hill of FH cakes advocated for the cottage foods law and holds the first cottage foods permit issued in the state she explains one easy way she's able to keep her small children out of the kitchen so what is I will put chairs right here they can sit on the chairs but they know not to go past these chairs and the same thing I would put the remaining two chairs that I have over in this walkway um and so that they know mommy's working right now you're not allowed to be in the kitchen but you can sit quietly and watch mommy work any it works perfectly I love it and everybody has an individual plan that will work best for them some people will have the children off-premise at the time that they're preparing food for the cottage food other times then you have a separate area in the home where their children can go during that time period so why should you apply for a cottage food permit it's allowed us to sell complimentary items for products that we already grow it gives us a new revenue screen for things that we didn't know that we could sell that we weren't able to because it was illegal to sell the benefit of having that that cottage food law is that you can do this over the privacy of your own home at your own time your own schedule and basically no overhead if you're interested in applying for a cottage food permit please visit this website or call the WS da at three six zero 902 1876