Category Archives: Monthly Updates
September 2023
Happy Fall Everyone! I hope that everyone had a successful summer in spite of the heat. I know that we had so many cottage food producers submit their pickles, jams, jellies, baked goods, etc. to their local county fairs and the state fair. Because our community is so wide and wonderful, it’s always a proud …
Summer 2023
Happy Anniversary Everyone! It’s been eight years since we got our cottage food bill passed. We’ve had many more successes along the way. Some things we have won, some we have not yet won. 🙂 Together we will continue to improve our cottage food law and prove what a vital resource the cottage food industry …
May 2023
Hi everybody! Happy May! We have some news and updates for you. This month was filled with a lot of waiting to find out what would be included in the final SF 1955 omnibus bill. As most of you know by now, we ended up with our proposed amendments being sabotaged by the House conference …
March 2023
I meant to get this blog out sooner but as things would have it the end of February and all of March turned out to be a whirlwind of legislative meetings for us. On February 20th members of the MNCFPA along with Meagan Forbes from the Institute for Justice, traveled to Saint Paul to meet …
A New Year – January/February 2023
There’s an old saying that if your marriage makes it past the first five years you’re probably going to make it. 2022 was the seventh year since our cottage food bill first passed in 2015. Since two of those years were a pandemic, I think we did pretty well. 2022 ended with over 7,000 registered …
December 2022
Happy last day of 2022! This year just sailed by. Most of you cottage food producers should have received your re-registration forms for 2023 by now. This can easily be completed online. If you haven’t received your renewal form yet send an email with your registration number to LIS.Info@state.mn.us to request a new PIN. Your …
November 2022
Hello everyone! Market season is over and the great holiday rush begins. Being a cottage food producer will definitely keep you busy. 🙂 We ended the month of October with a wonderful MNCFPA get-together at the Big lake Lions park. We couldn’t have asked for better weather. We had about 80 people in attendance and …
September/October 2022
Hi everyone! I hope everyone had a great summer. There are a few things to update you on. First of all, the Cottage Food Q&A on the University of Minnesota’s website has been updated. If you are not familiar with this you should check it out. A lot of questions cottage food producers ask can …
August 2022
Happy August everyone! It’s been a wonderfully busy summer with county fairs, farmers’ markets and all kinds of summer fairs, festivals and events. Cottage food producers can be seen everywhere which makes me burst with pride over all you have accomplished and how far our industry has progressed. It’s especially awesome to see how much …
June & July 2022
It’s the end of June already and as we all know it’s been a hot one. If you are struggling with baking in this heat I found an article with tips for helping to ease your misery. Just click the link: Tips You Need To Know For Baking In Hot Weather Being a vendor at …
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