The Homegrown Vendor Blog

Pottery sells in seven places, from craft fairs and studio sales to galleries and Etsy. Here is what one $36 mug pays you in each, and the food safety rule that follows every glaze.

Seven places to sell homemade gift baskets, from your own link to realtors and Etsy, which ones your state's cottage food law allows, and what a $45 basket pays you in each.

Seven places to sell olive oil, from farmers markets to wine shops, which ones a home kitchen can legally use in six states, and what each way of getting paid costs on a $14 bottle.

Price homemade soup by the quart: real soup shop and farm prices, two recipe cost builds, kitchen rent math and card fees, checked October 7 and rechecked October 10, 2026.

A bag of home-roasted beans, a $4 cup at the market and a coffee cart each need a different license. Here is the license stack for six coffee setups, with real Florida fees and the FDA rule.

A pan of homemade shortbread costs about 18 cents a piece, and butter is over half of it. Here are seven bakers' prices, tin and box costs, fees on a $20 order and which states let you mail it.

Seven places to sell jewelry you make, from juried craft fairs to boutiques, consignment cases and trunk shows, and what one $30 pair of earrings pays you in each.

An 8 ounce tub of handmade hummus costs about $1.09 to make and sells for $8 to $12. Here are nine small vendors' prices, kitchen rent per tub, the state rules and what fees take off.

Homemade cupcakes are legal to sell in all 6 states we read, but the frosting decides most cases. Here is what passes, the paperwork, the label and the school bake sale rule.