The Homegrown Vendor Blog

A comprehensive guide covering everything you need to start a cottage food business, from confirming your state's laws and choosing a product through pricing, labeling, taxes, and making your first sale.

50 best hashtags for farmers market vendors organized by category. Size strategy, location-based tags, mistakes to avoid, and building a rotation.

Film short food videos for Reels and TikTok. Phone-only setup, best video types, 5-minute filming process, free editing with CapCut, and posting schedule.

Cross-promote with local businesses as a food vendor. Best partner types, pitch scripts, collaboration ideas, and tracking results.

Get local press coverage for your food business. Story angles, finding journalists, pitch email template, interview prep, and leveraging coverage.

Use Pinterest to sell homemade food. Set up a business account, what to pin, keyword-rich descriptions, driving traffic to your ordering page.

Create a referral program for your food business. Simple structures, best rewards, no-software setup, promotion tactics, and tracking referrals.

Use QR codes to grow your customer list at farmers markets. Free setup, best placement, incentives to drive scans, and tracking performance.

Write an email newsletter for your food business. What to include, how often to send, subject line tips, and growing your list from scratch.