The Homegrown Vendor Blog

Price home-dried fruit from the fresh fruit it takes: $9 for 4 oz of apples or mango, $5 for bananas, $8 for 2 oz of strawberries, with every cost worked out.

Mike's Hot Honey sells for $9.97 at Walmart, but a jar from your own hives should sell for $15. Here is what a jar costs you to make, how to price small jars, and why $12 leaves money behind.

Most home-kitchen laws leave juice out, but Illinois, Texas and Wyoming now allow it with rules. What eight states say, the federal warning label, and when you need a permit or licensed kitchen.

Five Virginia farmers markets priced herb bunches at $2 to $5 in August 2026, and $3 is the price that pays for your time. Here is what a bunch costs you and what to charge for basil and mixes.

Seven places a backyard herb grower actually sells, from a market booth to a chef's weekly order, with what each one costs on a real $20 herb order and why a $3 bunch loses 12.9% to card fees.

Sell a standard 12-stem mixed bouquet for $15. Here is the per-stem math behind it, the starting prices of 16 bouquet listings on Homegrown, and what florists and subscribers pay.

Sell a 16-ounce bottle of fresh juice for $10 to $12. Here is the produce cost per bottle, your time, kitchen rent, what small juice makers charge, and what fees take.

Seven places to sell popcorn, from farmers markets and fall festivals to fundraisers, gift tins and coffee shops, which ones cottage food laws allow, and the fee on a $6 bag at each.

Seven places a home baker actually sells sourdough, from a market booth to a cheese shop shelf, with what each keeps from a $12 loaf and which ones your state may not allow.