The Homegrown Vendor Blog

Seven places a home mushroom grower actually sells, from a market booth to a chef's weekly box, with what each one pays on a $16 pound and how many days each gives you to sell it.

Farmers market, your own link, a coffee shop, craft fairs, Etsy, bulk orders, custom work or a cookie club. Here is what each place costs you on a $24 dozen, with every fee checked.

Seven places a home baker actually sells bread, from a market booth to a coffee shop counter, with what each one takes off a $10 loaf and how to pick the two that fit your bake day.

Roasting loses 16 percent of your green beans before the bag is filled. Here is what a 12-ounce bag really costs, what it should sell for, and what each platform takes off the top.

Seven places a home tea vendor actually sells, from a market booth to your own storefront link, with what each one takes off a $16 pouch and how to pick the two that fit you.

Most part-time vendors should sell a half pound of fudge for $10 to $12 and an 8 ounce bag of brittle for $12 to $18. Here is where those numbers come from, and what each channel takes back out.

Sell a pint of homemade pickles for $8 to $12. Here is the cost sheet behind that number, what real small-batch shops charge, and what Etsy, Hotplate, and Shopify take off a jar.

Honey is one of the easiest homemade products to sell, but it does not sit under one law. Here is which of the three rule sets covers your jars, and the line where the exemption stops.

A pickle is an acidified food, and that one classification decides whether your state lets you sell it. Four state rules, the caps, the labels and what to do if yours says no.