In 26 states and counting small food companies can make “non-potentially hazardous” foods in their home kitchens under “cottage food law,” sometimes called homesteading laws or baker laws. (See Homebasedbaking.com)

A petition to allow for a cottage food law is underway in California. The goal? To let thousands of small businesses bloom, where new food entrepreneurs can test the market for their products or make extra cash, bake-sale style, baking safely from their homes.

Learn more at Cottagelaw.org.