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Cottage foods in Minnesota: Home cooks building businesses

Since 2015, when Minnesota dialed back restrictions for cottage food producers, the state has seen a surge in people turning homemade foods into big business.

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It's all about the connections – families, friends, fresh food – for Berry Ridge Farm in Alexandria - Alexandria Echo Press

The farm, owned by Ron and Ann Branch, gears up for another year of the Farmers Markets.

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Cottage food is a revenue opportunity for Minnesota farmers and producers

The 2015 law, amended in 2021, outlines just what can and can't be sold at farmers markets without a license

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Cottage food law gives Minnesota bakers and canners freedom to sell

The 2015 law, amended in 2021, outlines just what can and can't be sold at farmers markets and the like without a license.

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New initiative aims to strengthen local food systems in southern Minnesota

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Kathy Zeman, of Simple Harvest Farm Organics in Nerstrand, is one of the organizers of a new three-year local food sustainability project in southern Minnesota. Zeman is the executive director of the Minnesota Farmersâ Markets Association. (File photo/southernminn.com)

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