How to Start a Cottage Food Business in California (Even as a Stay-at-Home Mom with Zero Experience)
The summer trend no one saw coming: turning home-canned goods into $5–10K/month income from your own kitchen.
The summer trend no one saw coming: turning home-canned goods into $5–10K/month income from your own kitchen.
Canning, fermenting, and sourdough aren’t just homesteading hobbies anymore — they’re the foundation of a thriving cottage food business model that moms across California are using to stay home, feed their families well, and earn meaningful income doing what they love.
In this powerful guide, you’ll learn how to:
✅ Launch your legal cottage food business in California
✅ Choose profitable homemade products like jam, sourdough, or kraut
✅ Understand real earning potential (yes, $5K+ per month is possible)
✅ Join our FREE Sacred Canning Workshop to learn the key skill that starts it all
✅ Launch your legal cottage food business in California
✅ Choose profitable homemade products like jam, sourdough, or kraut
✅ Understand real earning potential (yes, $5K+ per month is possible)
✅ Join our FREE Sacred Canning Workshop to learn the key skill that starts it all
Whether you're dreaming of selling your jam at the farmers market or starting a real income stream from your own kitchen — this is your sign to get started now, before everyone else does.
What if you could earn real income from home — without burnout, without selling your soul, and without sacrificing your time with your kids? In this blog post, I’m sharing the exact steps I’ve used (and still use!) that helped me build a business rooted in family, faith, and freedom. Whether you’re just starting out or finally ready to move from dreaming to doing, this is the roadmap you’ve been waiting for.
➡ Read: How to Make Money as a Stay-at-Home Mom Without Selling Your Soul
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