Do you have a dream of launching a food business out of your home kitchen but feel overwhelmed on where to start? This is the class for you.

Thanks to expanding cottage food laws across the country, you now have an easy on-ramp to make and sell your cookies, breads, cakes, candies, jams and other non-hazardous products.

Join Lisa Kivirist and her husband, John Ivanko, for a crash course, based on their book Homemade for Sale, on how to become a food product entrepreneur right from your home kitchen.

BONUS: Workshop includes a free copy of Homemade for Sale, a $24.99 value and the leading national guide for cottage food start-ups.

In this workshop, you’ll learn about:

Navigating your state law: what's legal to sell?
Start-up basics: LLC vs. sole proprietor
Managing expenses
Do I need insurance?
Marketing your products

Hear about the inspiring growth of home-based food entrepreneurs across the country from two food entrepreneurs who have been helping lead the way.

Workshop fee:  $60.00 (13 and up)

BONUS: Registration includes a free copy of the book Renewing the Countryside: WISCONSIN Stories of Sustainable Living, Working & Playing (a $26.95 value) will be made available to every couple, household or family participating in this workshop (one free copy per address).

For more information on other Soil Sisters Aug. 5-7 weekend workshops, culinary events, lodging and more, see www.soilsisterswi.org

Soil Sisters Event Policies:

• This is a workshop designed for those 13 and older and everyone needs to have their own paid registration. If childcare is an issue and you need to bring your children in order to attend the workshop, please let us know in advance.

• All Soil Sisters events will be fully outdoors with space for social distancing. Masks are not required.

• Dress for the weather. Bring sunscreen, sun hat and good walking shoes.

• Leave your pets at home as these are working farms with other animals.

• All Soil Sisters event tickets are non-refundable.

About Lisa Kivirist
A national advocate for women in sustainable agriculture, Lisa Kivirist is the author of the award-winning book, Soil Sisters: A Toolkit for Women Farmers and leads the Soil Sisters initiative project at Renewing the Countryside. Kivirist is the co-author of multiple books on sustainability, food and entrepreneurship with her husband, John Ivanko, including Homemade for Sale (the authoritative national guide for launching a food business under cottage food law), Farmstead Chef, Ecopreneuring and Rural Renaissance.  Lisa served as a plaintiff along with Soil Sisters Kriss Marion and Dela Ends in the lawsuit that successfully lifted the ban on the sale of home baked goods in Wisconsin and founded the Wisconsin Cottage Food
Association, one of the leading state groups in the country.  She's also on the team of Soil Sister-fueled women farmers and bakers behind Farmstead Bakery: Recipes and Resources, supporting local ingredients in cottage food businesses.  For over twenty years, she and her family have run Inn Serendipity Farm and B&B in Wisconsin.

About Inn Serendipity Farm and B&B
Completely powered by renewable energy for over twenty-five years, the award-winning Inn Serendipity is considered one of the "top 10 eco-destinations in North America,” serving as a showplace for energy conservation and more self-reliant and sustainable living. The farm features vegetables raised organically, with a specialty in German red garlic, and is home to their cottage food bakery: Inn Serendipity Fresh Baked Home Bakery, specializing in Baltic baking. The baked goods and canned item feature many ingredients grown on the farm.

Soil Sisters is an award-winning project of the non-profit Renewing the Countryside, bringing together women championing local food, community building, sustainable and organic agriculture and vibrant rural communities for collaboration, networking and cooking up change. The founding Soil Sisters in southern Wisconsin organize the annual Soil Sisters event the first weekend in August, the largest women-farmer led event of its kind in the country. Since 2012, the Soil Sisters open their barn doors and farms for various workshops, culinary events and more.