After 7 months I finally decided to call the department of agriculture to see when they were going to come out and inspect my kitchen so I can start getting permits and licenses and LLC and insurance and everything.

Turns out they never reached out to me because I never provided them with a permit from my city which they never asked for.

The county I live in DOES have cottage food laws and allow home kitchens to bake and make low risk cottage foods. I do a variety of homemade pretzel flavors and I was following all the rules and laws to a T for when they call for the inspection.

Called my city today about permits just to be told that the city I live in DOES NOT allow home based kitchens and cottage foods.

It’s going to cost me more than hiw much I make in sales to rent out kitchen space 1 day a week. I have no idea what to do or how to feel. I was finally digging myself out of poverty and now this