One UNLV Grad Just Tripled Nevada's Home Bakery Revenue Cap — and Added Shipping

One UNLV Grad Just Tripled Nevada's Home Bakery Revenue Cap — and Added Shipping

Kelli Kelly walked off the graduation stage already knowing she'd changed state law. Kelly, a UNLV master's graduate who also serves as executive director of the Fallon Food Hub in rural Nevada, was a central force behind Assembly Bill 352, signed into law in June 2025. The bill is the most significant overhaul of Nevada's cottage food rules in recent memory.

The headline number: the annual gross sales cap jumps from $35,000 to $100,000 when the law takes full effect on July 1, 2027. That's not a rounding error — it's nearly three times the current ceiling, and it moves cottage food from a side income into a viable small business for many producers. Beyond the cap, A.B. 352 also eliminates the previous face-to-face sales requirement. Nevada home bakers will be able to take orders by phone and online, and ship or use third-party delivery services anywhere within the state. The law also carves out a new licensing track for home-based cosmetic makers — a separate but parallel win for small-scale producers in the state.

Kelly's work was rooted in the gap she saw between rural producers and the customers they couldn't reach. Most Nevada cottage food entrepreneurs were limited to farmers' markets and in-person sales, cutting off anyone who didn't live near a market. The new rules effectively extend the farmers' market to every zip code in the state.

If you're a Nevada home baker, note the 2027 effective date on most provisions — and watch for any implementing regulations from the Nevada Department of Agriculture between now and then.

Gobble's Take: If you're still pricing your bakes around a $35,000 ceiling, it's time to get out the calculator.

Source: Hoodline

The Air Force Spouse Who Inspired North Dakota's Cross-State Shipping Law Just Won a National Award — Sort Of

Jenetta Sawyer just wanted to ship her baked goods out of state. What she got instead was a new law, a national award for the people who helped her, and a model other states are watching.

Sawyer, a small business owner and Minot Air Force Base spouse, hit a hard wall when she tried to expand her North Dakota cottage bakery beyond state lines. The state's existing rules required in-person sales, making it impossible to serve customers she'd met through military moves or online. She brought her problem to the Minot Area Chamber EDC — known locally as MACEDC — which turned her regulatory roadblock into a legislative campaign. The result was Senate Bill 2386, sometimes called "Jenetta's Bill," which passed with bipartisan support and was signed with an emergency clause, taking effect immediately. North Dakota home bakers can now sell online, take phone orders, and ship cottage food across state lines — one of only a handful of states in the country to allow it.

MACEDC's advocacy work just earned the organization the 2026 Public Policy of the Year award from Mid-America Chamber Executives, a regional association recognizing standout chamber policy leadership. The award is a reminder that cottage food reform doesn't always start in a state capital — it sometimes starts with one entrepreneur who couldn't mail a cookie.

Gobble's Take: "I can't ship that" is no longer an acceptable answer in North Dakota — and if your state hasn't figured that out yet, Jenetta Sawyer's story is the template.

Source: Minot Daily News

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