xCottage CMSYour Home Kitchen Deserves Its Own
Forrager has helped thousands of cottage food entrepreneurs navigate their state laws and grow their businesses. Now they recommend Cottage CMS as the platform to take yours online.
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“Forrager seeks to organize and improve the resources available for this growing group of small, independent cooks.”— David Crabill, Founder of Forrager
The Cottage Food Industry’s Most Trusted Resource
You Know the Laws.Now Build Your Business.
Forrager taught you how to start legally. Cottage CMS gives you the professional online presence to actually grow. The only platform built from scratch for cottage food.
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Everything You Need to Sell From Your Kitchen
The only platform built from the ground up for cottage food businesses.
Online Ordering & Payments
Accept Square payments plus Venmo, Cash App, and PayPal. Pre-order windows let customers reserve ahead.
Professional Website in Minutes
Visual block editor with mobile-ready themes designed for food businesses. Your own custom domain.
Cottage Food Compliance
State-specific labeling guidance, required disclaimers, and compliance tools so you stay legal.
Customer Accounts & Loyalty
Customers track orders, save favorites, and earn loyalty points that keep them coming back.
Email & Push Notifications
Automated email updates on Free, plus Pro push notifications for customers who opt in.
Pantry & Recipe Costing
Track ingredient costs, calculate per-product margins, and price with confidence.
The Home of the Cottage Food Industry
Since 2012, Forrager has been the go-to resource for cottage food entrepreneurs across the country. Founded by David Crabill, the platform started as a way to help home cooks understand how they can legally start a food business from home.
Today, Forrager features a comprehensive 50-state cottage food law database, an active online community, a directory of cottage food businesses, and The Forrager Podcast — with over 163 episodes of real stories from home food entrepreneurs who’ve turned their kitchens into thriving businesses.
Forrager is solely focused on the cottage food industry, and they recommend Cottage CMS as the best platform to take your business online.
Real Stories from the Forrager Podcast
Cottage food entrepreneurs who turned their passion into a business
Built a cottage food bakery and digital product business that has done over $1M in sales.
Their cottage food bakery saved them from financial trouble and grew a huge social media following.
Rapidly built a successful bakery by fostering community, eventually selling 1,000+ baked goods in a single day.
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