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Cook & bake from your home
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Cook & bake from your home

Homegrown has MASSIVE quantities of oranges now-June, so we are opening up the opportunity for individuals to make food in your own kitchen under the Arizona cottage food program, as well as homemade cleaning products, and sell them easily through Homegrown.

This is a perfect job for anyone who loves being in their kitchen and wants to work on their own schedule, but doesn’t love the business side of selling their products and managing a business.

We are making:

👉 Fruit jams & jellies, dried orange zest, and some other “approved” items under Arizona’s Cottage Food program

👉 Natural skin exfoliators, bug sprays, and surface cleaners

At the bottom of this page you’ll find our recipes to inspire you!

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Please fill out this form to inquire & ask any questions you have.

Already running a business doing this? Even better 😎 let’s partner: jeremy@itshomegrown.org

How does it work?

  1. Fill out this form for Homegrown
  2. Register for the Arizona Cottage Food Program (free)
  3. Get your Food Handlers Card ($7.95 in just 30 minutes)
  4. Once approved to cook for Homegrown…

  5. We deliver the oranges to a Homegrown Hub near you, where you come pick them up on your time
  6. We purchase & ship the necessary equipment to your front door
  7. You get busy cookin’!
  8. Bring your finished products to a Homegrown Hub near you.
  9. Get paid & repeat!

How much does it pay? And how?

As the maker, you get 75% of net revenue. We pay direct deposit to your bank account.

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Net revenue is the profit after factoring in the costs and fees associated with that sale.

For example:

batches
1 (24 jars)
5 (120 jars)
gross revenue @ $10/jar
$240
$1,200
total costs: (see below for breakdown)
$45
$323
net revenue:
$195
$877
Homegrown gets 25%:
$48
$219
you get 75%:
$146
$657

cost breakdown:

cost of jars:
$10
$142
transaction fees:
$7
$37
market sale fees:
$18
$94
sugar & lemons:
$10
$50

(*all numbers above are rounded to the nearest dollar for simplicity)

Do you have recipes I can follow?

Yes, we have scoped out & tested some of our favorite recipes below, and we ask that everyone follow the same recipes so that our customers can expect consistency.

Homegrown recipes

orange marmaladeorange marmalade
orange marmalade
dried zestdried zest
dried zest

However, if you believe there are ways to improve on a recipe, we want to hear about it!

Have more questions?

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Please fill out this form to inquire & ask any questions you have.

Already running a business doing this? Even better 😎 let’s partner: jeremy@itshomegrown.org

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