Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
You can put your kitchen skills to use in your community! People are hungry for local food! If you missed this episode with Lily and Ellen of Flour Barn Bakery, go back and search for episode 244 of the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast. They share the ins and outs of how they started a microbakery out of their home and how it has grown into a beautiful business that serves their community in unique ways.
In this episode, we cover:
- How to navigate the timing of baking large batches of breads and pastries for a microbakery
- Tips for making a microbakery profitable and worth your time
- Learning from your mistakes and letting go of business ideas that don’t work
- The importance of marketing your products effectively
- Outfitting your microbakery without going into debt
- Walking through the layout of the baking and selling space
- Navigating local regulations of commercial kitchens and cottage bakeries
- Step-by-step process of prepping and baking dough
- Making your small business work for you as a busy mom
- Thinking through tough decisions when growing your business
- The value in creating an experience for your customers
- Why microbakeries may have more success than large-scale bakeries
Simple Farmhouse Life Podcast
244. Turn Your Homemaking Skills into a Business: How to Start a Microbakery | Lily & Ellen of The Flour Barn
Listen to the podcast: pod.link/1494284839/episode/e77202c0f40df8c45d86bd2d32e8c2f5
Watch full video on YouTube: youtu.be/-hbV-BaSgAI
#simplefarmhouselifepodcast #microbakery #sourdoughmicrobakery #homesteadmom #homemaker #homemakerlife #entrepreneurmom #entrepreneurtips
You can put your kitchen skills to use in your community! People are hungry for local food! If you missed this episode with Lily and Ellen of Flour Barn Bakery, go back and search for episode 244 of the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast. They share the ins and outs of how they started a microbakery out of their home and how it has grown into a beautiful business that serves their community in unique ways.
In this episode, we cover:
- How to navigate the timing of baking large batches of breads and pastries for a microbakery
- Tips for making a microbakery profitable and worth your time
- Learning from your mistakes and letting go of business ideas that don’t work
- The importance of marketing your products effectively
- Outfitting your microbakery without going into debt
- Walking through the layout of the baking and selling space
- Navigating local regulations of commercial kitchens and cottage bakeries
- Step-by-step process of prepping and baking dough
- Making your small business work for you as a busy mom
- Thinking through tough decisions when growing your business
- The value in creating an experience for your customers
- Why microbakeries may have more success than large-scale bakeries
Simple Farmhouse Life Podcast
244. Turn Your Homemaking Skills into a Business: How to Start a Microbakery | Lily & Ellen of The Flour Barn
Listen to the podcast: pod.link/1494284839/episode/e77202c0f40df8c45d86bd2d32e8c2f5
Watch full video on YouTube: youtu.be/-hbV-BaSgAI
#simplefarmhouselifepodcast #microbakery #sourdoughmicrobakery #homesteadmom #homemaker #homemakerlife #entrepreneurmom #entrepreneurtips
