LABB Bake Sale

Check in table.

A couple of weekends ago, Mark Stambler and members of the Los Angeles Bread Bakers organized a renegade bake sale to benefit attempts to pass a cottage food law in California that would legalize bakes sales, and the direct and indirect sales of bread and other safe foods.  


Currently, food cannot be sold unless it has been prepared in an inspected, commercial kitchen.  This include breads, cookies, jams, and other foods that are commonly sold at bake sales, fundraisers, etc. 


More than 30 states have laws in place that allow home-baked goods to be sold either directly to consumers or through retailers or both, but California is not one of them!

Sweets for sale.

A bill has been introduced by Rep. Mike Gatto (AB 1616) and has cleared the Assembly Health Committee. If you are interested in supporting this bill, please encourage your friends and neighbors to have a bake sale!  

We were able to organize our sale in less than six weeks, with only two meetings, and a flurry of emails.  The bake sale raised $3000 to support the Sustainable Economies Law Center's work on the bill, and it was a lot of fun! 


More about the proposed law can be found here: http://www.theselc.org/cottage-food-laws/