For many years, Wisconsin home bakers struggled to get a law overturned that restricted their ability to sell home-baked goods to the public. That all changed in 2017 when a court decision struck down Wisconsin’s ban.
With that decision, home bakers gained the freedom they sought to sell home baked goods. There are restrictions that protect consumers, such as allowing only the sale of not-potentially hazardous baked goods. But goods that are deemed non hazardous may be baked in home kitchens.
The result has meant the inception of hundreds of products offered by home bakers. In the Green Bay area, a glance at Nextdoor, a neighborhood app that connects neighbors, shows an increasing number of porch bakeries and made-to-order offerings…