February 5, 2008 - 5:22am
Introduction
Hi everyone,
I'm Charlene from Virginia. I found this website a few months ago and have been thouroughly enjoying it's content and especially the delicious pictures of breads you have made.
I have loved to bake most of my life but recently have entered a new realm of baking. A friend and I are working on starting a home-based bakery with hopes of doing wholesale orders and maybe eventually a retail area. We are currently in the throes of getting ready for an inspection by the Dept. of Agriculture.
Just wanted you know how much I appreciate these forums and your comments. Hopefully, you will be seeing more of me around here!
Share
I'd love to know how the visit from the dept. of agriculture goes. It would be interesting to see what they look for. I thought of sometimes making bread for a small farmer's market we have here in the summer.
T.
We were given a checklist to work from. It is a huge packet of material but the main things were:
recipes for all the items we want to produce
list of suppliers for each ingredient
process flow charts for each recipe
floorplan of baking area including how/where supplies will be stored
water sample, if not on town water
method of packaging
explanation of how items will be transported
It doesn't sound that bad but when you really start working on it - it takes a while!