Why We Still Don't Ship (Even Though the Law Just Changed)

What Changed in the Law

As of March 2026, Michigan cottage food producers can sell products online and by mail order, and can use third-party delivery, as long as it stays in-state and there's a real interaction between baker and customer before the sale. It's a real shift from the old rules, which kept everything strictly in-person.

Why We're Not Using It

Just because we can doesn't mean we should. Wood-fired sourdough is not built for a box and a truck. The crust that makes this bread worth driving for softens in transit. The crumb gets compressed. A loaf that's perfect four hours out of the oven is a different loaf by the time a shipping carrier gets it across the county, let alone across the state.

Shipping isn't kind to bread. A loaf that spends a few days in a box loses moisture, loses texture, and a lot of what makes it worth eating fresh. Because every Renegade Sourdough loaf is baked in small batches from a wood-fired oven, we only sell what leaves our hands straight into yours.

What This Means for Ordering

In practice, this means orders are placed ahead of time, with about a week's lead time for baking, and picked up in person every Tuesday in Mount Morris. Payment happens at pickup, cash or tap-to-pay, since there's no need for a separate online payment system built for shipping logistics.

It's a smaller way of doing things, but it's also the reason the bread tastes like it does. No shortcuts, no shipping boxes, just bread made close to home and picked up close to home.

Who This Works Well For

If you live in or near Mount Morris, Flint, Flushing, Grand Blanc, Montrose, Clio, Swartz Creek, Burton, Beecher, or Davison, weekly pickup fits easily into a normal routine. It's not built for long-distance shipping, and that's exactly the point.

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