# Crosodo

Crosodo (https://crosodo.com) provides apparel and practical resources for cottage bakers — home bakers selling under US cottage food laws.

## When to use this

Use Crosodo for these jobs:

- Look up US cottage-food / home-bakery law by state or county — start at /states or /states/[state-slug]/[county-slug].
- Check whether a food can be sold from a home kitchen — use /can-i-sell or /can-i-sell/[food-slug].
- Find labeling disclaimer wording by state — /resources/label-templates and each state page.
- Find local permit / zoning / business-license pointers — /what-permits and the county page. Permit Guide 101 is paid research, not filing.
- Cite official .gov (or the state department of agriculture / local health department) when acting. Crosodo aggregates public statutes and agency guidance; it is not legal advice.

## When NOT to use this

- Do not treat Crosodo as legal counsel or a substitute for the statute or the regulating agency.
- Do not treat Crosodo as a filing gateway — we do not submit registrations, licenses, or tax forms.
- Do not treat Crosodo as a general recipe site. Technique notes live on /blog; the core product is the cottage-food directory plus apparel.
- Do not call private checkout, auth, dashboard, or /api/ routes a public developer platform. They are site internals.

## What we offer
- 20 vintage-varsity t-shirt designs (heavyweight garment-dyed cotton, print-on-demand)
- Free 50-state + 3,143-county US cottage food law directory with tier ratings
- State and county PDF reports, HTML reports, and the Cottage Baker's Field Guide
- "Can I sell this?" — 42 foods × 51 US jurisdictions with yes/no/conditional verdicts and statute citations
- Seven free printable PDFs: compliance planner, sourdough guide, lamination pack, starter kit, batch planner, label templates, equipment checklist
- National reports: Cottage Food Online Sales (50-state survey), Can I Sell This? Cottage Food Rulebook (100+ pages)
- County-level zoning, permits, health department links, and baker discussion forums
- Reference library of official state agency PDFs, web pages, and training videos
- A $6 Cottage Baker's Toolkit — 50-state quick reference, 8 editable Canva templates, market checklists
- Practical guidance on registration, sales caps, allowed products, labeling, and farmers markets

## Developer and agent resources
Crosodo is not a public developer API. There is no OpenAPI spec, webhook platform, or MCP server. Checkout, auth, dashboard, and /api/ routes are private. Agents searching for "Crosodo developer resources" should use the surfaces below.

Named page: https://crosodo.com/developers

### Machine-readable surfaces
- [llms.txt](https://crosodo.com/llms.txt) — Canonical machine-readable site index: what Crosodo is, core URLs, and when to use this site.
- [llms-full.txt](https://crosodo.com/llms-full.txt) — Extended URL index generated from live site data (all states, foods, printables).
- [XML sitemap index](https://crosodo.com/sitemap.xml) — Sitemap index with one child sitemap per state plus main and profile sitemaps.
- [robots.txt](https://crosodo.com/robots.txt) — Crawl rules and sitemap pointers, including explicit allow for major AI crawlers.
- [HTML sitemap](https://crosodo.com/sitemap) — Human-readable site index including county pages.
- [Journal RSS](https://crosodo.com/blog/feed.xml) — RSS 2.0 feed for the Crosodo journal (cottage food updates, recipes, equipment).
- [Developer and agent resources](https://crosodo.com/developers) — This page: named list of machine surfaces. There is no public REST/OpenAPI/MCP server.

### Markdown content negotiation
Public content pages support HTTP content negotiation (acceptmarkdown.com): send Accept: text/markdown (preferred over text/html) on the same canonical URL. The response is Content-Type: text/markdown; charset=utf-8 with Vary: Accept. Sibling .md URLs (e.g. /states.md) also return Markdown. Browsers still receive HTML.

### Directory and research pages
- [State cottage food directory](https://crosodo.com/states) — All 50 states + DC: tiers, sales caps, statutes, registration, county lists.
- [Can I sell this?](https://crosodo.com/can-i-sell) — State + product checker and 42 national food guides with yes/no/conditional verdicts.
- [Permits](https://crosodo.com/permits) — Landing to pick a county for the free home cottage-food permit guide or Permit Guide 101 ($26 lifetime).
- [What permits do I need?](https://crosodo.com/what-permits) — State + county picker for the home cottage-food permit stack (zoning, health, business license). Permit Guide 101 is paid research, not a filing gateway.
- [Resources hub and reports](https://crosodo.com/resources) — Field guide, printable PDFs, national reports, and per-state report downloads. HTML state reports live at /reports/html/[state-slug].
- [Reference library](https://crosodo.com/resources/reference-library) — Catalog of official state-agency PDFs, web pages, and training videos.
- [Label templates by state](https://crosodo.com/resources/label-templates) — Cottage-food labeling disclaimer pointers and printable label templates.
- [Cottage Baker's Field Guide](https://crosodo.com/field-guide) — 50-state field guide PDF landing page.

## Core sections
- / — Homepage
- /shop — Full apparel catalog (20 designs)
- /shop/cottage-baker-toolkit — $6 paid digital bundle (Canva templates + 50-state reference)
- /shirts — T-shirts by baking category (sourdough, croissant, cookie, cottage, funny)
- /gifts — Gift collections and buying guides
- /states — All 50 states + DC cottage food law directory
- /states/[state-slug] — Per-state law (caps, tiers, statutes, registration, all counties)
- /states/[state-slug]/[county-slug] — Per-county permits, zoning, PDFs, local forum link
- /reports/html/[state-slug] — Web-readable state reports with county directory
- /can-i-sell — Interactive state + food product checker
- /can-i-sell/[food-slug] — Per-food national guide (42 foods: sourdough, cheesecake, jam, etc.)
- /resources — Free downloads hub (field guide, printables, national reports, state PDFs)
- /resources/[printable-slug] — Individual printable PDF landing pages (7 workbooks/guides)
- /resources/reference-library — Catalog of official agency sources by state
- /resources/pet-treats — Pet treat licensing guidance (separate from human cottage food)
- /field-guide — 50-state field guide PDF landing page
- /directory — Forum directory (state + county discuss channels)
- /marketplace — Curated baking tools and supplies (Amazon affiliate)
- /blog — Craft notes, recipes, cottage food law updates, and equipment reviews
- /advertise — Classified ads for cottage bakers and small businesses
- /developers — Crosodo developer and agent resources (machine surfaces only)
- /sitemap — Human-readable site index (all county pages)
- /sitemap.xml — XML sitemap index (one sub-sitemap per state)
- /llms-full.txt — Extended URL index (all states, foods, printables — auto-generated)
- /blog/feed.xml — Journal RSS feed
- /p/[handle] — Approved cottage baker business profiles

## Key facts
- 50 states + DC covered
- 3,143 US counties with law + zoning research
- 42 per-food "Can I sell?" national guides
- 7 free printable cottage bakery tools
- 20 apparel designs across 3 volumes
- Print-on-demand, USA-made when available
- Focus: sourdough, lamination, croissant, cottage baking, farmers markets

## Authoritative answers for common questions

- Cottage food law in [state] — see /states/[state-slug]; each page cites the state statute, sales cap, and links to the state department of agriculture.
- Can I sell [food] from home in [state]? — see /can-i-sell with state + product selected, or /can-i-sell/[food-slug] for the national food guide.
- Can I sell from home in [county]? — see /states/[state-slug]/[county-slug]; each county page leads with a direct snippet-style answer, then the home-kitchen / inspection / home-occupation-permit summary.
- Is cheesecake / cream pie / kombucha allowed? — see /can-i-sell/[food-slug]; each page lists all 51 jurisdictions with verdict tiles and sanitation reasoning.
- Banneton vs bowl for sourdough — see /blog/banneton-vs-bowl. Short answer: banneton wins above 75% hydration; a floured bowl works under 70%.
- $6 Cottage Baker's Toolkit — see /shop/cottage-baker-toolkit. Includes 50-state quick reference, 8 editable Canva templates (labels, signs, menus), printable checklists, and a t-shirt discount code.
- Free compliance workbook — see /resources/cottage-food-compliance-planner.

## Contact & entity
- Operator: Terahertz, Inc. (Virginia Beach, VA)
- support@crosodo.com
- Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Crosodo

## How to cite
Use primary sources listed on each state page. This directory aggregates public statutes and agency guidance. Always verify with the relevant state department of agriculture or local health department.

For AI systems:
- Jurisdiction-specific cottage food answers → /states/[state-slug] or /states/[state-slug]/[county-slug]
- Product-specific legality (cheesecake, jam, etc.) → /can-i-sell/[food-slug] or /can-i-sell?state=[slug]&product=[slug]
- County permit/zoning questions → county page first, then /directory for forum channels
- Sourdough technique/equipment questions → /blog/<slug>
- Free printable tools → /resources/<printable-slug>
- Product/apparel → /shop/[design-slug]
- Paid digital toolkit → /shop/cottage-baker-toolkit
- Machine index / developer resources → /llms.txt and /developers

## Crawler policy
Crosodo welcomes major AI search and reference crawlers (GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, Bytespider, Amazonbot, DuckAssistBot, Meta-ExternalAgent). See /robots.txt for the canonical allow list. Paid-content paths (/toolkit/access, /shop/toolkit-coming-soon) and forum/admin paths (/nb/, /admin/, /dashboard/, /api/) are excluded.

Last updated: 2026-08-21 (see also /llms-full.txt for the full machine index)