Commercial Kitchen Inspection Day - DID WE PASS?

Today was a huge milestone for Forever Foods Farm. For a year and a half we have been working towards creating a Virginia approved commercial kitchen onsite and today was our initial inspection. We made this video as a reference for others, especially in Virginia, on the process and what is required. We start off with a pre-inspection checklist itemizing the requirements by the state of Virginia and end with the results. How did we do? Watch and see... Forever Foods Farm. May 17, 2022.

[@Ms.Aries888]

Congrats!

[@stevenl.9737]

Yes. So helpful. Thank you.

[@lauriepettigrew6178]

Congratulations!! This video helped me SO much! I do not live in your state, but my "home" kitchen is being inspected this week and there were a few little things in your video that I am doing to help MY kitchen pass by the dept of agriculture and rural developement~!

[@foreverfoodsfarm]

I love this!!! This is 100% the reason why we documented it. You have made me so happy with your comment and I wish you the absolute best of luck!!!

[@nanewby0855]

Congratulations! So happy for you. It has been a long road and a lot of work but you did it! Yay! 🥳🎉🤩

[@dianepoleon4719]

Omg I'm so excited for you. I've got happy tears! Congratulations. Thank you for taking us with you on this journey. 💕

[@missycoates7871]

Congrats!!! I liked your video.

[@Tevadog11]

What a transformation!!

[@mackjulien6110]

Congratulations, I am so happy for you. A true testament that it might take a while but hard work does pay off!!!! This is so inspiring!!! Thanks so much for sharing!!!

[@stephenbahen]

WAY TO GO

[@ann-mariebennett]

🎉❤Any updates

[@foreverfoodsfarm]

It’s been a year and I don’t know what I did before the kitchen. I absolutely couldn’t function without it! We’ve been submitting recipes for approval this past year and have about 20 so far. Woohoo!

[@MarcoMoreno5757]

That was easy! Try California!

[@foreverfoodsfarm]

I tell you what. This is so hard for the little guy to navigate. I am working towards my acidified certification and it is amazing the hoops you have to go through. I'm sad to hear that California is worse.

[@anniehubbard5315]

Congratulations! Is it ok to ask you how much you have spent from start to finish? I didn’t see a stove or ovens?

[@foreverfoodsfarm]

We already had the structure but had to create the kitchen inside it. Water was the most expensive followed by heat/air system. Our water needed a sump pump to push it to our septic system. We also had to obtain a special exception permit from the county because we are on less than 10 acres. That was expensive and held everything up for 6 months. We also had the misfortune of building it right as the prices soared because of COVID. We spent close to $20k. It was a big investment but totally worth it!