4 Bear Ranch, LLC homemade food and food products are prepared in accordance with the Montana Local Food Choice Act. Under the Montana Local Food Choice Act, certain homemade food producers are exempt from food licensure, permitting, certification, packaging, labeling, and inspection regulations when selling items to an informed consumer. Homemade food is defined as a food or a food product that is prepared in a private home and that is not licensed, permitted, certified, packaged, labeled, or inspected per any official regulations.

Products bought from the ranch may not be resold by another person. All products purchased from the ranch must be done so by an informed consumer (meaning, you understand you are buying food made in a home and not licensed, etc., as stated above), and the product must be consumed in a private home or at a traditional community social event. A traditional community social event includes but is not limited to a: wedding, funeral, church or religious social, school event, farmer's market, potluck, neighborhood gathering, club meeting or social, or youth or adult outdoor club or sporting event. 

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Items must be sold directly to an informed consumer, may not be shipped, and sale of items may not be made outside of Montana. Items purchased will be delivered to you at a public meeting location, or your door, not to exceed 50 miles from Huson, MT. Delivery of items outside of Huson, Frenchtown, and Alberton, will incur a minimum delivery charge of $10.

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We take Venmo Payments (preferred) @JVanhise (last 4 of cell 3486, picture is Lucy Lou (cow) with a feather on her nose), cash, or check.

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At the ranch we follow safe food handling practices when preparing any homemade food and food product. The kitchen is cleaned top to bottom prior to making food for our customers, the children are either at school or have limited access to the kitchen, and all animals are restricted to the back room of the home.

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