There are quite a few options you have to start a business and even a jerky business

(If you want to bootstrap this your self ) with no budget

Build a following first, Business license ServSafe cert Health department permits Resellers permit Set your business up as a sole prop or LLC Insurance And be really really ready to be very broke

Do you want to be USDA certified to sell nation wide? or do you want to only sell in your state or county? This matters because on how much you’re going to have to spend and the facility you’ll need

Go to your local SBDC, they can help you out Mingle with your chamber of commerce. Tell your story and why you want to be in the jerky business there is at lest 10,000 brands of jerky and many of them are mom and pops.

Innovate

Tibbs