Market Farming

["Bill Bradshaw" <billbradshaw AT hughes.net>]

Mark as far as I know, you receive the cards as cash. They can not be pre 
signed, and the person giving the card can receive no cash back. They give 
you a $5.00 card, they get $5.00 in goods. I think most markets, the vendor 
gives the cards to the market person (master) The cards are sent to the 
state. Funds are then returned to the market master, then dispersed to the 
vendor. Sounds kinda complicated but isn't.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TxBeeFarmer" <TxBeeFarmer AT HotPop.com>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] "Market Money"


> Seems like we checked into this once.  Is WIC the one that requires your
> farm be inspected and meet certain growing practices?  Also requires all
> kinds of farm record keeping and reports?  Don't the vendors have to have
> some sort of card reader hooked to a phone line?  Maybe I'm thinking about
> something else.  Can any of you tell me what taking WIC will involve?
>
> Thanks
> TxBeeFarmer (Mark)
> West Texas Zone 7b
>
> On 3/1/2008 11:13:49 AM, Bill Bradshaw (billbradshaw AT hughes.net) wrote:
> > Mark is your market a Texas certified farmers market?
> > If so the Texas WIC program works the same way. They have WIC cards that
> > can
> > only be used at a Texas certified
> > farmers market. I am sure Willie will have more information on this, he
> > sells at the markets (I
> > don't) I just know about it.
> > Bill in Texas
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "TxBeeFarmer" <TxBeeFarmer AT HotPop.com>
> > To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 8:41 AM
> > Subject: [Market-farming] "Market Money"
> >
> >
> > > Our Farmers'
> > Market has been going for several years now, but has always
> > > suffered from poor participation.
> > It's the old chicken and the egg
> > > problem.
> > > We need customers but they don't
> > come because
> > there's not enough variety
> > > at
> > > the Market and farmers don't come
> > because there's not enough people to buy
> > > their produce!!!  So here's
> > one idea to get people to come to the Market
> > > and
> > > keep coming back.
> > >
> > >
> > I've been toying with the idea of using "Market Money" - not exclusively
> > > of
> > > course.  Market Money would take the form of tokens, or
>
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