Market Farming

[Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>]

On Mar 24, 2008, at 3:58 PM, Sharon and Steve wrote:
> > A question: do you see WIC customers spending any of their own money on
> > produce? In other words, do they become regular market customers? Do you
> > feel it's worth the bother? We've noticed they don't at either market 
> > where
> > we sell. We started taking WIC gladly at first.
> >
> > paul tradingpost AT lobo.net
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> The first year I got quite a few and after that it slowed to last year when 
> I was offered one check. And no, I dont recall seeing any of them a second 
> time even after doing the business, talking vegetables and tossing in 
> samples and recipes for anything they had never tried.

I do get repeat customers for the FMNP coupons, both throughout the year and in other years; and yes, some people do spend cash as well as coupons. This is true of both the WIC and senior citizens' coupons.

Last year I took in less than the year before, but it was still a lot more than one coupon. And before that the number had been steady or increasing each year.

-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale