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  • From: Marty Kraft <martyk AT allspecies.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Taking Credit Cards at Farmers Markets: iPod Touc h/iPhone/iPad
  • Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:43:17 -0600

I'm not sure anything need be lost in an electronic transaction instead of a cash or check transaction. I believe its the generosity of service and the attention that i can muster that brings the real value to the interaction.

There are WIC cards for some who need assistance that require an electronic transfer. We are in a neighborhood where there is need of good fresh food. I think we will attain a greater degree of that caring culture aspect by not having to say no because we have reached our financial limits,

Marty

On 12/14/10 7:00 AM, Todd Lister wrote:
We take EBT and debit/cc at our main FM tent. We issue wooden coins with our logo and merchants exchange them for payment at the end of each market. We were fortunate to get a matching grant fro Wholesome Wave and this year, our first year with this system we have generated close toover $30,000 in sales that we would have missed otherwise. EBT can only be spent on food so the crafters/artists have benefited from the debit/cc part only. We have about twenty farmers in our mix who have shared well over $20,000 in sales from EBT. We "ain't goin back to livin that old life no more".
Wholesome Wave: http://wholesomewave.org/what-we-do/double-value-coupon-program/
Todd Lister
Veribest Farm
Vesta, Ga

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Owsley lucy <boulderbelt AT embarqmail.com> wrote:
The saturday market i go to takes credit cards on behalf of all the vendors who do not take them (around 80% of us). The market has "green backs" that are good at any vendor's stand at this market and the market manager will convert credit/debit card credit into green backs. This system seems to be working very well for the market. Our weekly fee covers the costs of the card company

We also have something like 25 ATM's within 3 blocks of this market.





Lucy Goodman
Boulder Belt Eco-Farm
Eaton, OH





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