farmersmarketgiftcards.com 🐄 🥕

WhyStrengthening local food systems is the highest-leverage action communities can take to improve people’s health and support their environment.Regular farmers market-goers know this, care about this, and want to share it. So, let’s give them a better tool to do so: gift cards.


WhatWe’re going to sell a gift card that can be used with any vendor at participating markets.Here’s why a farmers market gift card doesn’t exist yet, and the problems we've solved to create it...Pricing and products are always changing.Normally, money goes directly from consumers to vendors. Gift cards create an unfortunate middle man.If it’s more expensive for vendors to accept a gift card, they’ll increase prices for customers who use them.-----The gift cards can’t create any friction for the vendors or customers, otherwise neither side will use them.


HowAfter receiving a gift card, here are the steps for a customer to use it:1. Visit the farmers market and decide on a product to purchase.2. Go to farmersmarketgiftcards.com.3. Select the vendor to purchase the item from.4. Enter the price requested by the vendor and choose "pay with gift card."5. Show the vendor the purchase confirmation.6. The site will automatically pay out the vendors, minus a fee comparable to a standard credit card fee.