Source:  Annie Baggett, NCDA&CS Agritourism Marketing Specialist, NCDA&CS, 7/6/15

Get paid on your phone, tablet or any device virtually anywhere. Adopting a mobile payment option is a way to
boost farm sales.
There are many mobile payment options to explore if you haven't already, or if you are looking for the best plan
for your farm.

Mobile payment systems provide customer and farmer friendly ways to accept any form of payment, anytime.
Wherever your farm does business, from the field to the farmers market to your produce stand, mobile
payment platforms can help ensure that you don’t turn away customers because they forgot to bring cash.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Census of Agriculture, the number of North Carolina farms
selling agricultural products directly to consumers in 2012 was 4,475. That is up from 3,712 in 2007 and 3,054
in 2002. The total market value of direct sales in 2012 was $31.8 million.