BUSINESS is booming for local growers now advertising their produce on Facebook marketplace.
Well-being worker Lilly Lou said she has sold between 150 and 200 kilograms of sauce tomatoes through social media this season.
Similarly, full-time worker Jason Bowes moved his business online years ago as demand increased.
“We started the kids’ fruit shop as a hobby for our four kids to earn pocket money from home,” he said.
The family’s fruit shop is on a busy road in Birdwoodton.
“Our main selling point comes from passers by, word of mouth and return customers who love fresh, daily picked fruit and vegetables,” Mr Bowes said.
“We’ve been selling on marketplace for a few years now and seems to work well.”
But Ms Lou said there were some elements of traditional selling the internet cannot replicate.
“The fruit stall out the front does well and it teaches our kids so many things,” she said.
“Selling in person, they make conversation, learn to count money, keep the fridge well-presented and stocked and help to bag fruit.”
