Category: Upstate

Clemson Extension in partnership with Fairfield County’s Carolina Community Actions, Inc. recently hosted a food safety and nutrition program for twenty-two adults. The program focused on teaching participants about healthy eating on a budget while also emphasizing the importance of food safety. The program included interactive sessions and hands-on activities to help participants learn practical […]

Come join us and learn the basics of canning fruits and vegetables from local farms and home gardens through a unique canning workshop. Participants will engage in hands-on activities using current recommended techniques for preserving foods for home use. Those with or without experience are encouraged to attend. Participants will receive the item(s) they prepare […]

Alana West4-H Youth Development AgentNewberry County During the summer of 2023, Newberry County 4-H offered 8 opportunities for local youth to participate in. Some of these programs were on the local level and some were on the state level. In all, 66 Newberry County youth participated in these programs. Our summer started with our Science […]

Melissa Bales Rural Health & Nutrition Extension Associate Statewide; Programs in  Greenville & Laurens Counties Growing Health just wrapped its SIXTH class! Growing Health is a program that was developed by the Greenville County Rural Health and Nutrition and Urban Horticulture Agents to help beginner gardeners in Greenville learn to grow their own vegetables and […]

Mary Vargo Horticulture Agent Greenville County Throughout the summer, the Greater Greenville Master Gardener Speakers Bureau and Clemson Extension – Horticulture joined hands to offer a series of invaluable and free gardening programs. These programs covered an extensive array of gardening topics and addressed issues that resonate with the community in Greenville County. Commencing in […]

Hannah McAntyre Administrative Assistant Spartanburg County Hello Everyone! My name is Hannah McAntyre, and I am the new administrative assistant at the Spartanburg County Clemson Extension Office. I have worked in customer service for over 6 years and was an administrative assistant for a print shop in Boiling Springs. I am excited to start my […]

Christopher LeMaster Livestock & Forage Agent Cherokee, Spartanburg, & Union Counties Like most industries, quality, uniformity, and volume rule the market. With over 7800 cattle farms in our state, marketing for uniformity can be challenging. This challenge is further compounded by the lack of scale caused by the State’s average herd size being around 25 […]

Andy Rollins Upstate Commercial Fruit & Vegetable Agent Cherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg, Union, & York Counties At the beginning of this year, I continued work with a cellulose nanocrystal particle to verify its ability to frost-protect peach. It was successful but has yet to be commercially available. I spent an inordinate amount of time looking at […]

Julia Newsome Rural Health & Nutrition Agent Cherokee & Union Counties I have promoted extension programs and recruited participants at various events/health fairs across Cherokee County this summer. If you see me at a local event, feel free to stop by and ask any questions regarding Clemson Cooperative Extension programing! I started two “Health Extension […]

Carolyn Dawson Area Extension Forestry Agent Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, & Spartanburg Counties Two years ago, a retired US Forest Service ranger named David Hedden entered my office and politely asked if anyone was doing anything to save the hemlock trees in the Upstate. In case you were not aware, there is a tiny […]