June 14, 2021
On May 13, 2021, a free webinar was held to profile Clemson’s recent research on shellfish mariculture consumer preferences and economic impacts in South Carolina. Dr. Marzieh Motallebi organized the webinar with Clemson’s Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science and Steve Richards with Clemson Extension Agribusiness Team’s Center for Cooperative and […]
May 17, 2021
Over the past ten years, Alta Mae Marvin and other agents with the Colleton County Clemson Extension Office have been working with churches in rural and underserved areas of the county to provide locally grown fruits and vegetables. As part of efforts to fight the increasing health risk of obesity, a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) […]
December 14, 2020
37th Annual SE Ag Lenders School The room was overflowing with ag lenders, farm consultants, extension agents, and farmers for the 37th SE Ag Lenders School (SEALS). There were no COVID-19 worries as the school was held in Cyberville for three days of learning how to make informed financing decisions for both farmers and ag […]
July 20, 2020
The Agribusiness Program Team and Extension Associate Wilder Ferreira have been working to strengthen agribusiness in rural areas through farmers markets and direct marketing. One such success story is from the town of Calhoun Falls. Calhoun Falls is in the Freshwater Coast region. It is a town of 1,700 in Abbeville County and is surrounded […]
July 13, 2020
South Carolina’s emerging farmers are continuing to receive vital support during the COVID-19 pandemic through the Clemson Extension Agribusiness South Carolina New and Beginning Farmer Program (SCNBFP). Launched in 2010, the SCNBFP focuses on enabling new and beginning farmers to be successful, productive, and innovative members of their local agricultural community by providing them with […]
June 1, 2020
Feeding Innovation Successfully Moves to Online Instruction On May 21, 2020, the South Carolina Community Loan Fund’s Feeding Innovation program awarded $20,000 to a startup healthy-food business in Beaufort County, South Carolina. This was the culmination of ten weeks of instruction for eleven participants who were aided in business plan development and business promotion. The […]
May 4, 2020
Helping Farmers Access New Markets to Sell Local Food During COVID-19 Crisis As market demand shifted away from wholesale restaurant and institution accounts due to the impact of COVID-19 restrictions, some South Carolina farmers had to quickly change the way they have traditionally sold their products in order to sustain their farm businesses. The Clemson […]
