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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service has partnered with the South Carolina Department of Agriculture to award $4.1 million for 26 projects through the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Apr 29, 2025

USDA, South Carolina fund $4.1M to boost local food supply chain

USDA and South Carolina Department of Agriculture award $4.1M to support 26 local projects strengthening food supply chain infrastructure across South Carolina.

Dec 19, 2024

Meet the organization driving change in the Charleston food economy

In 2016 Lindsey Barrow began transforming a school bus into what would become a mobile grocery that now services 150 families per week with subsidized produce.

A longtime Columbia business has been purchased by a national salad brand. (Photo/DepositPhotos)|John P. Olivo, president, Fresh Express, and Carter McEntire, newly appointed vice president of food service, shake hands following the successful acquisition of McEntire Produce by Fresh Express. (Photo/Fresh Express)
Dec 16, 2024

National salad brand buys Columbia-based fresh food company

The transaction will allow a newly formed division to expand its reach and offer a national food service solution.

Senn Brothers Produce’s new facility in Ridgeland will have cold storage and office space to allow for expanded service to the Hilton Head and Savannah markets. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Dec 16, 2024

West Columbia food distributor expanding operations to serve coastal Carolina, Georgia

The company’s $2.9 million investment will create 19 new jobs in Jasper County.

The poultry processor opened a facility in Oconee County earlier this year and already has plans to expand facilities with a $50 million investment. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Dec 10, 2024

Dutch company relocating manufacturing HQ to Oconee County with $50M project

The company plans to create 172 new jobs on the expansion and will move its headquarters from Georgia to Oconee County.

South Carolina State University will study the viability of chickpeas — the key ingredient in hummus — as a fall cover crop/spring cash crop. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Nov 1, 2024

Here’s what the South Carolina Department of Agriculture will do with federal specialty crop grants

The South Carolina Department of Agriculture has chosen five specialty crop projects to be supported by a federal grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Sep 17, 2024

Peanut sheller acquires $10M for new South Carolina facility

The peanut company has over 450 grower-owners spread across Georgia and South Carolina.

Aug 30, 2024

Inside this oyster company’s ‘leaps and bounds’ growth in Charleston

Trey McMillan sold his first oyster crop in 2018. Now his company is the largest oyster farm in South Carolina, and just launched at $6.4 million expansion.

The company started shelling peanuts in January 2016, and has since expanded to also produce peanut oil, peanut meal, peanut hulls and peanut seed. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Jul 31, 2024

Santee peanut shelling facility secures $42M for expansion project

The grower-owned company says the shelling operation will use the latest technology and enable farmers to keep more of the money generated by their …

Jul 31, 2024

Oyster farm breaks ground on $6.4M expansion in Colleton County

The company plans to open for seafood producers and buyers from wholesale and trucking lines.

South Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers said the butchery brings opportunity to other farmers as well as the owners of the business. (Photo/SCDA)
Jul 31, 2024

Beef processing plant breaks ground on $2.6M facility in Spartanburg County

A $2.6 million investment will expand opportunities for South Carolina farmers, address a demand for local beef, and help break a …

Solar energy has the potential to become a multi-billion dollar industry in South Carolina by 2035 that could generate more than 3,300 permanent new jobs and spark approximately $261 million annually in new worker pay, according to a new study. (Photo/DepositPhotos)
Jul 29, 2024

South Carolina receives nearly $6M in federal funding for energy initiatives

The program enables entities to expand their use of wind, solar, geothermal and small hydropower energy.