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Bats! Those Amazing Fly-By-Night Creatures
Farmers benefit greatly from the presence of bats. But these highly effective insect-eaters are facing some new and deadly threats
For many South Carolinians, a very relaxing way to enjoy a summertime sunset is to sit outside and watch the acrobatic maneuvers of bats in flight. What makes the show even more...
Wild Hogs – A Statewide Problem
Farmers across South Carolina have been battling the menacing wild hog with increasing vigor for the last few years as the swine’s prolific breeding and cunning keep it from being easily exterminated. The feral hogs destroy freshly planted fields, then ruddy the ground making it nearly impossible to replant. They...
Personalize Your Plate This National Nutrition Month
Every time you choose a meal or snack, you are “personalizing” your plate. We’re all different, and our choices are shaped by many factors, not only taste preference, but more complex factors, too, like access to food, culture and tradition. There is no one size fits all approach to fitness and health.
For example...
Plowing Through, Part 3: A Series on Mental Health
Part III
Access to healthcare in rural communities is often limited, mental health even more so. South Carolina Farm Bureau recently announced a new program called SC AgriWellness that will bring mental health services into farmers’ homes.SC AgriWellness, administered by First Sun EAP, will make counseling services...
Plowing Through, Part 2: A Series on Mental Health
Part II
For the last five years, farm income has been slashed in half from weak markets and severely depressed commodity prices and now farmers across America are facing the same struggles and stress as Josh. The mental health problem in rural communities has been highlighted even more recently as farmers are dealing...
Plowing Through, Part 1: A Series on Mental Health
Part I
Sixty-eight and a half inches: that’s how much rain fell on Baxley Family Farms from September 27 until December 7 of 2015. Before that, the fifth generation farm in Georgetown had been riding a wave of good commodity prices and strong markets. Their farm was growing, after all, “it takes more to make more.”
Hickory Hill Milk and Clemson Blue Cheese
Hickory Hill Milk & Clemson Blue Cheese are just two examples of the cheese-making renaissance happening in South Carolina.
Forx Farm Gouda
From "Say Cheese"
SC Farmer, Fall 2018
SOUTH CAROLINA’S CHEESE-MAKING CULTURE IS CREATING A REMARKABLE ARRAY OF TASTY PRODUCTS.
Ron and Tammy Lubsen make artisan Gouda cheese at Forx Farm in Anderson County, a lush green property they named for Devil’s Forks Creek, which runs nearby. Some other keepers of sheep and...
Blue Moon Specialty Foods
From "Say Cheese"
SC Farmer, Fall 2018
South Carolina’s cheese-making culture is creating a remarkable array of tasty products.
“A jug of wine, a loaf of bread and thou singing beside me in the wilderness . . .”
One poet’s idea of a picture-perfect life centuries ago sounds today like a passable picnic that would...