Special interest groups are attacking family farmers in South Carolina in an attempt to fool lawmakers into stopping their ability to irrigate crops. They are using scare tactics like claiming that farmers will “kill our rivers” to advance a political agenda. Their goal is to inject politics into the scientific process our farmers use to…[Read More]
Farmers are Local Environmentalists
The fact is South Carolina family farmers are members of our community. They care about what happens to the environment, perhaps more than most of us. After all, they depend on the water and the land providing the bounty that sustains them. To that end, SC farmers are at the fore front of emerging practices…[Read More]
Support Farmers Not Politics
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) states plainly that “effective water planning and management requires an accurate assessment of the location and quantity of the water resources of the state.” In other words, decisions about our water use must be made using sound science, not politics or lawsuits brought by special interests. Unfortunately,…[Read More]
Farming Affects Us All
We all know that supporting local family farmers is critical to have access to locally produced food and an abundance of healthy choices in what we decide to eat. We know where our food comes from and we know how it was produced. It also reduces the environmental impact of transporting lumber, cotton, and other…[Read More]
