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Prevent Water Pollution – Start a Rain garden!

Clemson’s Carolina Clear program has produced a publication to help you get started on your own rain garden. 
Rain gardens utilize water runoff harvested from your yard or rooftop.  It saves you money and helps the environment!  The runoff that you collect is refiltered through your garden to help reduce stormwater pollution and nourish your plants.  For [...]

Clemson Investigates Caged Hens

With little data on the effect of cages on the behavior and well-being of chickens, Clemson has begun a study on the impact of cages on the behavioral needs of laying hens.  Super cool.  Hopefully, we’ll all go free-range someday! 
To read the article, click here.

Lowcountry Chef Promoting Resurrection of Benne

Shields is confident that South Carolina will return to being a benne-producing state on a commercial scale, and he is eager to find out what will happen when the Old South benne seed and by-products like sesame oil and mash cake become folded into twenty-first-century cuisine.

Some SC Counties Qualify for Natural Disaster Assistance

Farm operators in certain SC counties qualify for natural disaster assistance due to excessive rain this year.

Conservation on the farm good for wildlife

Brushy ditch banks and weedy field borders may not be attractive to some people, but many of South Carolina’s favored farm wildlife and game species depend on these areas for their very survival.