Contact Us Financials GIVE NOW HOME OUR WORK GROWFOOD CAROLINA EVENTS ABOUT US NEWS WAYS TO GIVE GROWFOOD CAROLINA The Coastal Conservation League launched GrowFood Carolina, the state’s first local food hub, in 2011. GET UPDATES GIVE NOW LIKE ON FACEBOOK FOLLOW ON TWITTER FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM UPCOMING EVENTS The Conservation League started its Food and Agriculture program in 2007 with the goal of protecting South Carolina’s small, family farms. Between 1992 and 1997, more than 400 acres of rural land were converted every day to urban uses, placing South Carolina in the top ten states in the nation for rural land loss. We quickly realized that small farmers lacked access to the infrastructure available to industrial farms, and were therefore unable to say “no” when a developer offered to buy their land. The Conservation League saw a food hub as critical to our work protecting rural landscapes and improving quality of life across the coastal plain. The objective of GrowFood is to tap into the existing assets of small-scale agriculture to help create a stronger rural economy, spurring job creation, and building capacity in rural communities by connecting farm businesses to the thriving local food movement. The resurgence of small-scale agriculture presents a tremendous opportunity to positively impact the rural economy. Increased agricultural production leads to increased economic activity, and allows farmers to stay on their land for generations to come. GrowFood officially opened its doors in 2011 at a warehouse in downtown Charleston. The hub has grown from marketing for 5 producers to more than 85, all in the state of South Carolina. GrowFood provides local farmers the sales, marketing, logistics, warehousing and distribution functions they need and that previously have been available only to large-scale industrial farms. Wholesale customers range from restaurants all over metropolitan Charleston, to Harris Teeter, Whole Foods, Earth Fare, and the College of Charleston. Since its opening, GrowFood has returned almost $5.5 million to farmers. HOW GROWFOOD WORKS WHO IS GROWING IT Anson Mills Apple Wedge Backpocket Provisions Barbee Farms Black Pearl Farms Bluebird Farm Boy and Girl Farm Brewton Plantation Brickyard Point Farms Brown Creek Creamery Bulls Bay Saltworks Burbage Farms Bush-N-Vine Busy Boys Farm Carolina Plantation Charleston Artisan Cheesehouse City Roots Clem’s Organic Gardens Clemson University Student Organic Farm Compost In My Shoe Correll Farm Cottle Organics Crescent Farm Crosby Gardens Cypress Hill Farm Dogwood Citrus Farm DMF Farms Eastover Nut Farm Edisto Gold Honey Farm 418 The Farm on Maple Ridge Flying Fig Farm Food for the Southern Soul Fort Farms Forx Farm Fox Trot Plantation Gallop Farm Groves Manor Farm Harmony Ridge Farms Heron Farms Hickory Bluff Farm Hokuwa Oyate Farm Horsecreek Apiaries & Honey Farms Kenchi Ferments Kurios Farms Lively Orchards Lowcountry Creamery Lowland Farms Manchester Farms Mepkin Abbey Farm Monetta Asparagus Farm Murdaugh Farms Old Tyme Bean Company Orange Grove Plantation Perry Lowe Orchard Rebecca Farms Rheaberry Farms Rooting Down Farms Rosebank Farms Sea Island Citrus & Nut Farm Shuler Farm Silver Creek Orchard Split Creek Creamery Sylvan Farm Tuten Farms Van Dessel Farms Vertical Roots W&R Farms Watson Farms Watsonia Farms Westwood Hart Wild Hope Farm Wishbone Heritage Farms WW Kirven Farms FIND THE FORK! Downtown 167 Raw 167 Raw Sushi Bar 5Church Anson Restaurant Babas on Cannon Baker & Brewer Basic Kitchen Bay Street Biergarten Brasserie La Banque Brown’s Court Bakery Burwell’s Stone Fire Grill Butcher & Bee Cannon Green Carolina Yacht Club Chasing Sage Chez Nous Chubby Fish Circa 1886 College of Charleston: City Bistro and Liberty St. Fresh Foods Cru Catering The Daily The Darling Oyster Bar Delaney Oyster House The Dewberry Edmund’s Oast Edmund’s Oast Brewery Company Edmund’s Oast Exchange Estadio FIG Francis Marion Hotel Gale goat.sheep.cow – North The Green Heart Project The Grocery Handy + Hot Hank’s Seafood The Harbinger Café Harken Cafe + Bakery Harris Teeter – East Bay Street Herd Provisions Home Team BBQ The Honey Hive Hotel Emeline Huriyali Gardens HUSK Indaco Lenoir Little Palm Bar Malagon Melfi’s Mercantile & Mash Oak Steakhouse Off Track Ice Cream The Ordinary The Park Cafe Peninsula Grill Pink Bellies Poogan’s Porch PPHG Banquets Prohibition Rappahannock Oyster Bar Renzo Republic Garden & Lounge Second State Coffee Slightly North of Broad Sorghum and Salt Sugar Bakeshop Ted’s Butcherblock Tempest The Vegetable Bin The Vendue – Revival The Venue – Rooftop Trident Technical College Undiscovered Charleston Verde – Downtown Wild Common Xiao Biao Biscuit Zero Restaurant + Bar James Island, Johns Island, Wadmalaw, Kiawah, Seabrook & Folly AMOR Healing Kitchen Baguette Magic Bar George The Beach Club Bishop Gadsden Harris Teeter – Folly Beach Harris Teeter – Harborview Road Harris Teeter – Maybank Highway Kwei Fei La Tela Pizzeria Storey Farms Table Tattooed Senorita Tollis Trattoria Wild Olive West Ashley Avondale Wine + Cheese Broom Wagon Coffee Charles Towne Fermentory Early Bird Diner Emoji Poke Frothy Beard Brewing Co. Harris Teeter – Savannah Highway The Gathering Cafe Ryan White Wellness Center Whole Foods – West Ashley Mt. Pleasant, Sullivan’s Island, IOP & Daniel Island Acme Lowcountry Kitchen Blend Juice Bar Crave Kitchen & Cocktails Daniel Island Club Harris Teeter – Chuck Dawley Harris Teeter – Houston Northcutt Harris Teeter – IOP Connector Harris Teeter – Isle of Palms Harris Teeter – Long Point Road Harris Teeter – Route 41 Harris Teeter – Tea Planter Lane The Kingstide The Longboard – Sullivan’s Island Long Island Cafe The Obstinate Daughter Post House Restaurant & Inn Second State Coffee – Mount Pleasant Tidal Grounds Coffee Whole Foods – Mount Pleasant North Charleston, Goose Creek & Summerville Abundant Seafood Commonhouse Aleworks Destiny Community Cafe Guckenheimer at Google Holy City Brewing JackRabbit Filly Not by Bread Alone Paddock and Whisky Stems & Skin State & Regional 4P Foods Brays Island Plantation Colony Bulls Bay Golf Club Catawba Farm and Food Coalition Freshlist Happy Dirt Palmetto Pastures Pawley’s Island General Store Trident United Way Wando River Farm Columbia 14 Carrot Whole Foods Black Rooster Bourbon Curiosity Coffee Bar F2T Productions & Catering Hampton Street Vineyard Hendrix Honey River Catering Market on Main Motor Supply Company Primal Gourmet – West Columbia Ratio Sakhar Jams Sapori Tiffany’s Sweets, Eats & Meeting Place The War Mouth Twisted Spur Brewing USC – Fresh Greene’s Whole Foods – Columbia Greenville Feed and Seed Co. Fork and Plough Foxcroft Wine Co. Home Team BBQ – Greenville Swamp Rabbit Cafe Whole Foods – Greenville Hilton Head, Bluffton & Beaufort Berkeley Hall Club FARM Bluffton Frankie Bones – Bluffton Frankie Bones – Hilton Head Herban Market & Cafe Lowcountry Fresh Market & Cafe Nectar Farm Kitchen Poseidon Sea Pines Resort Skull Creek Dockside WiseGuys Savannah Ardsley Station Back in the Day Bakery Brighter Day Natural Foods Market Common Thread Cotton & Rye Hop Atomica The Fat Radish The Grey The Grey Market HUSK – Savannah Local 11ten Food & Wine Nom Nom Poke Shop Pizzeria Vittoria The Sentient Bean Thompson Hotel Mobile Atlyss Calabria’s Cooking Cannonborough Beverage Company Carya Pecan Milk The Castejóns Charleston Farm Fresh Chef BJ Dennis Chicken Fats Concrete Eatz Crystal Coast Seafood Truck The Culinary Garden The Drifter Fields to Families Girl Nextdough Green Lite Organics Healthy Thyme Meals Hudson Elebash Humanities Foundation Interactive Home Cooking Indigenius Cuisine Kenchi Ferments Life Raft Treats Lowcountry Street Grocery Lowcountry Street Grocery – Grocery Rx Nature and Nurture One Love Kombucha Rosalie’s Salthouse Catering Simple Provisions South Carolina State Head Start Association Southern Keep The Stone Soup Collective Two Wild Roses Cafe & Bakery Ultratruffle.com Vibrant Alkaline Vegan Meals Weltons Fine Foods CONTACT US info@growfoodcarolina.com · 843.727.0091 RELATED NEWS SEP 30 A Word from the Warehouse – September 2020 Welcome to the September Word from the Warehouse, the monthly newsletter from GrowFood Carolina, where you can find out what is happening in our… READ MORE STAY UP-TO-DATE Sign up for the latest news from the Coastal Conservation League and find out how you can get involved in our efforts. 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