Put the State on Your Plate

Borrowing the title of Emile Defelice’s campaign for Commissioner of Agriculture, I wanted to shed some spotlight on what the South Carolina Department of Agrilculture is doing right now. The have unveiled a new campaign to focus on certified South Carolina produce. Their goal is to get South Carolinians to buy produce from the State’s [...]

The Origins of Tobacco in South Carolina - Part 2

The Pee Dee region of South Carolina brought tobacco back during the late 1800’s. Farmers in Florence County grew a new type of tobacco that raised the cost of tobacco over King Cotton. Soon, most of the counties in the Pee Dee were growing tobacco and were awaking again to their former glory.
Tobacco prices would [...]

The Origins of Tobacco in South Carolina

During the 1670’s, South Carolinians started planting tobacco in the State. Due to an overabundance of tobacco production in the mid-Atlantic states, tobacco prices remained low.
In the 1760’s tobacco made a comeback. But instead of coming back in the coastal regions of the State it re-introduced itself in the backcountry. The American Revolution halted tobacco’s [...]

Tobacco in South Carolina

Recently, South Carolina city and county councils have been deliberating about creating smoke-free city and counties. At times, the debate has been quite heated between councils and businesses.
The next few postings will look back at the history of tobacco in South Carolina and then turn to focus on the fate of tobacco in the Palmetto [...]