Hugh Weathers
Commissioner

Welcome to the South Carolina Department of Agriculture web site. We hope you find the new features helpful and will bookmark our site for future reference. Our mission is to promote and nurture the growth and development of South Carolina's agriculture industry and its related businesses while assuring the buying public of safety and security. Our shared vision is for the state economy to grow and prosper providing everyone, producers and consumers, opportunities to enjoy the fruits of agriculture.

Certified SC Grown

Visit Certified South Carolina to learn more about the state's products and the South Carolinians who grow, harvest, and process them. And look for the Certified South Carolina logo. You’ll find South Carolina locally grown or made products will be the highest quality offered.

Certified SC Program Members

Buy South Carolina.
Nothing's Fresher. Nothing's Finer.

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Agribusiness #1 Industry in SC

Opening Spring 2010!

Pee Dee Market Retail
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Fresh on the Menu

Fresh on the Menu, the second phase of the Certified SC program, includes restaurants partnering in an effort to put at least 25% Certified SC Grown foods and products on the menu in season. The South Carolina Department of Agriculture challenges all South Carolinians to support, ask for and to remember to “Buy local. It’s to dine for.”

Fresh on the Menu Restaurants