Certified South Carolina: The best food in the world


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Hugh Weathers and our friends over at the South Carolina Department of Agriculture (the dude with the really cool cow TV spots) has a new advocacy campaign for South Carolina agriculture - Certified South Carolina.

In the wake of the really bad weather earlier in the spring which dealt a heavy blow to our state's peach crop, this sort of campaign couldn't have come a better time.

When I talked to Commissioner Weathers at the MCASC event a couple of weeks ago, he had told me this campaign was getting ready to start and asked me to check it out. It looks like a good effort that has great potential - it certainly deserves our support.

Don't forget, when it comes to good eatin', there's nothing finer than grown in South Carolina:


The Certified South Carolina program is a new, exciting cooperative effort among producers, processors, wholesalers, retailers and the South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) to brand and promote South Carolina products. Our goal is for consumers to be able to easily identify, find and buy South Carolina products.

Public interest and perceptions, image and awareness, distribution, legislation, regulations all have an impact on the sustainability and growth of agribusiness. In order to tackle these issues, overcome obstacles and keep agriculture profitable, the South Carolina Department of Agriculture in cooperation with public and private partners has implemented the Certified South Carolina program.

Certified South Carolina is a call to action for South Carolina citizens as we ask you to Buy South Carolina because Nothing's Fresher. Nothing's Finer.

Starting now, farmers and processors from across the state are invited to be a part of this unique, industry-wide marketing and branding effort of the SCDA.

... and in case y'all missed last year's campaign TV spot
with Hugh, his dairy farm, and all the cows, here it is:


6 Response to "Certified South Carolina: The best food in the world"

  1. moye 29/5/07 08:29
    When I get back from vacation down south way south the Caribean with my son I will give Hugh a call and see if we can get some of those stickers for the fish we catch in Lake Marion.
  2. Anonymous 29/5/07 11:14
    Legalize (and promote) South Carolina Marijuana!!!
  3. west_rhino 29/5/07 11:25
    Mepkin Abbey eggs, mushrooms from Neeses (if that enterprise is still operating), country hams from Four Oaks Farms near Lexington, Clemson Blue Cheese (goes with the "next year" whine), too many flavors of "yella" and "red" barbecue sauce, Sidi's Wadmalaw tomatoes... just a few of those things that make livin' good.
  4. Rick Beltram 29/5/07 11:43
    Earl, since you're so big on horses ... alad, I guess it only makes sense that you'd talk about agriculture sooner or later.
  5. Anonymous 29/5/07 15:41
    Dependence Day, the day on which the United States effectively becomes dependent on foreign imports for the rest of the year is today. (See, http://www.environmental-action.org/enviroaction.asp?id=2274&id4=ES_).
  6. moye 29/5/07 21:47
    You can buy Horse Meat in France I seen it. Maybe South Carolina raised.

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