Study: SC farm program could create 10,000 jobs
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Posted: 9:22 PM Sep 3, 2010
Study: SC farm program could create 10,000 jobs
If the state's program encouraging consumers to buy locally grown produce is successful, it could mean an additional 10,000 jobs a year to the state's economy.
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Friday September 3, 2010

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- It's too early to determine the potential
economic impact of a marketing campaign for South Carolina farm
products, but a recent study says similar programs in neighboring
states create jobs.

The University of South Carolina and the state Agriculture
Department said Friday that if the state's program encouraging
consumers to buy locally grown produce is as successful as similar
programs in Georgia and North Carolina, it could mean an additional
10,000 jobs a year to the state's economy.

South Carolina's program started in 2007 and is well behind
those better-established programs.

Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers says the state spends
about $1 million a year on the program and participating farmers
spend about $7 million a year to market their goods as Certified SC
Grown.

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