Homesteading workshop
2022-03-19 09:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Crazy Chic Heritage Farm, 450 Kenal Rd, Ridgeway, SC, 29130, United States
Homestead Workshop will give you hands on experiences needed to plan your journey with a focus on livestock and small farming practices.
Ideas of self-sustainability running through your mind? Want to know where to start on a farm journey? What do you need to raise chickens? `How about those pigs? Where do I go when I have questions about farming? This class is an abbreviated version of our weekend long homesteading workshop. This class will touch on topics to get your first steps in identifying where to start in several areas of homesteading interest.
It is our hope that you walk away with confidence and conversation to move forward in your homesteading endeavors.

Old McCaskills Farm Sheep Shearing Day
2022-03-26 | Old McCaskill Farm, 377 Cantey Lane, Rembert, SC, United States
Come experience a day in the life of a working farm with demonstrations with a saw mill, cane mill, sheep shearing, wool spinning & knitting, hayrides, live music, and so much more! Step back in time to learn all about farm life. We can’t wait to see you!

Protecting Family Land
2022-03-26 12:00 - 14:00 | S
As a member of the SC Agritourism as a Forester growing Lob lolly Pine trees on 38 acres, I will be using all four meeting rooms at the Darlington County Libraries to discuss how foresters in the 46 SC Counties can protect and preserve their family land. A lawyer and a forester of the Center of Heirs Property and Preservation will be present to assist me at these events. I will discuss how I, as a Woodlands Community Advocate of the Center of Heirs Property and Preservation have gotten a Management Plan, and an Equip Contract with the National Conservation Resource Services to help me grow healthy and sellable timber in the years to come as I invest in Generational Wealth and security for my family land. Location: Darlington Library; 204 N. Main St.; Darlington, 29532 Contact: Ms. Ruth Baronda cell#(843) 861-6355 text to get more info. or ruth.m.baronda@verizon.net

Gullah Campfire Supper with Stories and Songs: Women's History Month Celebration
2022-03-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Morning Glory Homestead Farm, 42 Robert and Clara Trail, St. Helena Island, SC, 29920, United States
The Women’s History Month Gullah Campfire Supper with Stories and Songs will focus on Women of the Civil Rights Movement. Join us to hear the stories of two sisters from Charleston, Minerva Brown King and Millicent Brown. They were the plaintiffs in the SC Brown case to integrate public schools in Charleston. We will also share stories of women they met growing up the late Septima Clark founder of the Sea Island Citizenship School and Fannie Lou Hamer who attended the school.
In addition to those stories we will sing more songs of the Movement and enjoy a traditional Lowcountry hog roasted by Marvin Ross of Peculiar Pig Farm. The menu will include other traditional Gullah dishes. This is an event you don’t want to miss. It will have it all, delicious food, the Lowcountry ambiance, campfires, songs that encouraged the Movement and stories of our history all in one setting!

Spring Fling
2022-04-09 10:00 - 15:00 | 4 L’s Farm, 728 Slab Landing Rd, North, SC, 29112, United States
Join us for some fun on the farm at our first annual Spring Fling and Easter egg hunt!

Egg hunts
Vendor Village
Food Trucks

$4 per child, adults are free! Easter baskets provided while supplies last.

LushAcres Farm Strawberry Festival and Arts & Craft Show
2022-04-30 09:00 - 19:00 | LushAcres Farm, 1875 W. Maple Street Extension, Clinton, SC, 29325, United States
It’s an extra sweet extravaganza celebrating Spring’s best berry! In honor of this year’s strawberry crop, we can’t wait to welcome you back to the farm for a full day of fun for the whole family. Check out our website for more details, including how your family can pick your own strawberries this season.

Ole Patchwork Spring Gathering
2022-04-30 10:00 - 15:00 | Patchwork Farm LLC, 110 Dairy Lane, Saluda, SC, 29138, United States
Come out for an Ole Patchwork Spring Gathering. Take home our delicious strawberries and other Patchwork products. Enjoy music, food, arts and crafts, demonstrations, and more! This event highlights local talents and small artisan business owners. Fun for kids. Meet the Patchwork barnyard animals. Great local artisan items available for that special Mother’s Day gift. Bring a cooler for food products that will be available for purchase too. Please, NO PETS allowed. This is FREE to the public. There is plenty of parking in the field. Lunch will be available for purchase.

Protecting Family Land
2022-04-30 12:00 - 14:00 | 147 W. College Ave.; Hartsville 29550, 147 W. College Ave., Hartsville, 29550, United States
I am a member of the SC Agritourism as a Forester of Lob Lolly Pine owning 38 acres in Darlington County and Chesterfield County. At all four Darlington County Libraries, along with a lawyer and forester from the Center of Heirs Property and Preservation, we will discuss the importance of protecting and preserving family land and sustainable forests. As a Woodlands Community Advocate with the Center of Heirs Property, I have given educational events at my location to discuss my management plan and Equip Contract with the National Conservation Resource Services to keep my trees healthy and sellable for the near future and continue to preserve Generational Wealth for my family. Location: Hartsville Library; 147 W. College Ave.; Hartsville 29550 Contact info: Ruth Baronda cell #(843) 861-6355 text or call email: ruth.m.baronda@verizon.net

Mead-ival Festival
2022-05-21 10:00 - 17:30 | Deep Water Vineyard and Bears Bluff Meadery, 6775 Bears Bluff Road, Wadmalaw Island, SC, 29487, United States
Our first annual “renaissance of mead” festival features our new still meads, draft meads, and shooters throughout the day as well as a multitude of wine options, slushies, mimosas, and bloody marys. You can do a tasting of four of our hand-crafted still meads with a souvenir horn shot glass for $15. We’ll have live music from Brantley Harris and Well-Charged as well as food trucks and smoked turkey legs too! There will be axe throwing (the safe kind) and fun for the whole family. Come dressed in your favorite renaissance garb and take part in this unique festival at Deep Water Vineyard!

Lavender U Pick
2022-06-09 09:00 - 16:00, 2022-06-10 09:00 - 16:00, 2022-06-11 09:00 - 16:00, 2022-06-12 09:00 - 16:00, 2022-06-16 09:00 - 16:00, 2022-06-17 09:00 - 16:00, 2022-06-18 09:00 - 16:00, 2022-06-19 09:00 - 16:00 and 4 more dates | Elf Leaf Farm, 141 N Campbell Rd, Landrum, SC, 29356, United States
Join us for a family friendly outing at our lavender farm. Come pick lavender fresh in the field while enjoying the views of Hogback Mountain. Bring a picnic, sample the lavender flavored goodies and shop the many lavender products we have available! We supply everything you need to leave with 2 inch bundles of fresh lavender for only $8 per bundle.

Summer Spotlight Agritourism Membership Meeting
2022-08-02 10:00 - 14:00 | 382 Olde Farm Rd Lexington, SC 29072, 382 Olde Farm Rdoad, Lexington, SC, 29072, United States
This special August event offers fresh tourism ideas and discussion of hot topics as well as an opportunity to network.
The Aug. 2 event will be held in the Midlands at Clinton Sease Farm in Lexington. A seasonal farm offering: Strawberries, Sunflower Weekends, Educational Tours and Classes, Pumpkin Patch, Hayrides, Playgrounds and an 8-acre Corn Maze full of turns, clues and so much more…every visit you will see new adventures added to the farm.
Time: 10 am – 2 pm
Pre-registration required by Monday, July 25, 2022. Cost is FREE to SCAA members (maximum of 2 per membership). $20 / person non-members and guests.
Register with farm name and names of each person attending to jmoore@scda.sc.gov

The Next, Next Greatest Thing -- Rural Broad
2022-08-11 11:00 - 13:00 | SC Farm Bureau 724 Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce, SC, 724 Knox Abbott Drive, Cayce, SC, United States
Jim Stritzinger, Director, Broadband Office, SC Office of Regulatory Staff (SCORS) will speak on The Next, Next
Greatest Thing — Rural Broadband. The Broadband Office provides community support and technical assistance by training and supporting South Carolina communities in their efforts to expand broadband adoption and use. The Broadband Community Champion Program was created in coordination with local community leaders and non-profit organizations. The program gives attendees a basic understanding of broadband technologies and shares challenges and barriers that can exist for broadband access, adoption, and use. Attendees are also provided information on Broadband Office maps, surveys, and applications.

Summer Spotlight Agritourism Membership Meeting
2022-08-16 10:00 - 14:00 | Deep Water Vineyard, 6775 Bears Bluff Rd, Wadmalaw Island, SC, 29487, United States
This special August event offers fresh tourism ideas and discussion of hot topics as well as an opportunity to network.
The Aug. 16 event is in Lowcountry South Carolina at Deep Water Vineyard, nestled among the majestic live oaks on Charleston’s back porch of Wadmalaw Island, this 48-acre winery and vineyard has something for everyone. They are the only domestic winery in Charleston, South Carolina.
Time: 10 am – 2 pm
Pre-registration required by Monday, August 8, 2022. Cost is FREE to SCAA members (maximum of 2 per membership). $20 / person non-members and guests.
Register with farm name and names of each person attending to jmoore@scda.sc.gov

Patchwork Farm Oyster Shuck'n and Dance'n
2022-09-17 18:00 - 23:00 | Patchwork Farm LLC, 110 Dairy Lane, Saluda, SC, 29138, United States
Join us for an oyster roast, beach music and dancing! Tickets can be purchased by following our farm page event tab.

Dorr Farms Farm Day
2022-10-01 09:00 - 2022-10-29 17:00 | 5225 Dorr Acres Rd Gable SC 29051, 5225 Dorr Acres Rd, Gable, SC, 29051, United States
Every Saturday in October from 9am to 5pm Dorr Farms offers a pumpkin patch, hayless hayride, corn maze, pony rides, petting zoo, photo ops, and food trucks. The last Saturday in October we also have trunk or treating so come dressed up! Admission is $7 per person. 2 and under is Free.

Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch
2022-10-07 10:00 - 2022-10-09 17:00 | Boone Hall Farms-2434 N. Hwy. 17 – Mount Pleasant, S.C. 29464, 2434 N. Hwy. 17, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464
It’s fall festival fun!! The Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch has grown to be one of the largest festivals in the state!!
Now in its 26th year, Boone Hall is proud of the fact that this event is a fall tradition for many families that is being passed down from generation…to generation. It’s an event where the laughter and squeals of excitement tell the story.
This year’s event features a petting zoo, magic shows, pig and goat races, two of the largest jump pillows in the state, playground area, water duck races, and a variety of other good ole fashioned fall fun including the giant eight-acre Boone Hall Farms Corn Maze. The very popular Family Friendly Halloween Tractor Tour will feature a variety of new colorful scenes and displays that will introduce a number of new special effects that will entertain people of all ages. There will be a variety of those festival foods we all love and of course, a variety of pumpkins of all shapes, sizes, and colors will be available for purchase.
Open every Friday-Saturday and Sunday Oct 7th through Oct. 30th. Admission is $15 each for ages 3 and up. Children under three are admitted FREE with accompanying adult. See details and buy tickets online at boonehallplantation.com.

4th Annual Honey Hooplah
2022-10-08 11:00 - 15:00 | R and R Acres, 124 R and R Acres Trl, Jamestown, SC, 29453, United States
Come join us on the farm for some free family fun. Animals, tour the honey house, bounce houses, games, vendors, live music food, and more! Lots of outdoor fun for everyone. Dairy goats, our Belgian horse, emus, ducks, geese, pigs, peacocks, and more! Over 30 local vendors have signed up to attend, plus all new Gellyball! Wear comfortable walking shoes as there is much to explore. You may want to wear bugspray as well, we love our pollinators and don’t spray our property, but they usually are not to bad. Bring a chair to sit and listen to the music. Google and Waze has us pretty well, follow the signs in… See you soon!

Getting to Know Mushrooms
2022-10-08 13:00 | Morning Glory Homestead Farm, 42 Robert and Clara Trail, St. Helena Island, SC, 29920, United States
Next in our farm series on Dr. George Washington Carver is …Dr. Carver the mycologist, with a focus of sharing information about his mushroom collections and fungi research. In addition we hope to introduce and build the skills needed to identify local south eastern mushrooms especially those in our local lowcountry communities. The class will be a combination of lecture and outdoor experience to look at physical identification features, likely locations, and the seasonal occurrence of mushrooms.
Attendees will be provided information about how to grow mushrooms using indoor kits, use mushroom plugs in logs and cultivating in hardwood chip beds or mulch. Tour the property with presenters and look for and practice identifying mushrooms. Chef and Forager Alex Curtis @acurtcooks will share her knowledge as a licensed forager and prepare the meal for the event, vegan choices will be available. The class is open to individuals and families with children. There will be handouts that can be available digitally. There will be a special take home activity for children.
Camping spaces are available for travelers through @hipcamp , where we are listed as “Friendly Fowl Farm”.

South Carolina State Fair
2022-10-12 12:00 - 2022-10-23 21:00 | South Carolina State Fairgrounds, 1200 Rosewood Drive, Columbia, SC, 29201, United States
Don’t miss the South Carolina State Fair happening from October 12th – 23rd! Join us for thrilling rides, games for the whole family, delicious food, and more. Tickets now available at scstatefair.org and participating Circle K.
