Why Buy Local?

• Premium Taste. Maximum Freshness. Produce picked and eaten at the height of ripeness has exceptional flavor.
• By choosing local produce from our  SCFB Roadside Markets and pick-your-own farms, you pay for taste, not transportation.
• Getting to know the local farmers who grow your food builds relationships based on understanding and trust.
• Your locally spent dollars strengthens the local economy, helps local farmers stay in business, and allows them to maintain the rural landscape for future generations.
   

TEACHERS: AG in the Classroom

 Looking for creative ways to make sure all your students learn important concepts? Join us for an innovative hands-on approach to learning. This Institute focuses on how you can tailor your teaching style to maximize comprehension for students of all learning styles. Ag in the Classroom and Learning Styles offers practical applications and teaching strategies which will grab your students' attention and encourage participation. You will also receive many ideas to supplement and reinforce your students' readiness for achieving goals outlined by the State of South Carolina's PACT plan. Additional information will be posted in coming months. The institute will be in Anderson, South Carolina June 16-20, 2008. Click here to learn more.

The 2007 growing season caused tremendous difficulty in parts of South Carolina. Many livestock producers have found it difficult to maintain feed supplies. Hay is in short supply and grass is almost non-existent on some farms.

In response to this  hardship, we are publishing where hay or forage may be available. Click here for additional information.
 

Farm Bureau members - present your SC  Farm Bureau prescription card to a participating pharmacy and instantly receive substantial discounts on prescription drugs. It's that easy.
   
Just in the month of February SCFB members saved more than $40,000 on their prescriptions.
   
To get a card, just clip one from a recent issue of SC Farmer magazine or contact your county Farm Bureau office.
   
To learn more, click here. 

 SCFB members are eligible for a 20 percent discount on hotel reservations at participating Comfort Inns, Comfort Suites, Quality, Clarion Hotels, Sleep Inns and Suites, Mainstay Suites, Econo Lodge and Roadway Inns, worldwide. In addition to the 20 percent discount, Farm Bureau members also earn points for each stay, which can be redeemed for future stays, airline tickets, gift certificates, and more.
   
QualSight offers a preferred pricing plan for laser eye surgery through a managed care network of board certified ophthalmologists provided by QualSight Inc.
   
FBApparel.com now has more than 700 apparel items to choose from. Brand name merchandise featured on the site is from numerous companies including Cutter & Buck, Columbia, GEAR for Sports, and Dickies.
   
Check out these benefits as well as valuable others on our members benefits page.
 
As you experience savings from our member benefit programs be sure to share the good news with others and invite them to join the Farm Bureau family as we work together to support family farmers, agriculture and rural lifestyles in our state.
 

South Carolina Ladies and Gents Love to  Cook! is the title of a cookbook from the SC Farm Bureau Women's Committee.  Over 600 mouth-watering recipes from across the state are included in this hardback, concealed wire cookbook.  The book also includes interesting agricultural facts throughout.
   
Proceeds from the sale of cookbooks will be used to fund Education in AG-tion! projects to promote the awareness and recognition of the importance of our food and fiber sources.
 
The books retail for $20.00 each plus $5.00 shipping and handling.  To purchase, click here to send an email request for cookbooks or, if you like, visit your county Farm Bureau office to get a copy.