Education in the form of promoting agricultural literacy, the knowledge and appreciation of agricultural concepts, is one of the three primary parts of the South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation’s strategic plan.

SCFB's educational programs include the following:

• Ag in the Classroom for Teachers
• Youth Leadership Conference
• Education in Ag-tion
• Betty J. DeWitt Outstanding Educator
   Award
• Ag-tivity Pages For Students and Teachers

Additionally SC Farm Bureau awards numerous scholarships through the following programs:

• SCFB Foundation and Scholarships
• State Fair Livestock Competition
   Scholarships
• SCFB Youth Ambassador Scholarships
• County Farm Bureau Scholarships

Farm Bureau also promotes education in various other ways - such as encouraging folks to learn first hand about South Carolina agriculture by visiting various educational centers:

• Sandhill Research and Education Center
www.clemson.edu/sandhill/

• Agricultural Heritage Center located at Clemson University's Edisto Research and Education Center, Hwy 78 West, Blackville, SC 29817. 
www.clemson.edu/edisto/ 

• Clemson Outdoor Education Trail
at the Pee Dee Research and Education Center
www.clemson.edu/oet

• South Carolina Cotton Museum
www.sccotton.org

• South Carolina Tobacco Museum
www.mullinssc.us/
  sctobaccomuseumindex.html

• Pendleton District Agricultural Museum Pendleton, SC 29670    (864) 646-3782
Free Admission
Open by Appointment Only

The Pendleton museum includes pre-1925 farm equipment and tools. Located on US Hwy 76, across from Tri-County Technical College.

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