Local Resources

SC State Resources

• What’s in Season? Certified South Carolina, SC Agriculture Department
• SC Harvest Calendar Contains links to related information such as canning (supplies & instruction), bees/honey, local meat, milk, eggs, festivals, and pumpkin patches/corn mazes.
• How to start Homesteading in South Carolina Blog post outlining the municipal resources available to residents of SC with regard to homesteading. Contains links to relevant state organizations. Schipani, Sam. Hello Homestead, 12/16/2019
• LocalHarvest.org Links to Local Farms and Farmer’s Markets in or near Sumter, SC

Facebook Groups

• South Carolina Hydroponics
• Homesteaders of South Carolina
• Sumter and Manning Farm and Homestead Barter Community
• The Sumter Chicken and Farm Swap
• Sumter/Dalzell Vegetable & Fruit Co-op
• SC Gardening Zone 8a, 8b
• Self-Sufficient Backyard Official

Facebook Pages

• Off The Rails Homestead, Sumter, SC
• Sunny Cedars Farm, Sumter, SC
• Relinoca Farms, LLC., Sumter, SC
• Weir Fam Farm, Sumter, SC
• Costas Farms, Sumter, SC
• Sumter Bee Company, Sumter, SC
• Sumter County Master Gardeners Association
• LaFleur’s Farm, Alcolu, SC
• Tom’s Creek Family Farms, Hopkins, SC
• Stabler Family Farms, Gaston, SC
• The Veggie Patch, Neeses, SC
• The Mary Mart, LLC., Wedgefield, SC
• The Newman’s Farmhouse
• Turner’s Farm Fresh, Bowman’s SC
• M&M Farm, Lynchburg, SC
• Crafty Maibritt, LLC., Lake City, SC
• The Seasoning Lady, Columbia, SC
• Grateville Acres LLC., CSA, Paxville, SC