Project Grant 21FMPPSC1041

Sylvan Farm LLC was awarded a $624,500 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will support Sylvan Farm's efforts to strengthen a local farm market and improve the viability of participating farmers in Saluda, South Carolina through September 2024. Key deliverables include providing a new direct-to-consumer sales avenue for over 90 partnering local farms, increasing sales and income for individual farmers, and improving access to healthy, local foods for low-income residents in a designated food desert area. The project also aims to foster greater awareness and connections between South Carolina farms and consumers through collaborative engagement with food aggregators GrowFood Carolina and Happy Dirt Organic Farm.