Hollow Creek Mushrooms LLC

Hollow Creek Mushrooms LLC is a sole proprietorship and limited liability company based in Aiken, South Carolina, that has received federal grant support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to advance its agricultural operations. As a for-profit mushroom producer, the company has leveraged federal grant programs to develop value-added products and enhance its business capabilities. The organization became registered in SAM.gov in March 2020 and has successfully positioned itself as a recipient of USDA grant funding focused on agricultural innovation and producer support.

Hollow Creek Mushrooms LLC has received three federal grant awards from the USDA, demonstrating a pattern of engagement with agricultural development programs. Most recently, the company received a $107,770 Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) from the USDA Rural Business Cooperative Services, awarded on September 15, 2025, to support the development and expansion of value-added mushroom-based products, marketing opportunities, and producer income generation through September 15, 2027. Prior to this, the company received disaster relief funding through the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service in January 2022 to support costs incurred in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, including workplace safety measures, facility retrofitting, transportation, and worker housing expenses that were incurred between January 27, 2020, and December 31, 2021. Additionally, Hollow Creek Mushrooms LLC received a Beginning and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers or Ranchers Grant through COVID relief provisions from the USDA Rural Business Cooperative Services, awarded September 1, 2021, and completed by September 1, 2023. These grant awards collectively reflect the company's focus on agricultural product value-addition, pandemic recovery, and producer support initiatives within the mushroom cultivation and processing sector.