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Lexington County Chronicle
The Farm 1780 to host free soil health day
Whether managing a backyard garden or scaling up a suburban homestead, local growers are invited to get their hands dirty alongside leading agricultural researchers and extension agents. On Saturday, Nov. 7, The Farm 1780 will host its fall 2026 Essential Soil Health Field Day, a free afternoon of interactive learning, live demonstrations and community connection focused on garden-scale farming.
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Batesburg poultry processor expands SC footprint
Amick Farms, a poultry processor in Batesburg, is investing nearly $55 million in a new hatchery in Edgefield County. Forty jobs are expected as a result. Amick Farms was founded in 1941. It's fully integrated operation includes hatcheries, feed mills and processing facilities which provide a variety of quality chicken products for retail, food service and industrial use.
MarketBeat
First Solar Opens $330M South Carolina Plant, Targets 3.4 GW Capacity by 2027
MarketBeat Week in Review – 08/10 - 08/14 First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) inaugurated the first phase of its new solar-module manufacturing facility in Gaffney, South Carolina, a project the company described as an approximately $330 million investment intended to expand U.S.
Progressive Rail Roading
First container for new Isuzu manufacturing facility arrives via SC Ports
South Carolina Ports Authority marked a milestone for Isuzu North America Corp. (Isuzu) this month, as the first container of production equipment for the manufacturer's new U.S. production base arrived via the Port of Charleston. Isuzu is a manufacturer of automobiles. The company selected Greenville County to expand U.S. production...
FOX 10 Phoenix
Inflation heats up ahead of midterm elections
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Locally owned Haven Homes launches Day of Hope
Locally owned builder Haven Homes employees spent their Tuesday working hard to lend a hand to a community member in need for the company's inaugural Day of Hope. In partnership with Home Works of the Midlands, employees spent the day on repairs for a low-income senior citizen in the Belmont Community to ensure that she has a safe home.
live5news.com
SC Ports moves into growth phase after year of cost-cutting
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — South Carolina Ports has finished phase one of its comeback plan and is now in phase two, President and CEO Micah Mallace said Tuesday at the State of the Port address at the Charleston Area Convention Center. Port leaders, shippers, ocean carriers, maritime partners...
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Fox & The Bee Farm Opening First Brick-and-Mortar Store
Fox & The Bee Farm, the family-run farm in Aiken, has been appearing regularly at the Aiken Farmers Market, offering products made with its own farmed honey and beeswax. Now, it’s preparing to open its first brick-and-mortar store. “This Fall we will open on Laurens St. While we are...
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USC approves new STEM, pharmacy buildings and policy institute
USC trustees approved plans for a new College of Pharmacy building. A five-story STEM Innovation and Research Center received final approval. The Thomson Building will be demolished for Russell House expansion. The new Institute for Public Policy received $1.8 million in state funding. The University of South Carolina Board of...
The Post and Courier
Canadian-based equestrian retailer opens Aiken store in former Dover Saddlery location
AIKEN — A retailer based in Canada that sells horseback riding apparel, boots, equipment and more began doing business here recently. Greenhawk Equestrian Sport held the grand opening for its new store at 2575 Whiskey Road in early October. Another store that sold similar merchandise, Dover Saddlery, used to be located there. The Boston Globe reported earlier this year that an arm of Dover Saddlery’s primary lender, Prudential Financial, took over the chain and then sold it to Gordon Brothers, a corporate restructuring and liquidation firm. According to horsesport.com, Greenhawk purchased stor...
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SRS a keystone of a nuclear renaissance in the Southeast, DOE Asst. Sec. Walsh says
AIKEN — America's future is digital and will rely on artificial intelligence data centers powered by advanced nuclear reactors burning mixed-oxide fuel at the Savannah River Site and other federal facilities, Tim Walsh, assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management, said in Aiken Oct. 22.
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New Orleans-based biotech company lured to SC as first for MUSC lab
The company name was deliberately chosen from West African lore: Obatala, the god who shaped the human body. And the New Orleans biotech firm is determined to see that their human-based research lab materials accurately reflect the true makeup of the American populace. Obatala Sciences is the first of what...
WIS-TV
‘Coming home again’: Seawell’s banquet hall moves back to South Carolina State Fairgrounds
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A Columbia catering staple has moved. After more than 80 years on Rosewood Drive, Seawell’s has relocated across the street to the South Carolina State Fairgrounds. Seawell’s opened in 1946 and has hosted weddings, Gamecock events and U.S. presidents over the decades. The business operated...