Certified SC Grown A Waste of Tax Dollars
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Tuesday, 02 June 2009 00:00 |
Certified SC Grown a Waste of Tax Dollars
Kevin Dietrich
June 2, 2009
 As the latest phase of its Certified SC Grown campaign, the South Carolina Department of Agriculture has unveiled the "Palmettovore." According to a recent op-ed in The Greenville News by SC Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers, A Palmettovore is "a person who attempts to eat only farm products grown and processed in South Carolina."
Weathers says the logic of the Palmettovore push is simple: SC-grown produce and products are local, which he says makes them fresher and therefore healthier; buying SC products helps our economy; and it’s good for the environment, as locally produced goods don’t have to travel as far as foods from across the country.
Unfortunately, all the Certified SC Grown program is doing is using scarce tax dollars to
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