Chef Cynthia Wong,<\/strong> from Life Raft Treats<\/em><\/a>:\u00a0In 2018, Cynthia founded Life Raft Treats, an artisan company\u00a0dedicated to sparking joy and surprise through passionately\u00a0crafted ice cream treats and sweets. She and her recipes have\u00a0been featured such publications as Garden & Gun, Food & Wine,\u00a0and Bon Appetit. Cynthia is a 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019\u00a0James Beard Foundation semifinalist for Outstanding Pastry Chef.\u00a0Cynthia loves lard, dioramas and sporting clays.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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About GrowFood Carolina<\/h2>\nNormal Operations<\/b><\/h3>\n
GrowFood Carolina is South Carolina\u2019s first local food hub\u00a0and is a program of the Coastal Conservation League. We\u00a0provide local farmers with the sales, marketing, logistics,\u00a0warehousing, and distribution functions they need and that\u00a0previously have been available only to large-scale industrial\u00a0farms.\u00a0We sell fresh, local produce to restaurants and grocery stores\u00a0in many of our coastal cities. We also sell to many local\u00a0schools, colleges, universities, and corporate cafeterias.\u00a0We work with more than 100 farmers and have returned\u00a0more than $8 million back to support their farms and farm\u00a0workers since we began in 2011. Our goal is to provide\u00a0revenue to farmers so they can stay on their land, protecting\u00a0rural landscapes and improving the quality of life across the\u00a0coastal plain.<\/p>\n
Since the Pandemic<\/b><\/h3>\n
As restaurant sales quickly plummeted, the GrowFood team\u00a0developed two new lines of business, including:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Farmers to Food Boxes: Since its inception, GrowFoodCarolina has been searching for ways to serve food deserts and communities in need, while supporting local farmers and agriculture. The coronavirus pandemic has provided a window of opportunity to adapt GrowFood\u2019s business model to do just that\u2014provide boxes of fresh, local produce to families experiencing challenging times. GrowFood Carolina is uniquely positioned and preparedto continue to serve people in need\u2014work we feel isnecessary to sustain resilient coastal communities.With federal funding and private donor support, we havekept our farmers profitable while helping South Carolinafamilies who are hungry for fresh produce.Through partnerships with nonprofits Enough Pie,Humanities Foundation, and the Lowcountry Food Bank,more than 75,000 pounds of produce have beendonated to families in need to date.<\/p>\n
Learn how to help by visiting\u00a0coastalconservationleague.org\/soil-to-sustenance\/<\/a><\/p>\n\u2022 Produce Boxes: Prior to the pandemic, our sales were\u00a0only wholesale\u2014to institutions and restaurants. Now,\u00a0we\u2019re offering boxes of produce for sale to local families\u00a0one day each week. More than 2,000 boxes of fresh,\u00a0SC-grown fruits and vegetables have been purchased\u00a0since April.<\/p>\n
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Due to the nature of this event, we are unable to accommodate special requests or allergies. If you have questions, please contact Katie Kuhn, at (803) 760-2516.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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GrowFood Carolina’s 7th Annual Mushroom Gathering \ufeff If the video has trouble loading, please view here. Why Are We Celebrating Mushrooms? Because they are awesome! And…Because it used to be illegal to sell mushrooms foraged in the state of South Carolina. But in 2014, the Coastal Conservation League worked with Tradd Cotter, a mycologist who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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