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Cooperative Extension

SC Center for Cooperative and Enterprise Development

Serving Rural South Carolina

SC Center for Cooperative and Enterprise Development

The Center for Cooperative and Enterprise Development is dedicated to enhancing and expanding local food and agricultural businesses in South Carolina.

The Center and partners provide technical assistance to cooperatives, mutually-owned businesses, and other small business within multiple industries, but with a strong focus on agricultural businesses. 

The Center is operated by Clemson University through Clemson Cooperative Extension.

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About SCCCED

The Center for Cooperative and Enterprise Development represents a collaborative effort between Clemson University Cooperative Extension, South Carolina State Small Business Development Center (SBDC), the South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA), and Matson Consulting.

Clemson Extension Agribusiness Team

Clemson’s Agribusiness Team provides technical assistance, education, and resources to entrepreneurs, business owners, individuals, and others across the state of South Carolina.

Matson Consulting

Matson Consulting, an agribusiness consulting firm located in South Carolina that has an extensive nationwide history in cooperative and group development for twenty years.

South Carolina Department of Agriculture

The South Carolina Department of Agriculture’s (SCDA) Agribusiness Center for Research and Entrepreneurship (ACRE) provides business development assistance to entrepreneurs within the agricultural industry across the state.

South Carolina State Small Business Development Center

SC State SBDC serves several rural counties of severe need in eastern South Carolina, including Bamberg and Barnwell counties, both of which have been designated as Promise Zones.

USDA Rural Development

Funding for this Center has been provided by USDA Rural Development Cooperative Services through their Rural Cooperative Development Grant.

Other Centers and Development Groups

SC Center for Cooperative and Enterprise Development
SC Center for Cooperative and Enterprise Development | 900 Clemson Road, Columbia, SC 29229