SC New and Beginning Farmer Program

Apply for Class of 2025


Apply Today for Class of 2025

The South Carolina New and Beginning Farmer Program (SCNBFP) is now accepting applications for the Class of 2025 Cohort program! The program will run from April - August 2025.

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2025 SC Farmer Resource Rodeo

Thursday, January 30, 2025

9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Senate’s End
316 Senate Street
Columbia, SC 29201

$25.00, includes lunch

An in-person networking gathering of resource providers for aspiring, beginning, and small-scale farmers at a single event! Learn about organizations and programs to support your farm business and make new connections!

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About the South Carolina New and Beginning Farmer Program

Welcome to the South Carolina New and Beginning Farmer Program (SCNBFP).  The SCNBFP is focused on enabling new and beginning farmers to be successful, productive, and innovative members of their local agricultural community by providing them with the tools, knowledge and skills necessary to be successful entrepreneurs; sound business managers; exemplary stewards of SWAPA (soil, water, air, plants, and animals), and successful marketers of the unique products they create; and, perhaps most importantly, individuals who have a sense of pride and quality of life as a result of their investment and participation in the agricultural community of South Carolina.

The SCNBFP is a Clemson Extension Agribusiness Team Program that is supported by a USDA-NIFA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Grant (USDA-NIFA Award No. 2021-70033-35707).

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We are now accepting applications for the Class of 2025 Cohort program!

Learn more and apply >>