February 2017
 
  
 
Last summer, more than 100 of us convened for the second annual SC Food Access Summit. The day culminated in thinking through next steps and organizing ourselves around five recommendations: capital, supply, affordability, planning and transportation. The steering committee has been reviewing the information that was collected and is beginning to think through next steps. If you are interested in getting involved with a workgroup, please contact one of our workgroup leaders.
 
We have started planning the 2017 SC Food Access Summit, which is scheduled to take place this October in Columbia. We plan to take a deeper look at local food policy efforts, and we look forward to your participation. Stay tuned for a save the date and more updates from the Task Force workgroups.
 
Finally, we encourage you to continue sharing your food access related news, updates, and events and have created a submission form to make the process easier. Your participation and input helps to ensure this newsletter is a valuable source of information for healthy food advocates across South Carolina. Thank you for all that you do!

In partnership,
Anna Hamilton Lewin
Chief Operating Officer
News
The SC Community Loan Fund and Clemson Agricultural Extension are now accepting applications for the seventh Feeding Innovation competition: Feeding Innovation Rock Hill. Feeding Innovation is an eight-week small business training program...Read More ...»
  
The Growing New Farmers Program provides introductory level classroom and hands-on training in farm production and business planning. We offer optional apprenticeship placement with a mentor farmer that provides extended job-based training proven to...Read More ...»
  
FLORENCE, S.C. - As our holiday celebrations centered largely on food have recently drawn to a close, it is difficult to imagine that many children did not have the food they needed over the winter break. What we know, however, is that more than 1 million children in the...Read More ...»

  
Upcoming Events
Nov 3rd - May 10th l Catawba & Midlands Regions
These workshops will offer critical opportunities for local peer and resource networking, as well as provide additional instruction on production topics tailored for each region and managed by regional partners.  More Information 

May 11, 2017 l 12:30am-4:30pm l Sumter, SC
The workshop will provide an introduction to SCCLF's policies and application package. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions about the lending process and discuss their individual projects.  More Information  

 
Since 2004, we have provided 313 loans for $39 million in financing 
that facilitated more  than $246.3 million in community development projects; we 
financed 1,410 housing units, 9 healthy food outlets, 10 community facilities, and 16 
community businesses, creating or retaining 2,896 jobs and providing a safe, 
affordable place to call home for 3,525 individuals and families.
 
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