School District of Pickens County Student Nutrition Services is proud to be offering custom LEARN MORE enrichment highlighting the foods on their menus, celebrating local farmers & promoting nutrition education!
Peaches are the official state fruit of South Carolina.
Peaches are a type of stone fruit.
Main Varieties of Peaches:
1. Clingstone
2. Freestone
Peaches are harvested by
There are over 300 varieties of peaches.
Peaches take 3 - 5 months to grow once pollinated.
1 peach tree can produce up to 66 pounds of fruit each year.
Peaches are in peak season from June - the end of August.
Peach trees can produce fruit for 12 years.
Titan Farms is a family owned operated farm founded in 1999
Titan Farms grows mainly, peaches, bell peppers, eggplants
Titan Farms was founded in 1999 by Chalmers & Lori Ann Carr
“Quality first” peach grower on the east coast with 6,000 acres growing peaches.
Teamwork is Titan Farms core value.
Titan Farms grows, processes & packs all their produce.
Titan Farms is located in Ridge Spring, SC.
Most apples in South Carolina are grown west & north of the Sandhills region
The U.S. is home to approximately of apple orchards. of the Most Popular Varieties of Apples:
Red Delicious
Golden Delicious
apples are
There are
2,500+
Most apples are HAND-PICKED. An apple blossom is the flower that comes from an apple tree. different varieties of apples are grown in the U.S.
Apple trees take 4- 8 years to start producing fruit.
Chattooga Belle Farm
Chattooga Belle Farm is a 200-acre fruit farm owned by Ed & Kitty Land.
Chattooga Belle Farm is a U-Pick farm where visitors are ALWAYS welcome!
Chattooga Belle Farm is home to 500+ apple trees. Over 20 varieties of apples are grown on Chatooga Belle Farm. & llamas.
Chattooga Belle Farms’s fruit is in season through the summer & fall.
Chatooga Belle Farm is located in Long Creek, SC.
Collard greens are tastier & more in the colder months of January
Collard greens are the official state vegetable of South Carolina. take 6 - 8 weeks to go from seed to ready for harvest.
Collard green stems can be 24 - 48 inches long.
Collard greens are a means they have a 2 year life cycle.
“The Wild Cabbage Plant”
Collard greens produces small, yellow flowers that attract bees for pollination.
Collard greens are a type of cruciferous vegetable.
Porth Farms is a & operated vegetable farm
Porth Farms grows turnips, beets
The Porth family has been farming for three generations. schools & teaching kids about where their food comes from!
Catherine & her brother work on the farm together. The Collard Queen Support local!
Porth Farms is currently run by
Porth Farms is located in Lexington, SC.
grows best during South winter months.
Kale can range in color from light green to dark green to violet.
“Borecole”
Kale is closely related to cabbage.
Kale is mostly harvested in the fall & winter.
All kale leaves are harvested by hand.
one leaf at a time, never the entire plant at once.
In a long growing season, the main 24+ inches long.
Cold temperatures the quality & flavor of kale.
Kale is known to taste bitter.
WP Rawl is a family-owned & operated leafy greens & specialty vegetables farm.
WP Rawl was started in the early 1920s by Walter & Ernestine Rawl
WP Rawl involved, alongside 750 additional employees.
WP Rawl has farms located in FL, PA & SC.
WP Rawl’s headquarters are located in Pelion, SC.
South Carolina produces around MILLION gallons of milk per year.
South Carolina is home to around
South Carolina’s top 3 milk producing counties are Newberry, Bamberg & Orangeburg.
South Carolina’s most consumed dairy product is cheese…with ice cream following closely behind.
South Carolina is home to 25 dairy farms.
”We work to preserve the ability to pass down the farm to the next generation.”
Diary Farmers of America is a group of nearly 10,000 dairy farmers across the U.S.
ALL DFA dairy farms are family owned & operated. School District of Pickens County serves PET milk.
PET milk is a Dairy Farmers of America brand.
Two family farms supply milk for PET – Eberly Family Farm & Windcrest Holsteins.
Eberly Family Farm is a first-generation dairy farm.
Eberly Family Farm is located in Waynesboro, GA.
