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SC Farm Bureau Invites Public to Help Celebrate Columbia, SC – South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation (SCFB) President David Winkles is encouraging all South Carolinians to help celebrate National Agriculture Day on March 20 and support the row crop farmers, fruit and vegetable producers, food scientists, livestock ranchers, and others who will take our country's agriculture industry into the future providing food, fiber, and fuel for the rest of the world. Winkles said, “Agriculture is extremely important to putting the United States on the path toward reducing its reliance on oil and embracing carbohydrates, or plant matter, as a viable energy strategy. Carbohydrates can be converted into chemicals, energy, textiles, building materials, paper, and many other industrial products.” For years, the US has had a hydrocarbon economy that is dependent on oil but now through technological improvements, environmentally friendly production practices, and other advancements, the US is now moving into more of a carbohydrate economy which will help sustain agriculture as agriculture sustains the nation. Winkles said as society has shifted from nearly everyone tied to a farm to today, with fewer than 2 percent of our population directly involved in production agriculture, it's important to convey the significance of American agriculture. “It's critical that the general public understand the role agriculture plays in providing our food, fiber, shelter, energy and other materials we use on a daily basis, and how it is helping us reach the goal of becoming a carbohydrate economy” Winkles added. South Carolina farmers join others in American agriculture who are doing more – and doing it more efficiently – than ever before. Today, each American farmer feeds more than 144 people. In 1960, each farmer fed 46 people. Innovations in farming techniques and technology have increased efficiency in the food production process. SCFB, the state’s largest general farm organization, will hold an Ag Day celebration at its Cayce, SC office on Knox Abbott Dr. from 11 am until 2 pm on March 20. Free hotdogs will be served while they last and consumers will be able to buy agricultural products from local vendors. SCFB is a grassroots advocate organization supporting the work of family farmers and rural lifestyles. The organization has more than 100,000 member families across the state. #
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