Podcast Episode 15: Femi Oyediran, Graft Wine Shop
May 27, 2022
Get to know the Lowcountry’s local-independent business community, one changemaker at a time. “Small Talks, Big Ideas with Steve” is a podcast that features local business insights and updates, alongside interviews with members, sponsors, and supporters. For our 15th episode, Steve sits down with Femi Oyediran. Femi is… Read More
Podcast Episode 14: KJ Kearney, Black Food Fridays & Charleston Promise Neighborhood
May 26, 2022
Get to know the Lowcountry’s local-independent business community, one changemaker at a time. “Small Talks, Big Ideas with Steve” is a podcast that features local business insights and updates, alongside interviews with members, sponsors, and supporters. For our 14th episode, Steve sits down with KJ Kearney. KJ is… Read More
Q&A with GrowFood Carolina
Mar 30, 2022
With Eat Drink Local Month quickly approaching, Lowcountry Local First heard from one of its community partners, GrowFood Carolina. Anthony Mirisciotta, General Manager, offered some insight on how business is going. What are the biggest pain points or concerns for GrowFood right now? In 2021, GrowFood Carolina celebrated… Read More
Women Farmers: Taking care of the earth and creating a life of sustainability
Apr 22, 2019
The below guest blog post was provided by Michelle Jewell, Farm Bureau Women’s Committee Chair for Charleston County and 2018 graduate of Lowcountry Local First’s Growing New Farmers program. Learn more about our work in Good Farming aimed at nurturing a strong, vibrant local food system – including… Read More
The Ecosystem of Work: Joshua Robertson and Kate Borg
Aug 30, 2018
Two civil engineers walk into a bar….It’s a joke set-up, no doubt, and perhaps a bad one, but Josh and Kate are getting the last, and enduring, laugh after they each, at different times, walked up to the “bar” at Local Works. Think of that bar as the… Read More
Zing Table Zest
Apr 16, 2018
Story by Stephanie Hunt; Photo by Sea Star Arts Photography, of Paul Saginaw speaking at Lowcountry Local First’s 2013 Good Business Summit Exclamation points!! That’s the punctuation of choice when Ann Arbor, Michigan deli founders Paul Saginaw and Ari Weinzweig wrote their guiding principles for Zingerman’s Community of… Read More
Planting Possibility
Jan 8, 2018
From Buses to Beef to Broccoli, LLF’s Growing New Farmers Program is Sprouting Satisfying Careers For a 30-year old who’s done her share of kid-wrangling and hefty hauling, Nell looks pretty spry. Maybe it’s that a deep Kelly green suits her—a little perkier and certainly less glaring than… Read More