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3rd Annual Palmetto Tasty Tomato Festival To Take Place on July 15th

3rd Annual Palmetto Tasty Tomato Festival To Take Place on July 15th

Join Slow Food Columbia and Sustainable Midlands for a family-friendly, midsummer’s evening event with a free heirloom tomato tasting, live music, high quality food + drink vendors, tomato bobbing, a tomato potluck, the Tasty Tomato Contest, and old time festival fun at City Roots urban farm in Columbia, SC. Come celebrate good, clean and fair food ways, and the TOMATO, champion of the home garden!

Columbia Recognizes Homeownership Month with a ‘Help for Homeowners Event'

Columbia Recognizes Homeownership Month with a ‘Help for Homeowners Event'

The City of Columbia Community Development Department is recognizing National Homeownership Month by hosting the OMG of Homeownership on Saturday, June 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at Eau Claire High School (4800 Monticello Road).

OMG of Homeownership...Owning, Maintaining and Gardening event features hands-on instructional sessions. The event’s signature sponsor, Wells Fargo, will provide a clearer picture of the refinance process and mortgage modifications.

SC’s Walt McPhail Named National Tree Farmer of the Year

SC’s Walt McPhail Named National Tree Farmer of the Year

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City of Columbia to host homeownership workshop

City of Columbia to host homeownership workshop

The City of Columbia Community Development Department is hosting a “OMG” homeownership workshop. The workshop is about Owning, Maintaining and Gardening a home.

 

The event’s signature sponsor, Wells Fargo, will provide a clearer picture of the refinance process and mortgage modifica­tions.

Lexington County Peach Festival to feature Peachy Recipe Contest

Lexington County Peach Festival to feature Peachy Recipe Contest

It’s time for delicious Certified SC Grown peaches which means it’s also time for the annual Lexington County Peach Festival and “Peachy Recipe Contest.” The competition, sponsored by the Lexington County Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee, will be held on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 in the Gilbert Primary School Cafétorium as part of the Lexington County Peach Festival in Gilbert, S.C.

Want a free BLT?

Want a free BLT?

The Hugh Weathers, S.C. Commissioner of Agriculture, invites one and all to attend BLT Day as part of Fresh Fest at the South Carolina State Farmers Market, 3483 Charleston Highway in West Columbia on Saturday, June 2.

A thousand BLT (bacon, lettuce, and tomato) sandwiches will be offered to visitors, first‐come, first‐served for as long as they last beginning at 11 a.m.

SC Farmers Market to host Fresh Fest

SC Farmers Market to host Fresh Fest

The South Carolina State Farmers Market will be the host site for Fresh

Fest, a true festival amongst festivals, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 2, 2012. The event is sponsored

by Active Carolina, an initiative to get children, teens, and adults active in the community.