South Carolina LFPA Plus Executive Summary
The South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) is requesting funding through a Cooperative Agreement with United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Plus (LFPA Plus) program to facilitate the continued purchase and distribution of local foods within the state. SCDA is working with a network of aggregators, distributors, and farmers to purchase local foods from rural and socially disadvantaged farmers, as well as to distribute local foods to underserved areas.