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The South Carolina Department of Agriculture presents "The Tobacco Story."
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E. The Agricultural Landscape | Pee Dee Explorer
Agriculture is the mainstay of the Pee Dee region’s economic vitality. The history of agriculture in South Carolina is inseparable from that of slavery and plantation culture.
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This overview of The Last Auction sets the context for the documentary and how farm life has changed as tobacco has faded as a South Carolina crop.
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Discusses the significance of rice to Georgetown, South Carolina
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Find out how slaves were transported from West Africa to South Carolina. Also, discover the culture and language influences as Karl McAlister, Francis Marion University Librarian, takes us on a tour...
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A look at how switchgrass replaced cotton and tobacco as one of South Carolina's best crops.
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Walks through the process of making syrup at Blizzard Branch Syrup Co. in South Carolina.
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Pearl Fryar, a local gardener in Bishopville, South Carolina describes the kind of trees and bushes he grows in his topiary garden. Most common topiary plants are evergreen and have small, dense...
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Pearl Fryar uses The Gates as an example of artwork that celebrates the experience and moment of the creative act. The viewer's opportunity to interact with and be inspired by the art work justifies...
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Walking through the production of peaches in South Carolina
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Learning about agriculture at the annual Rural Heritage Festival
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Pearl Fryar believes his skills as an artist continues to grow because others take time to acknowledge and encourage his efforts. The idea of making a difference in another person's life, and how...
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Residents and historians explain the cultural and physical characteristics of Sandy Island.
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Details the process of making cornmeal
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A father and son explain their connection to the family farm
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Participants in Rural Heritage Day discuss environmentalism.
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What you always wanted to know about sheep and never asked
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McLeod Farms, family owned and operated since 1916, is one of the largest peach growers in the Southeast. The peach farm is located in McBee, South Carolina.
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Learn the history of Georgetown, South Carolina as well as the booming rice culture supported by slavery.
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One of the oldest sections of Pearl Fryar's garden is anchored around a Christmas tree he replanted in 1982. Success at cultivating the Eastern white pine, a native of the Blue Ridge of South Carolina...
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Interviews with several South Carolina cotton farmers
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Learn from a botanist about edible plants that are indigenous to the Pee Dee Region of South Carolina. Species include the Hawthorn Tree, Prickly Pear Cactus, Chestnut, River Birch, Wax-Myrtle...
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Exploring the applications of wild plants in traditional folk medicines
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The Carolina Marsh Tacky is a small horse brought to SC by Spanish explorers. It's an endangered breed.
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The history and culture of African Americans in Georgetown, South Carolina