Feed & Seed Co. recently opened in West Greenville. Partnering with local farmers, wholesalers, and other organizations, Feed & Seed Co. has developed networks and programs designed to help close the gaps in the process that gets food from local farms to the community. They also opened the Food Innovation Hub, which serves as a collaborative facility for farm, food, and education in the Upstate. Designed as a multi-purpose facility to support our local farmers and the community, it’s a space that provides food growers and makers the infrastructure and support systems needed for success.

Besides the Green Market & Café (where you can get groceries and a bite to eat), they also have a processing area for farmers to process their harvest, a commercial kitchen that can be rented out, a 90-seat event room that is available to rent for $125 (for 3 hours,) several commercial dehydrators, and 5,000 square feet of flash freezers that farmers can lease out.

According to Mary Hipp, Feed & Seed Co. Board Chair, “The mission of feed and seed is to make fresh food affordable to all of South Carolina, but it is also a wraparound organization, from economic support for the farmers by creating a vibrant market for them; all the way to making food accessible to communities that don’t have it and don’t have access. Then, making it affordable at the same time by keeping it a local food location and fresh; it has more nutrition because it’s right here in our backyard.”

Feed & Seed is located at 701 Easley Bridge Rd., Ste. 6010, Greenville. (Entrance off of 2nd Ave.). For more information, call 864-412-4720 or visit FeedAndSeedSC.com. Business and Café hours are listed on their website.