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South Carolina Cooperative Council

Providing cooperative education through quality programs.

For more information about membership or sponsorships, contact
Marie Stiles, CMP, Executive Director
151 Rocky Ridge Road
Leesville, SC 29070
Phone: 803.463.9706
Email address: mstiles@sc.rr.com

The South Carolina Cooperative Council was organized in 1953 and chartered as a non-profit educational organization in 1964.
There are eight district directors representing cooperatives within the state of South Carolina, four at-large directors and four advisory members who represent 4-H, FFA, Clemson University and USDA.
The Council sponsors a Cooperative Education Conference for Young Couples where information about cooperative principles and practices is facilitated by cooperative leaders. The program is designed to give young couples an understanding of how cooperatives operate. One couple is selected by the participating couples each year as the Outstanding Couple. They are recognized at the Council's annual meeting and are sponsored by the Council to serve as a host couple at the upcoming conference.

At least one youth is selected to attend the National Institute of Cooperative Education, held on a college campus. The 2008 conference is scheduled for July 27-30 at UNC-Asheville, NC.
During Cooperative Month (October) the Council sponsors a Cooperative Awareness Seminar for agricultural educators.
The Council sponsors the FFA Star Farmer Award and provides a $1,200 scholarship to the recipient and his or her advisor to attend the National FFA Conference.
The Council provides a $1,000 college scholarship to one of four 4-H students receiving Presidential Trays for outstanding contributions to the 4-H program.
Each year at the Council's annual meeting, Distinguished Cooperator of the Year Awards are presented.

Members of the South Carolina Cooperative Council:
AgFirst Farm Credit Bank
AgSouth Farm Credit
Aiken Electric Cooperative
Berkeley Electric Cooperative
Black River Electric Cooperative
Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative
Broad River Electric Cooperative
Central Electric Power Co-op
Coastal Electric Cooperative
CoBank
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.
Edisto Electric Cooperative
Electric Co-ops of South Carolina
Fairfield Electric Cooperative
Farmers Telephone Cooperative
Horry Electric Cooperative
Horry Telephone Cooperative
Laurens Electric Cooperative
Little River Electric Cooperative
Lynches River Electric Cooperative
Marlboro Electric Cooperative
Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers
Mid-Carolina Electric Co-op
Newberry Electric Cooperative
New Horizon Electric Cooperative
Palmetto Electric Cooperative
Palmetto Rural Telephone Co-op
Pee Dee Electric Cooperative
Pee Dee Farm Credit
Piedmont Rural Telephone Co-op
Santee Electric Cooperative
Southern States Cooperative
S.C Farm Bureau Marketing Assn
Tri-County Electric Cooperative
West Carolina Rural Telephone Co-op
York Electric Cooperative

To learn more about our cooperative members, click on the links before to visit their websites:
AgFirst Farm Credit Bank - www.agfirst.com
CoBank - www.cobank.com
ArborOne ACA - www.arboroneaca.com
AgSouth Farm Credit - www.agsouthfc.com
Dairy Farmers of America - www.dfamilk.com
Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers - www.mdvamilk.com
Southern States Cooperative - www.southernstates.com
The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina - www.ecsc.org
Farmers Telephone Cooperative - www.ftc-i.net
Palmetto Rural Telephone Cooperative - www.lowcountry.com
Horry Telephone Cooperative - www.htcinc.net
West Carolina Telephone Cooperative - www.wctelephone.com
Piedmont Telephone Cooperative - www.comporiumpublishing.com
South Carolina Farm Bureau - www.scfb.org

South Carolina Advocates for Agriculture Mission Statement - to improve the marketing and promotion of South Carolina agricultural products and the industry of agriculture. For more information, visit their Web Site: http://scadvocates4ag.org/