Annotated Biblography

“The Economic Impact of the Agribusiness Industry in South Carolina”

   
Miley, Gallo&Associates, LLC. The Economic Impact of the Agribusiness Industry in South Carolina.

      Agribusiness Study . Columbia, 2008. Report.

     This report provides insight into the economic benefits of agriculture and forestry to South Carolina.  It gives statistics of the number of farms, revenue from agricultural businesses and imports and exports.  This report is equipped with specific information regarding agricultural commodities and inventories. Its main point is that the agricultural and forestry industries are main supporters of the South Carolina economy. It also brings up agri-tourism, the trend that people and families are following of visiting and participating in activities set up by working farms in the state.  It mentions that this would benefit the farms and also the surrounding areas because of educational opportunities in present museums and historical sites. 

Thomas Green Clemson: His Life and Work 

   
Holmes, Alester G. Thomas Green Clemosn: His Life and Work. Richmond: Garrett & Massie,

      Incorporated, 1937. Book.


     This book is dedicated to telling the life and works of Thomas Green Clemson.  It provides insight into his reasoning for starting an agricultural college. It describes how he received the land for Clemson University and his difficulties with naming the college of which he eventually settled on The Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina.  This book presents Thomas Clemson’s will and what it states regarding the start of a college in his name.  It also entails his difficulties in trying to break ground on creating an agricultural college in the south that would benefit the economy and future success of South Carolina.                

“Clemson Students Raise Question about Ag Program’s Fate”


Mitchell, Anna. "Clemson Students Raise Question About Ag Program's Fate." 1 November 2011.

      www.independentmail.com. Article. 25 February 2012.

 

    This is an article provided by independentmail.com.  It gives detail of a Clemson University Town Hall meeting and insight into many issues brought up, focusing on the agriculture debate.  It provides quotes from students from CAFALS (College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences) that are trying to understand the recent consolidation of the majors in CAFALS.  It mentions responses from the Provost and President Barker to questions asked.  Bringing up the most heated topic, the movement of Applied Economics and Statistics major from CAFALS to the College of Business and Behavioral Sciences, this article provides responses from a couple of students to the recent change and their frustrations with the changes.

Food for Thought

Clemson University is a university known nation-wide for its academic success and its relationship with South Carolinians.  Thomas Clemson hoped that this institution would become something great by the means of teaching the science of agriculture and the mechanical arts.  Clemson has established its meaning as an agricultural university by catering to many generations of farming families over the years.  Clemson extension was created to gain knowledge through research by focusing on agriculture and the environment, economic community and development, and youth and families.  I am the fourth generation of a farming family and also the fifth person to attend Clemson as an agriculture major.  I would hate to see the agriculture department suffer because of some budget cuts or someone who believes that this is what is best.  It is never a good time to cut back any department, but especially the agricultural one. People will always need to eat; they will always need food and will always demand quality foods.  Teaching a better way to grow foods and coming up with ways to better South Carolina’s society is something that should not be compromised.   A bumper sticker on my brother’s truck reads “Got Food? Thank a FARMER!” This statement is and always will be true.  South Carolina is a farming state, one that will depend on the newest knowledge of agriculture for years to come.  Since Clemson established the extension program, much knowledge has been gained, but why are the majors being merged or cut? Why are you no longer able to graduate in CAFALS with what you have been majoring in? Why, after so many meetings and petitions, does it seem like the university is not even listening to all the students and alumni who say that this is the wrong choice? An advertisement put out by the university states that fact that “agriculture sustains life.”  If agriculture sustains life, why aren’t they keeping emphasis on the agricultural department these days?

Research This!!

1.  The agricultural department and its meaning to Clemson University, past and present.  

2.  The components of the Vedas and its meaning to the Hindu religion. 

3.  The effects of deer management on South Carolina farms and crops.