Farmers Markets Growing in South Carolina

By Mike Switzer

Published October 14, 2016 at 5:03 AM EDT

Farmers markets continue to grow in popularity around South Carolina. And while many of them close during the late fall and winter months, there’s one in our state capitol that runs year-round.

Mike Switzer interviews Emile DeFelice, founder and organizer of the Soda City market and the Gervais Street Bridge Dinner in Columbia.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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