Smoke from a burning warehouse at the old State Farmers Market blanketed downtown Columbia Monday afternoon. The building, which once served as a warehouse for two of the market’s oldest and largest produce distributors, was scheduled to be torn down after football season to make way for USC’s plan to create more parking for Williams-Brice [...] Read More

With the first major event at the new State Farmers Market coming this weekend, the early reviews of the 174-acre, $85 million facility in Lexington County are positive. “We’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting for it to open,” Linda Sauls of Lexington said Monday, after buying several mini-pumpkins on her first visit. “I love [...] Read More