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COLUMBIA — Danny Ford, Clemson University's first national championship football coach, and former state Rep. Chip Limehouse of Charleston, are among the 20 farmers who can legally grow hemp in South Carolina under a law approved earlier this year. Ford, who led Clemson to its 1981 title, plans to grow hemp on 16 acres in Pickens County, while Limehouse, a Republican, will grow it on 20 acres — the maximum allowed — in Aiken County, according to the state Agriculture Department.
More than 130 people applied to participate in the pilot program's inaugural year. The agency announced the 20 permit winners this week. 'I think South Carolina is poised to be on the front end of hopefully, a great new agricultural boon,' said Limehouse, who did not seek re-election in 2016 after 22 years in the House. 'This could be the next indigo, rice, or cotton for South Carolina,' he said. Factors weighed in selecting the included their agricultural experience, ability to secure financing and their farm's location. 'We tried to do a geographic dispersion around the state and a little clustering when we did,' Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers said Friday. Narrowing the field to the 20 allowed by law was tough, he added.
'We could have easily had 40 to 50 very legitimate permittees.' The permits will go to farmers in 15 of the state's 46 counties, many of which represent the state's bread-basket for traditional or historic crops. Marion, Florence and Charleston counties are among them.
The law signed by Gov. Henry McMaster in May requires each participant to partner with a university for research.
The program will expand to 40 farmers planting up to 40 acres each in the experiment's second and third years. In the following years, the number of permits will be determined by the agriculture agency and participating universities. Limehouse, whose grandfather started Limehouse Produce in Charleston County, said he's owned a 150-acre farm in Aiken County for several years. He has partnered with South Carolina State University in Orangeburg for the research element. Other participating schools are the University of South Carolina, the Medical University of South Carolina, Clemson University and USC-Beaufort. Limehouse expects to plant his crop in mid- to late-March.
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'Why hemp was banned to start with I don’t know. Hemp is not marijuana, but I think it’s high time we have medical marijuana.' Hemp growing has been illegal for decades. The ban stems from its physical similarity to marijuana, even though hemp has only a small fraction of the psychoactive compound tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. Hemp fibers can be made into rope and clothing. Non-psychoactive cannabidiol, known as CBD oil, can also be derived from hemp.
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In 2014, the Republican-controlled Legislature passed a limited law allowing people suffering from severe epilepsy, or their caregivers, to legally possess CBD oil. Proposals to broadly legalize medical marijuana remain stuck in House and Senate committees despite being backed by some of the Legislature's most conservative Republicans. South Carolina follows Kentucky and Tennessee in launching an industrial hemp program that was allowed under the 2014 federal farm bill.
'I've told my folks we want to leapfrog these states that got a head start,' Weathers said. 'If the market will bear it, we want to be well ahead of them. We need crop diversification in South Carolina now.'
Ford did not immediately return messages Friday, but Weathers confirmed that the 'Danny Lee Ford II' on the agency's list of selected farmers is indeed the former Clemson coach. Most of the permittees applied to farm the maximum 20 acres. The smallest planting will be on 5.5 acres, for a total acreage of 365 acres in 15 counties statewide.
You can take a Bowman out of football, but you can’t take football out of a Bowman. Patrick Bowman, who excelled as a player and spent time as a coach before becoming a school administrator, is returning to the football field as the new head coach at North Mac High School. The 39-year-old Bowman, who’s spent the last five-plus years as superintendent of the Palmyra Northwestern school district, was approved Wednesday night as head coach and high school science teacher by the North Mac Board of Education. A former head coach at Girard and the son of Hall of Fame coach Dan Bowman, Patrick will take over for Dan Carlson, who resigned after one season guiding the Panthers. Patrick Bowman admitted it’s unusual to leave a superintendent’s post to become a teacher and coach. But he said the game still has a strong pull on him.
“I grew up in the game of football,” Bowman said Wednesday night. “I’ve been out of it for a while, but I’ve still gone to clinics and talk football whenever I can. “Being in an administrative role and not coaching, it’s not nearly as fun. With the North Mac position opening up, I tossed the idea around. I talked with administrators at North Mac and I talked to my wife (Jami), then I jumped at the opportunity.” Patrick and Jami Bowman have two children: daughter Alexis (in sixth grade) and son Ty (third grade). Patrick said his wife was fully supportive of the career move.
“She understands how important this game is to our family,” Patrick said. “If you’re around the Bowman family at all, you know it’s about football. (Jamie) knows what it means to me.” Bowman said his familiarity with the Virden-Girard area contributed to his decision. In addition to coaching at Girard from 2005-08, he was junior high principal at North Mac for one year before becoming Northwestern superintendent in July 2012.
“I know people from both communities, which doesn’t hurt,” Bowman said. “There are a lot of familiar names and faces over there. I hope the kids are as excited as I am.” Bowman will inherit a team that went 4-5 overall and the Sangamo Conference last season, with the Panthers missing the playoffs for just the second time in North Mac’s eight-year history. He’s well aware of the strength of the Sangamo, which has sent five teams to Class 2A or 3A state title games in the past four years. “There aren’t any easy games in that conference,” said Bowman,who’ll be North Mac’s fourth head coach in the last five years.
“It’s exciting, but it’s a battle every week. You have to be prepared.” Patrick Bowman’s older brother, Kevin Bowman, formerly coached at Piasa Southwestern and is currently the superintendent at Greenfield.
Their father, Dan Bowman, coached at Greenfield for 32 years before retiring in the spring of 2012. Assembling a coaching staff is near the top of Patrick’s to-do list. He wouldn’t mind having an assistant with 38 years of experience (including six as coach at Jacksonville Routt) lending a hand. “There’s a guy I know who’s retired and related to me,” Patrick said, referring to Dan. “He’s always a great reference if I need it.” Contact Dave Kane: 788-1544, dave.kane@sj-r.com, twitter.com/davekaneSJR.