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GROWER PROFILE
East Coast
diversification
Titan Farms expands from peaches into vegetables
BY DOUG OHLEMEIER
ASSISTANT EDITOR
S
ince before the turn of the century, Titan Farms has
been a leading East Coast grower of vegetables and
peaches.
From its beginning, however, the Ridge Spring, South
Carolina, grower-shipper has successfully diversified into
other crops, including bell peppers, broccoli, eggplant
and strawberries. Its processing division transforms culls
into new markets and revenue streams.
Growing up in a military family, Chalmers Carr III at
11 years of age began working on his mother's North
Carolina family peach and tobacco farm.
After graduating from Clemson University in 1990,
Carr leased and later purchased a north Florida peach
farming operation. While the region's low chill varieties
produced colorful peaches, sizing was problematic, as
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was competition from California. Carr sold the Madison,
Florida, operation in 1996 after he moved to South Carolina
to work as a farm manager for the RW DuBose & Sons
with a lease-purchase agreement, which he and his wife
Lori Anne Carr initiated in 1999 and completed in 2001.
Not wanting to put all of his eggs in one basket, Carr,
president, owner and operator, immediately began
diversifying from DuBose's peach production into
peppers. Carr discovered it was difficult to obtain loans
for a crop that required 52 weeks of growing expenses
and yielded fruit for only 16 weeks.
Pepper expansion
In the past, Carr planted more pepper acreage,
but market and quality issues caused by armillaria, a
bacteria that breaks down produce, prompted Carr to
withdraw from growing in the coastal and I-95 corridor
parts of South Carolina.

September/October 2024

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of September/October 2024

Editor's Letter
Accelerated deadline
Weeding out danger
East Coast diversification
Regenerating soil
Connecting innovation and education at the Great Lakes EXPO
Organic Grower
Veg Connections
Farm Market & Agritourism
Ag Labor Review
Classifieds
Advertiser Index
September/October 2024 - 1
September/October 2024 - 2
September/October 2024 - 3
September/October 2024 - Editor's Letter
September/October 2024 - 5
September/October 2024 - Accelerated deadline
September/October 2024 - 7
September/October 2024 - Weeding out danger
September/October 2024 - 9
September/October 2024 - 10
September/October 2024 - 11
September/October 2024 - East Coast diversification
September/October 2024 - 13
September/October 2024 - 14
September/October 2024 - 15
September/October 2024 - Regenerating soil
September/October 2024 - 17
September/October 2024 - Connecting innovation and education at the Great Lakes EXPO
September/October 2024 - 19
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September/October 2024 - Organic Grower
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September/October 2024 - Veg Connections
September/October 2024 - 29
September/October 2024 - Farm Market & Agritourism
September/October 2024 - 31
September/October 2024 - Ag Labor Review
September/October 2024 - 33
September/October 2024 - Classifieds
September/October 2024 - Advertiser Index
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