edible UPCOUNTRY is a quarterly publication that promotes, explores and celebrates the local seasonal food culture of Upstate South Carolina. We aim to put a “face on our food” by telling the stories of the farmers, ranchers, artisans, chefs, and business owners who grow, harvest and create the local flavors that define the Upstate community. We want to be an indispensible and practical reference about what’s in season, local food and garden events, and those organizations and businesses who support local and sustainable food. With beautiful photography, creative writing and sumptuous recipes, edible UPCOUNTRY will delight your eyes, mind and palette.

Celebrating the abundance, season by season, quarter by quarter, we are honored to tell the local food stories of the Upstate.
You’ll find edible UPCOUNTRY at many advertiser locations and farmers’ markets.

EDIBLE TRADITION
Molly Delicious and Groucho Marx: A Short History of Apples in Oconee County
By Wayne Cox
Home of the South Carolina Apple Festival, the back roads and byways between Westminster and Long Creek bear beautiful fruit.

EDIBLE RHYTHM
Save it, Savor it
By Meredith Hardwicke
The tried and true custom of seed saving, explained by Spartanburg gardener Julie Thompson-Adolf.

FROM THE GOOD EARTH
American Manbirds: The Heritage Turkey in Upstate South Carolina
By Ashley Warlick
Real turkeys stand up for themselves. Three farms and their quest to bring good old fashioned strut back to our holiday tables.

IN THE KITCHEN WITH
Spartanburg Baker Liz Blanchard
By Mamie Morgan
The chef at Cakehead Bakeshop sits down for some sweets and sympathy.

LIQUID ASSETS
The Roots of the Brew: Thomas Creek and the Upstate Brewtopians
By Shawn Drury
Greenville’s Thomas Creek Brewery remembers how it all began, and opens its doors to local home brewers.

WORTH THE TRIP
Patak Meats
By Samantha S. Wallace
Old world sausages, salami, ham and much, much more are just down I-85 in Austell, GA.

CONVERGENCE
Rachel VanSlyke