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South Carolina Business Review

Growing agribusiness in SC

By Mike Switzer
Published July 29, 2026 at 6:30 AM EDT
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Agriculture is a big part of our state’s economy, one that our next guest would like to see grow. Which is why he stays busy working to support and strengthen our agribusiness community. Mike Switzer interviews Jim Johnson, agribusiness senior consultant with the South Carolina Small Business Development Centers (SC SBDC) in Columbia, SC. Additional resource: SCRA Agribusiness Initiative

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Mike Switzer
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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