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Upstate food program receives USDA grant

Ron Jones, director of the Greenville County Schools Food and Nutrition Services
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Ron Jones, director of the Greenville County Schools Food and Nutrition Services

As you are probably aware, the current administration in Washington canceled a lot of federal grants last year that has significantly affected the nonprofit community. One example came to our attention last summer when we interviewed Mary Hipp of Feed and Seeds in Greenville which manages a food share program. But now we’ve learned that a new federal grant has been awarded to help with this situation. Mike Switzer interviews Ron Jones, director of the Greenville County Schools Food and Nutrition Services.

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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.