Greenville, South Carolina metropolitan area

Steve Lorch has a 30-year plan to put upstate South Carolina on the map, known as a place for producing great tea.

Could Pickens, South Carolina, join China, India and Sri Lanka among the world’s great tea-growing regions?

October 23, 2017Economics

When you think of the world’s great tea-growing regions, you might think of parts of India, Sri Lanka, China or Kenya. Odds are, though, you don’t think of Pickens, South Carolina, a small, economically depressed town in Appalachia. But one man in Pickens is on a mission to change that.