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A FAMILY of FARMS

Richter and Co. is known as a “Family of Farms,” a trademark that developed through close, personal relationships with our grower partners who we have served for multi-generations.

McLEOD FARMS

McBee, SC
Fifth-generation family farm

“Life’s a peach” is more than a slogan for the McLeods, who run massive orchards in McBee, South Carolina. Fourth-generation owner Kemp McLeod and his son, Spencer, grow peaches on land that has been in his family for a century. Nearly 30 varieties of peaches that the McLeods grow include Cary Mac, developed on the farm and named for McLeod’s grandfather.
Kemp’s great-great grandfather, Hector McLeod, planted the first orchards in McBee around 1916. Now the family has more than 1,800 acres of peach trees in production, and they ship their Mac’s Pride brand all over the U.S. and Canada, as well as overseas. That’s a far cry from the first-generation business, when peaches were sold to travelers passing through McBee on the Seaboard Coastline Railroad.

Although peaches are their No. 1 crop, McLeod Farms — voted South Carolina Farm of the Year in 2011 — doesn’t stop there. They have a sizeable business in corn, wheat, rye and soybeans and a retail store that is a favorite stop for folks headed to and from South Carolina’s beaches. They also grow strawberries, blackberries, red potatoes, cabbage, sweet corn, squash, onions, bell peppers, okra, tomatoes, peas, pumpkins, turnips, egg plants and other produce that’s sold at their roadside markets.

Locals still visit the McLeods’ original store, a tiny building at the gate of the packing shed, but most people stop at the modern market a few miles away. Customers linger on the long porch, cooled by ceiling fans and lined with rocking chairs. Inside are peaches, of course, along with a gourmet meat market, baked goods, pickles, jams and preserves. At the cafe, favorites include tomato sandwiches, peach cobbler and peach ice cream.

McLEOD FARMS: FAMILY OWNED SINCE 1916

There’s also Mac’s Pride Museum, which houses more than 20 antique cars from each decade since the horse and buggy, old-time tractors and farm implements that belonged to the first peach-growing McLeod — much different from the high-tech machines Kemp and company use now. Among them are drip irrigation, high-speed wind machines and hail cannons.

Wind machines pull warmer air from the upper atmosphere down into the orchard, a process that raises ground-level temperatures to help save crops from devastating frost. In spring and early summer, hail prevention equipment generates high-frequency sound waves to crush hail before it batters crops — all this to deliver some of the world’s juiciest peaches, every one hand-pruned, hand-picked and hand-packed.

McLeod Farms
25455 Hwy 1
McBee, SC 29101
Phone: (843) 335-8335
Fax: (843) 335-8873
www.macspride.com

Owners: Kemp McLeod & Spencer McLeod
Current Production Acreage: 1,800
Peach Varieties: 30+
Seasonal Volume: 20 million pounds
Commodities: Peaches l May through August;
Strawberries | April through Mid-May;
Blackberries | June

Achievements:

2016 Order of the Palmetto,

South Carolina’s highest civilian award

2017 recognized as a Century Farm by the Stare of South Carolina
2017 South Carolina Farmer of the Year

Community Outreach: Active in the South Carolina Peach Council, supportive of local Future Farmers of America (FFA) programs, and charitable donors to United Way and Habitat for Humanity

COTTON HOPE FARMS

Monetta, South Carolina
Fifth-generation family farm

Sweet peach heaven in South Carolina

Cotton Hope sits comfortably on “the Ridge,” near the tiny town of Monetta, South Carolina. It sounds like a landmark, but the Ridge is a huge slice of heaven on Earth, covering three counties and known for the peaches that grow there in juicy abundance. It’s South Carolina’s most famous peach-growing region, and it’s one of the most popular sources of the fruit worldwide. Peaches are said to be sweeter here. That may be because they grow where the Coastal Plains and its sandy soils meet the Piedmont clay, making the ground extra fertile. The land also slopes, which provides good drainage.
Cotton Hope’s owner Tristan DuBose has farmed peaches since boyhood. He is part of the magic of the Ridge, where peaches get from tree to table in two days or less — almost as fresh as picking and eating them in the orchard. DuBose now farms with his son, Al, and, together, they know the secret to growing a peach that requires a napkin to catch juice that drips from chin to elbow. Their peaches truly are the taste of summer.

Tristan DuBose was born into a farm family. His father grew peaches, and Tristan worked the orchards, fertilized, plowed, picked by hand and did whatever was required. After graduating from Clemson University, Tristan continued to work with his father. Eventually, he found his own independence but stayed within the family tradition. The DuBose family has grown peaches in Monetta and neighboring Ridge Spring for more than 100 years.

Tristan and his son have developed a loyal following from folks who appreciate the taste of a sweet Carolina peach.Today, they grow more than 40 varieties and are one of South Carolina’s top peach producers.

Cotton Hope Farms
P.0. Box 207
Monetta, SC 29105
Phone: (803) 685-5118

Owners: Tristan DuBose & Al DuBose
Current Production Acreage: 1,800
Peach Varieties: 40+
Seasonal Volume: 20 million pounds
Commodities: Peaches | May through August
Affiliations: Members of the National Peach Council and South Carolina Peach Council

CHAPPELL FARMS

Kline, South Carolina
Fifth-generation family farm

Pat’s Pride Peaches: The South’s best early brand

Peaches have been part of the Chappell family for five generations, dating back to 1927. The year that James Chappell planted his first peaches in Candor, North Carolina, Calvin Coolidge was president; Charles Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris in a single-engine plane; Ford debuted the Model A; and the Yankees swept the Pirates in the World Series.
Great-grandson Pat Chappell continues the family business from his home base in Kline, South Carolina, where he moved in 1952 and planted his first 100-acre orchard. The farm has since grown to 1,000 acres and sells mostly early-variety peaches — the first to be plucked from the tree, usually in mid-May but sometimes in late April if the stars align.
Chappell’s is the southernmost peach farm along South Carolina’s Coastal Plains, where winters are mild, summers are warm and ample rainfall keeps crops well-hydrated — perfect conditions to grow early fruit bursting with flavor. Dedication to quality and craft have established “Pat’s Pride” as one of the South’s best early brands.
Pat, the former patriarch, clocked in every morning at sunrise until his mid-80s. Why? “I farm to live, and live to farm,” he used to say. He died in 2017.
His wife, the matriarch, “Mrs. Phyllis” retired from the packinghouse at age 83 but always showed up with Sunday lunch for the entire family. She died in 2022 surrounded by her children. Mr. Pat and she were married for 66 years. Their son, Tommy, handles the picking operation; his brother, Bud, handles the packing; their sister, Lynne, oversees quality control; and sister-in-law, Sonia, coordinates local sales. But everybody — grandkids included — mans the grading line when peaches are in full production.
Grandsons Patrick and Joseph also tend more than 4,000 acres of corn, wheat, soybeans and peanuts that the farm produces each year.
Clearly, the Chappells love what they do, and it shows in quality, flavor and customer service.

Chappell Farms
166 Boiling Springs Road
Kline, SC 29812
Phone: (803) 584-2565
Fax: (803) 584-3676
Email: [email protected]
www.chappellfarms.com

Owners: Tommy Chappell & Bud Chappell
Current Production Acreage: 1,000
Varieties Grown: 25
Seasonal Volume: 5 million pounds
Commodities: Peaches | May through July
Affiliations: Members of the National Peach Council, South Carolina Peach Council and Future Farmers of America (FFA)

STANLEY FARMS

Collins, Georgia
Fouth-generation family farm

Stanley Farms is owned and operated by R.T. and his sons Brian, Tracy and Vince. Its name is synonymous with Vidalia sweet onions and family farming in Vidalia, Georgia. R.T. started as a sharecropper in 1964. After farming his own land for a few years, R.T. grew his first 5 acres of sweet onions in 1975. The farm now grows conventional and organic Vidalia onions, and is one of the largest in the industry.
The Stanley family grows, processes, packs and ships produce nationwide. In partnership with Richter and Co., sweet onions branded under the Stanley Farms label are available year-round.

Stanley Farms
389 Charles Rufus Anderson Rd
Collins, GA 30421

The Stanley Farms brand has signified quality, honesty and integrity since 1975, when R.T. Stanley grew his first 5-acre onion field in South Georgia.
The Stanleys grow, pack and ship onions throughout North America from their home-based facility.

Commodities: Vidalia onions | April through August;
Sweet onions | August through March;
Yellow and red onions | packed year-round;
Organics | available throughout the year

Affiliations: Members of the Vidalia Onion Committee and the National Onion Association

Achievements:

R.T. Stanley Inducted into the Vidalia Onion Hall of Fame in 2018

McLEOD FARMS

McBee, SC
Fifth-generation family farm

“Life’s a peach” is more than a slogan for the McLeods, who run massive orchards in McBee, South Carolina. Fourth-generation owner Kemp McLeod and his son, Spencer, grow peaches on land that has been in his family for a century. Nearly 30 varieties of peaches that the McLeods grow include Cary Mac, developed on the farm and named for McLeod’s grandfather.

Kemp’s great-great grandfather, Hector McLeod, planted the first orchards in McBee around 1916. Now the family has more than 1,800 acres of peach trees in production, and they ship their Mac’s Pride brand all over the U.S. and Canada, as well as overseas. That’s a far cry from the first-generation business, when peaches were sold to travelers passing through McBee on the Seaboard Coastline Railroad.

Although peaches are their No. 1 crop, McLeod Farms — voted South Carolina Farm of the Year in 2011 — doesn’t stop there. They have a sizeable business in corn, wheat, rye and soybeans and a retail store that is a favorite stop for folks headed to and from South Carolina’s beaches. They also grow strawberries, blue- berries, red potatoes, cabbage, sweet corn, squash, onions, bell peppers, okra, tomatoes, peas, pumpkins, turnips, egg plants and other produce that’s sold at their roadside markets.

Locals still visit the McLeods’ original store, a tiny building at the gate of the packing shed, but most people stop at the modern market a few miles away. Customers linger on the long porch, cooled by ceiling fans and lined with rocking chairs. Inside are peaches, of course, along with a gourmet meat market, baked goods, pickles, jams and preserves. At the cafe, favorites include tomato sandwiches, peach cobbler and peach ice cream.

McLEOD FARMS: FAMILY OWNED SINCE 1916

There’s also Mac’s Pride Museum, which houses more than 20 antique cars from each decade since the horse and buggy, old-time tractors and farm implements that belonged to the first peach-growing McLeod — much different from the high-tech machines Kemp and company use now. Among them are drip irrigation, high-speed wind machines and hail crushers.

Wind machines pull warmer air from the upper atmosphere down into the orchard, a process that raises ground-level temperatures to help save crops from devastating frost. In spring and early summer, hail prevention equipment generates high-frequency sound waves to crush hail before it batters crops — all this to deliver some of the world’s juiciest peaches, every one hand-pruned, hand-picked and hand-packed.

McLeod Farms
25455 Hwy 1
McBee, SC 29101
Phone: (843) 335-8335
Fax: (843) 335-8873
www.macspride.com

Owners: Kemp McLeod & Spencer McLeod
Current Production Acreage: 1,800
Peach Varieties: 30+
Seasonal Volume: 20 million pounds
Commodities: Peaches l May through August;
Strawberries | April through Mid-May;
Blackberries | June

Achievements:

2016 Order of the Palmetto,

South Carolina’s highest civilian award

2017 recognized as a Century Farm by the Stare of South Carolina
2017 South Carolina Farmer of the Year

Community Outreach: Active in the South Carolina Peach Council, supportive of local Future Farmers of America (FFA) programs, and charitable donors to United Way and Habitat for Humanity

COTTON HOPE FARMS

Monetta, South Carolina
Fifth-generation family farm

Sweet peach heaven in South Carolina

Cotton Hope sits comfortably on “the Ridge,” near the tiny town of Monetta, South Carolina. It sounds like
a landmark, but the Ridge is a huge slice of heaven on Earth, covering three counties and known for the peaches that grow there in juicy abundance. It’s South Carolina’s most famous peach-growing region, and it’s one of the most popular sources of the fruit worldwide. Peaches are said to be sweeter here. That may be because they grow where the Coastal Plains and its sandy soils meet the Piedmont clay, making the ground extra fertile. The land also slopes, which provides good drainage.

Cotton Hope’s owner Tristan DuBose has farmed peaches since boyhood. He is part of the magic of the Ridge, where peaches get from tree to table in two days or less — almost as fresh as picking and eating them in the orchard. DuBose now farms with his son, Al, and, together, they know the secret to growing a peach that requires a napkin to catch juice that drips from chin to elbow. Their peaches truly are the taste of summer.

Cotton Hope officially opened in 2005, but the family partnership is decades strong. Tristan was born into a farm family. His father grew peaches, and Tristan worked the orchards, fertilized, plowed, picked by hand and did whatever was required. After graduating from Clemson University, Tristan continued to work with his father. Eventually, he found his own independence but stayed within the family tradition. The DuBose family has grown peaches in Monetta and neighboring Ridge Spring for more than 75 years.

Tristan and his son have developed a loyal following from folks who appreciate the taste of a sweet Carolina peach.Today, they grow more than 40 varieties and are one of South Carolina’s top peach producers.

Cotton Hope Farms
P.0. Box 207
Monetta, SC 29105
Phone: (803) 685-5118

Owners: Tristan DuBose & Al DuBose
Current Production Acreage: 1,800
Peach Varieties: 40+
Seasonal Volume: 20 million pounds
Commodities: Peaches | May through August
Affiliations: Members of the National Peach Council and South Carolina Peach Council

CHAPPELL FARMS

Kline, South Carolina
Fifth-generation family farm

Pat’s Pride Peaches: The South’s best early brand

Peaches have been part of the Chappell family for five generations, dating back to 1927. The year that James Chappell planted his first peaches in Candor, North Carolina, Calvin Coolidge was president; Charles Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris in a single-engine plane; Ford debuted the Model A; and the Yankees swept the Pirates in the World Series.

Great-grandson Pat Chappell continues the family business from his home base in Kline, South Carolina, where he moved in 1952 and planted his first 100-acre orchard. The farm has since grown to 1,000 acres and sells mostly early-variety peaches — the first to be plucked from the tree, usually in mid-May but sometimes in late April if the stars align.

Chappell’s is the southernmost peach farm along South Carolina’s Coastal Plains, where winters are mild, summers are warm and ample rainfall keeps crops well-hydrated — perfect conditions to grow early fruit bursting with flavor. Dedication to quality and craft have established “Pat’s Pride” as one of the South’s best early brands.

Pat, the former patriarch, clocked in every morning at sunrise until his mid-80s. Why? “I farm to live, and live to farm,” he used to say. He died in 2017.

His wife, the matriarch, “Mrs. Phyllis” retired from the packinghouse at age 83 but always showed up with Sunday lunch for the entire family. She died in 2022 surrounded by her children. Mr. Pat and she were married for 66 years. Their son, Tommy, handles the picking operation; his brother, Bud, handles the packing; their sister, Lynne, oversees quality control; and sister-in-law, Sonia, coordinates local sales. But everybody — grandkids included — mans the grading line when peaches are in full production.

Grandsons Patrick and Joseph also tend more than 4,000 acres of corn, wheat, soybeans and peanuts that the farm produces each year.

Clearly, the Chappells love what they do, and it shows in quality, flavor and customer service.

Chappell Farms
166 Boiling Springs Road
Kline, SC 29812
Phone: (803) 584-2565
Fax: (803) 584-3676
Email: [email protected]
www.chappellfarms.com

Owners: Tommy Chappell & Bud Chappell
Current Production Acreage: 1,000
Varieties Grown: 25
Seasonal Volume: 5 million pounds
Commodities: Peaches | May through July
Affiliations: Members of the National Peach Council, South Carolina Peach Council and Future Farmers of America (FFA)

STANLEY FARMS

Collins, Georgia
Fouth-generation family farm

Stanley Farms is owned and operated by R.T. and his sons Brian, Tracy and Vince. Its name is synonymous with Vidalia sweet onions and family farming in Vidalia, Georgia. R.T. started as a sharecropper in 1964. After farming his own land for a few years, R.T. grew his first 5 acres of sweet onions in 1975. The farm now grows conventional and organic Vidalia onions, and is one of the largest in the industry.

The Stanley family grows, processes, packs and ships produce nationwide. In partnership with Richter and Co., sweet onions branded under the Stanley Farms label are available year-round.

Stanley Farms
389 Charles Rufus Anderson Rd
Collins, GA 30421

The Stanley Farms brand has signified quality, honesty and integrity since 1975, when R.T. Stanley grew his first
5-acre onion field in South Georgia.

The Stanleys grow, pack and ship onions throughout North America from their home-based facility.

Commodities: Vidalia onions | April through August;
Sweet onions | August through March;
Yellow and red onions | packed year-round;
Organics | available throughout the year

Affiliations: Members of the Vidalia Onion Committee and the National Onion Association

Achievements:

R.T. Stanley Inducted into the Vidalia Onion Hall of Fame in 2018

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