Chalmers R. Carr III ’90
Winter 2006
Agricultural economics graduate Chalmers Carr is the
current Lancaster/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year for
South Carolina. The award is sponsored by Swisher International and
the Sunbelt Expo.
He and his wife, Lori Anne Carraway Carr ’90, M ’92, own
and manage Titan Peach Farms Inc. in Ridge Spring, the largest producer
of peaches on the East Coast.
The Carrs’ orchards cover almost 2,600 acres and produce 350
bushels per acre. Their total produce operation of more than 4,680
acres also includes 80 acres of watermelons, 50 acres of peppers and
10 acres of eggplant.
Titan produce is sold at many major supermarkets including BI-LO, Harris
Teeter, Wal-Mart, Lowes Foods, Publix and Food Lion.
Beyond the orchard, Carr has been a leader in the S.C. Peach Council,
which represents the state’s wholesale commercial shippers as
well as smaller basket growers. He has been instrumental in the council’s
partnership with Clemson and in major fund raising that’s resulted
in competitive grants.
His father, “Hap” Carr ’60, is past chairman of the
Clemson Corps and president-elect of the Alumni Association.