Source: Kate Murphy, NEWS & OBSERVER, 11/26/19


If you’re planning on carving a turkey or whipping up a sweet potato casserole to share with your family and friends on Thanksgiving, you can thank North Carolina farmers. North Carolina is the nation’s top producer of sweet potatoes and ranks second for turkey production. It has maintained its sweet potato ranking since 1971. North Carolinians love their sweet potatoes so much — and are so good at harvesting them — that sweet potatoes are the official state vegetable.

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