Source: Dan Barkin, THE PILOT, 12/3/20


It is the holiday season, and many folks are thinking about Meemaw’s sweet potato recipe with the marshmallows. The sweet potatoes under the sugary goo likely come from North Carolina, the leading producer and home of an industry transformed in the last 20 years. The dominance of North Carolina’s sweet potatoes is an example of what happens when different players — university researchers, farmers, processors and the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services — work together to achieve a common goal.

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