Source: FRESH PLAZA, 11/19/21

More than 65% of U.S. sweet potatoes are harvested in North Carolina, but supply chain and shipping issues are adding to an already busy holiday season for sweet potato farmers. "When COVID comes along and impacts so many businesses that we rely on but have no control over, it makes things scary," said Dewey Scott, vice president of sweet potato operations at Scott Farms, which is headquartered in Lucama, North Carolina. 

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