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Sweetpotatoes have become one of the world’s favorite foods. They are high in vitamin A and also loaded with vitamin C, calcium, and potassium.

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An Orange Superfood

With great health benefits, delicious taste, and many ways to prepare, no wonder sweetpotatoes are widely considered a “super food”! Read this Article from the Miami Herald to learn more about their health benefits. 

Sweetpotatoes served around the World

Sweetpotatoes are changing the world as we know it. North Carolina State University was pivotal in growing the North Carolina sweetpotato industry into a global powerhouse. Now they are leading the effort to breed sweetpotatoes that could provide economic opportunities and better nutrition for people in African countries. View this article to learn more. 

60 Years of Promoting the North Carolina Sweetpotato

The North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission Inc. consist of 400 sweetpotato growers along with the packers, processors, and business associates that support them and just celebrated the milestone of 60 years. Spectrum News Covered this great achievement.

To learn more about sweetpotatoes, check out the North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission and the United States Sweetpotato Council websites!