About Sweet Potatoes




zvezdana North Carolina is THE SOURCE for a consistent year-round supply of sweet potatoes. We are the #1 sweet potato producing state and produce over 600 million pounds annually which represents 40% of the national supply. Our commercial growing areas are concentrated along the Interstate 95 corridor and eastward making easy access to most of the markets in the United States. This means the customer is assured of having daily fresh sweet potatoes from North Carolina.

Whether a buyer is looking for 5 pounds or 40,000 pounds of sweet potatoes, North Carolina is THE SOURCE of a consistent, year-round supply.
North Carolina is THE SOURCE in sweet potato research technology. The Commission collaborates with over twenty-five scientists to promote progress. Emphasis is placed on all phases of sweet potato research, including developing varieties, production, harvest, post-harvest, storage and product development. North Carolina farmers plant high quality, true-to-type, virus tested sweet potato seed from the Micropropagation Center at NC State University located in Raleigh, NC.

The majority of North Carolina sweet potato growers employ the latest environmental control technology to ensure that the sweet potatoes they ship to the grocery store and foodservice distributor are just as fresh and delicious in June as they are in November. The consumer can purchase a safe, high-quality product because of the research technology the Commission invests in.
rcqhealthy When a consumer is interested in a particular sweet potato recipe, wants to know the difference between a sweet potato and a yam or doesn’t know how to prepare them, North Carolina is THE SOURCE for information. Food editors, cookbook authors and other publicists consider North Carolina to be THE SOURCE for the latest nutritional information or statistical data that makes their articles or book cutting edge. Food processors and culinary professionals requiring the textual properties and food engineering of the sweet potato in order to design new sweet potato products turn to North Carolina as THE SOURCE for food technology.
04field For the gardener or commercial grower, North Carolina is THE SOURCE, for well-timed, up-to date growing practices and certified seed.
packsm The North Carolina SweetPotato Commission and the growers who fund its activities have made a commitment to excel in all areas of the sweet potato industry. From the seed that is planted, nurtured and harvested in the soils of North Carolina to the marketing and promotion of our product, we are driven toward excellence. We are THE SOURCE for all facets of the sweet potato industry.