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THE SOURCE
for Promotion, Information, Education and Service
from North Carolina’s Sweet Potato Growers
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The North Carolina SweetPotato Commission, Inc. is a non-profit corporation (IRS 501 (c)5), which was chartered on June 30, 1961 by six sweet potato farmers. For almost fifty years North Carolina farmers have sought to increase sweet potato consumption by collectively funding promotional programs; providing timely and relevant information to themselves as well as consumers; funding research and development projects; and encouraging the use of good seed stock and horticultural practices among producers.
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The current sweet potato industry in North Carolina is comprised of over four hundred growers, forty plus packer-shippers, four processors, five or more brokers and many business associates. These members, acting jointly, form the North Carolina SweetPotato Commission. Each year the sweet potato growers in North Carolina assess themselves $15.00 per planted acre, representing 99% of the funding for the promotional activities of the Commission.
The Commission’s main objective is to boost sweet potato consumption, production and sales in both domestic and foreign markets. This goal is accomplished through marketing, legislation, education, service, and the dissemination of information. The North Carolina SweetPotato Commission also undertakes various grower management issues which affect the sweet potato industry. We accomplish this by supporting or opposing current legislation/regulation; developing best management / horticultural / environmental practices; and consulting with various federal, state and private agencies for the betterment of the sweet potato industry.
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Under the direction of its current executive director,
Sue Johnson-Langdon,
and the office staff the Commission continues to make the public aware of the health benefits, nutritive value and the virtually endless diversity of sweet potatoes. The Commission promotes North Carolina’s sweet potatoes through the public media - radio, television, the Internet and printed publications, through agricultural extension services; family and consumer services; professional groups; school, hotel and restaurant foodservice; and medical groups. We also exhibit at statewide and national trade shows, conduct demonstrations, food workshops, and slide presentations to all types of groups and organizations.
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NC SweetPotato Commission
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The management of the non-profit corporation is the responsibility of a Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is elected by the membership each January at the Annual Meeting. These twelve directors, who serve a rotating three-year term, are growers, packer-shippers or processors who are actively involved within the sweet potato industry. The Board conducts the business of the NC SweetPotato Commission, employs the Executive Director, carries out the referenda and enforces the observance by its members of all provisions of the Charter and By-Laws.
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Dewey Scott - President
Scott Farms Inc
7965-A Simpson Rd
Lucama, NC 27851
Phone: 252-284-4030
Fax: 252-284-4872
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Johnny Barnes - Vice-President
Barnes Farming Old Bailey Hwy Sprint Hope, NC 27882 Phone: 252-459-3101 Fax: 252-937-2087
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www.farmpak.com
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Rob Hill -
Secretary-Treasurer
Tull Hill Farms
2264 Hugo Road
Kinston, NC 28501
Phone: 252-523-4406
Fax: 252-523-8052
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Loman Brown
Healthy Fruits, Inc.
PO Box 459
Bath, OH 44210
Phone: 330-659-9391
Fax: 330-659-4478
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Terrell Williams
2866 Maxwell Rd
Autryville, NC 28318
Phone: 910-567-2245
Fax: 910-567-2603
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Dwayne Ferrell
Vick Family Farms
11124 Christian Rd
Wilson, NC 27896
Phone: 252-237-7313
Fax: 252-243-0818
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Phil Hudson
John Hudson Farms
553 Rosin Hill Rd
Newton Grove, NC 28366
Phone: 910-337-1711
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Mike Hocutt
Hocutt Farms
8541 Bailey Rd
Sims, NC 27880
Phone: 252-205-2935
Fax: 252-235-5870
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Jimmy D. Jones Jr.
Jones Farms
7094 Honeysuckle Lane
Bailey, NC 27807
Phone: 252-235-3248 Fax: 252-235-0155
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Danny F Kornegay, Jr.
Kornegay Farms
610 Worley Rd
Princeton, NC 27569
Phone: 919-920-7865
Fax: 919-936-3213
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George Massengill
Hill Top Farms
6341 Stricklands Crossroads Rd
Four Oaks, NC 27524
Phone: 919-894-4611
Fax: 919-207-1560
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George Wooten
Wayne E. Bailey Produce Co.
PO Box 467
Chadbourn, NC 28431
Phone: 910-654-5163
Fax: 910-654-4734
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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.
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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.
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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. 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. For the gardener or commercial grower, North Carolina is THE SOURCE, for well-timed, up-to date growing practices and certified seed.
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.
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