About Us

Supporting Sweetpotato Growers and Maintaining the Title of No. #1 Sweetpotato Producing State in the United States

The North Carolina SweetPotato Commission Inc. is a nonprofit corporation made up of over 400 sweetpotato growers along with the packers, processors and business associates that support them. The sole purpose of the commission is to increase sweetpotato consumption through education, promotional activities, research and honorable horticultural practices among its producers. Thanks to the six sweetpotato farmers that chartered the commission in 1961, the commission has supported its growers and maintained North Carolina as the No. 1 sweetpotato producing state in the United States since 1971. For more industry stats, please visit our Industry section.

The North Carolina SweetPotato Commission is managed by the Board of Directors, which is elected by the members of the commission 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 sweetpotato industry. The Board is responsible for:

  • Conducting the business of the North Carolina SweetPotato Commission
  • Employing the Executive Director
  • Carrying out the referenda
  • Enforcing the observance by its members of all provisions of the Charter and By-Law

Board of Directors


Brent Leggett
President
Leggett Farming Partnership

Rob Hill
Vice President
Tull Hill Farms

Thomas Joyner
Secretary / Treasure
Nash Produce

José  “Pepe” Calderon
Farm Pak

Sarah Carraway
Lancaster Farms

Clay Gardner
CEG Farms Inc.

Jim Jones
Jones Family Farms

Dewey Scott
Scott Farms

Annette Starling
Millstream Farms

Michael Wood
J. Roland Wood Farms

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