sweet potatoes
North Carolina is once again the nation's top producer of sweet potatoes
North Carolina is once again the nation's top producer of sweet potatoes, a title it's held since 1971.
Who Doesn't Like Sweet Potatoes? This Kenyan Researcher, For One
True confession: I will not eat sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving. Or any other time of the year. It all has to do with my Kenyan childhood.
Sweet Potatoes: It's A Thin Line Between Love And Hate
The sweet potato is not just a Thanksgiving staple — it's a staple of African life as well. We asked three sweet potato lovers (and one hater) to share their views.
Why America Is Growing The Most Sweet Potatoes Since WWII
These sugary spuds are cheap and easy to grow, but the rise of postwar industrialization and processed foods made them less popular. Now, fad diets and trendy restaurants have sparked a renaissance.
How The Humble Orange Sweet Potato Won Researchers The World Food Prize
A public health campaign to sell Africans on the virtues of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes — bred for higher Vitamin A levels — has helped combat malnutrition on the continent.
Behind Your Holiday Sweet Potato Dish, Hard Work In The Fields
More than half of America's sweet potatoes were lifted by hand from the soil of North Carolina. It's some of the most back-breaking farm work to be found, and migrant laborers do most of it.
Natural GMO? Sweet Potato Genetically Modified 8,000 Years Ago
People have been farming — and eating — a GMO for thousands of years without knowing it. Scientists have found genes from bacteria in sweet potatoes around the world. So who made the GMO?