This is a year of celebration for the North Carolina SweetPotato Commission as it celebrates its 60th anniversary. To continue in that celebratory spirit, NCSPC partnered with Ripe Revival to host a first-of-its-kind event in connection with the Harrison Family YMCA’s after-school program.

As a sweet potato grower/distributor, Matthews Ridgeview Farms, a fifth generation owned-and-operated company, looks to continue its rich history of providing top quality, nutritious vegetables to consumers.

The Wynne, AR-based company stores more than a million bushels of sweet potatoes a year and supply year-round. 

Farm Pak Products began operations in 1969 as a sales team for the produce grown at Barnes Farming, selling sweet potatoes directly to buyers along the East Coast. Over the course of 50-plus years, the sister company has grown into one of the largest and most reliable marketers of sweet potatoes world-wide.

In 2022, the Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission will celebrate its 70th year representing sweet potato growers, shippers, processors and bankers by educating consumers on the yam’s many nutritional attributes and versatility.

Sweet potatoes are the bread and butter of Nash Produce’s operation. The company has supplied sweet potatoes to customers since the start of Nash Produce in 2006 and has only increased its total acreage year after year. 

Vick Family Farms has a long history with sweet potatoes and today the product remains one of the most important crops it grows.

“Our sales now span a wide area across the world and we are proud of our history in the industry and the growth we have made over the last 46 years,” said Charlotte Vick, partner/sales and marketing manager at the Wilson, NC-based company. “Today we market nearly two million bushels.”