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  2. List of sweet potato cultivars - Wikipedia

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    Carolina Nugget North Carolina State University [4] HM1-36 × Lakan [4] rosy: medium orange: First cultivated in 1954 [4] US Carolina Ruby North Carolina Agricultural Research Service (NCARS) [4] open pollinated seedling of Beauregard [4] dark red to purple-red [5] dark orange [5] First cultivated in 1988 [5] US Caromex North Carolina State ...

  3. List of U.S. state foods - Wikipedia

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    North Carolina: State vegetable: Sweet potato: 1995 [88] State blue berry: Blueberry: 2001 [88] State red berry: Strawberry: 2001 [88] State fruit: Scuppernong grape: 2001 [88] North Dakota: State fruit: Chokecherry: 2007 [89] Ohio: State fruit: Tomato: 2009 [90] State native fruit: Pawpaw: 2009 [90] Oklahoma: State meal: Oklahoma state meal ...

  4. File:Sweetpotato harvest in Nash County, North Carolina.jpg

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  5. How Vardaman became the 'Sweet Potato Capital of the World' - AOL

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    Nov. 18—VARDAMAN — In 1996, the wives of three sweet potato farmers — Daphna Cook, Karen Wright and Barbara Williams — decided to start a business selling baked goods featuring products ...

  6. Jason Brown (American football) - Wikipedia

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    Brown chose to walk away from football in 2012 at the age of 29 to become a farmer in Louisburg, North Carolina. He maintains a 1,000-acre farm called First Fruits Farm where he grows produce such as sweet potatoes and cucumbers. He donates these crops to local food pantries, having given away over 500,000 pounds of sweet potatoes and 50,000 ...

  7. Wendell H. Murphy - Wikipedia

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    Wendell H. Murphy was born in Rose Hill, North Carolina.In 1960, Murphy received a B.S. in agriculture from North Carolina State University.After graduating from college, Murphy became an agriculture teacher, but soon Wendell and his dad, Holmes Murphy, opened a feeding manufacturing operation.

  8. Why are lawmakers pushing to keep potatoes classified as a ...

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    This week a bipartisan-led effort — that included the backing of U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Michael Bennet in a group of 14 senators — targeted any attempt to reclassify potatoes as a ...

  9. Sweet potato - Wikipedia

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    The sweet potato became a favorite food item of the French and Spanish settlers, thus beginning a long history of cultivation in Louisiana. [103] Sweet potatoes are recognized as the state vegetable of Alabama, [104] Louisiana, [105] and North Carolina. [106] Sweet potato pie is also a traditional favorite dish in Southern U.S. cuisine.