Organics accounted for more than 5% of total food sales in the U.S. last year. That rising demand includes tropical items, importers said, despite the challenges of growing an organic product in a hot, wet environment.
Sweet potatoes have a strong association with the holidays, but the North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission is urging consumers to “Be Sweet More Often.”
North Carolina’s sweet potato acreage declined 15,000 acres this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The drop is significant considering that the state produces more than half of the nation’s crop.
