2025 - Your Commission at Work

YOUR PROMOTIONS COMMITTEE AT WORK

Harvest Tour The NC Sweetpotato Commission hosted the 2024 Sweetpotato Harvest Tour, which brought both domestic and international registered dietitians, nutritionists, social media creators, trade media, and journalists together to learn how sweetpotatoes are grown, packed, and shipped. This four-day event and farm “harvest” tour educated partners and influencers on the farm to table process and the health benefits of NC sweetpotatoes, the collective efforts in research, production, and meeting consumer demands were provided not only by the Commission and its members, but also by the NC Department of Agriculture, NC State University researchers affiliated with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and numerous culinary professionals across NC. This project was jointly funded by Commission Assessments, NC General Assembly support, and a grant from the Tobacco Trust Fund.

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