Quick, how to you spell sweetpotato? If you think we just did it wrong, think again -- that's the scientific way. And if you grow sweetpotatoes in North Carolina, that matters. And what North Carolina sweetpotato growers think matters ...See moreQuick, how to you spell sweetpotato? If you think we just did it wrong, think again -- that's the scientific way. And if you grow sweetpotatoes in North Carolina, that matters. And what North Carolina sweetpotato growers think matters because they grow more than two-thirds of the U.S. sweetpotato crop. How did one state become so dominant in a single industry? Believe it or not, tobacco played a role.
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