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Sweetpotato Is One Word, Part #1 #6

TEACH 356

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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 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...

Broadcast In: English Duration: 0:21:16

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Calendar Where Food Comes From: Sweetpotato Is One Word, Part #1 (TEACH 356) 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 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... http://proweb.myersinfosys.com/hetv/airlist/1115/detail.ics