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Article: Sweet Potatoes Are No Longer Just Holiday Fare.
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- Frozen Food Digest
- Article date:
- February 1, 1999
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Less-than-ideal weather across the major growing regions in the South this summer is expected to reduce supplies of sweet potatoes this holiday season and the rest of the 1998/99 marketing year. The decline is not likely to be severe, and grower and retail prices are expected up only modestly in 1998/99.
Sweet potatoes are traditionally associated with Thanksgiving, and shipments rise predictably every November as the holiday approaches. November typically accounts for about 20-25% of domestic shipments of sweet potatoes--a root vegetable that is rich in vitamins and minerals, low in fat and calories, and cholesterol-free. Shipments also increase during the ...