Success Story"Sweet Potatoes In Your Diet"



"Sweet Potatoes In Your Diet"

Author: Edith Lovett

Planning Unit: Pulaski County CES

Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)

Plan of Work: Plate It Up

Outcome: Initial Outcome

        Twin Oak Acres, the largest sweet potato grower in Kentucky, reports to the Pulaski County Extension Office that they have sold the most sweet potatoes this year in the history of the farm.  The Twin Oak Acres Farm was one of the farms featured on the City-Farm Tour, jointly sponsored by the Pulaski County Extension Office, and was also featured in the Family and Consumer Sciences Agents newspaper article on the value of sweet potatoes in your diet.  Sweet Potato Recipes from the Plate It Up series were also featured in the column.                  Residents of the county were encouraged to shop at the Twin Oak Acres for the best prices on sweet potatoes.  Sweet Potato appetizers were also featured in a luncheon sponsored by the Pulaski County Extension Office and also in the local newspaper.






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