New research shows that a wild potato was carried across the region more than 10,000 years ago, helping it spread far beyond ...

GOVERNMENT is set to clamp down on the marketing and sale of unhealthy and ultra-processed foods high in sugar, salt and fat as part of a comprehensive ...

Sweet potatoes are a small side dish with a big economic impact for farms across the Midsouth, providing a $90 million boost to the economy of Louisiana alone. In 2025, holding-steady acreages and ...

Are you serving pumpkin or sweet potato pie this Thanksgiving? There's a lot of history and cultural ties that influence why Americans may prefer one or the other. This story was originally published ...

Farmers Mark Zamanian of Blessed Harmony Farms in Cobbs Creek and Christian Brown of Mush Love mushroom farm in Mathews visited a sweet potato farm in Farnham recently and gleaned over 1,000 pounds of ...

Merve Ceylan is a dietitian and health writer with four years of experience writing for companies in the nutrition and health industry. Sweet potatoes have more vitamins A and C, and fewer calories ...

Merve Ceylan is a dietitian and health writer with four years of experience writing for companies in the nutrition and health industry. Butternut squash and sweet potatoes are both rich in vitamin A, ...

PINE BLUFF, Ark. — November is Sweet Potato Awareness Month. It coincides with the heart of harvest season and Thanksgiving, a food-centered holiday, said Dr. W. Jinnings Burruss Jr., assistant ...