More sweet potatoes grace California's farms and Americans' plates
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 00:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Doctors and weight-loss groups have touted sweet potatoes' health benefits. Yet it was sweet potato fries that fed the public demand.Bouncing down a dirt road, past emerald fields thick with sweet potato plants, farmer Robert Garcia hunched over the steering wheel of his pickup truck and grinned with glee.