Fun Facts About Yams

  • Sweet potatoes are fried in bacon drippings and eaten w/ bacon on toast. traditional autumn breakfast food in Kentucky.
  • Americans consume almost 5 pounds of sweet potatoes per person per year.
  • Vardaman, Mississippi claims to be the Sweet Potato Capital of the World and holds the National Sweet Potato Festival every November.
  • Did you know? November is Sweet Potato Month in North Carolina
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