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Sweet potato is the state vegetable of North Carolina. It was officially designated by General Assembly of 1995.
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Discussions and Bills for state vegetable started in 1980's. At that time Maize and Collared were proposed.
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4th Grade students at Elvie Street School in Wilson, appealed General Assembly to consider Sweet Potato.
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They got support from their parents & community. So they started writing letters to State legislature requesting adoption.
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They continued writing letters for two years and then in 1995, the bill was passed.
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Native Americans used to grow Sweet Potato even before European colonization of North America.
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Scientists even believe that sweet potatoes were also food source for dinosaurs.
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Sweet potatoes are different from potatoes. Potatoes are from tuber family while sweet potato from root family.
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