Record #:

22055

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

State farmers are developing new products from longtime crops to attract customers and increase their income. For example, Covington Spirits, based in Snow Hill, makes vodka purchased from locally grown sweet potatoes, mostly from nearby Ham Produce Company, which supplies them to the distiller in a pureed process Hams helped to develop. A number of farmers are cutting out the middle man and packaging their own harvest for the marketplace, thereby putting more money into their own pockets.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 34 Issue 5, May 2014, p44-45, il

Subject(s):

Farmers and farming; Farm incomes