STARKVILLE — It’s official. The Mississippi sweet potato is growing tremendously – in status that is. The storage root formally becomes the “Official Vegetable of Mississippi” on July 1, after Governor Tate Reeves signed Senate House Bill 2383 into law this past month. And, none could be happier about the legislation’s passage than Mississippi State University sweet potato expert Lorin Harvey. “Farmers in Mississippi work hard to produce the saf…
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