Packers and Shippers

5 Girls Produce

Address: 108 Planters Walk Lane, Clinton NC 28328

Email: hc@5girlsproduce.com, terry@5girlsproduce.com

Contact: HC Precythe, Managing Partner; Terry Cottle, Managing Partner; JD Lee & Eddie Lee, Sales

Phone: 910-567-6877

Website: www.5girlsproduce.com

Products: Sweet potatoes, cucumber, squash, pepper, eggplant

Brands: 5 Alive, 5 Girls, Sweet Delight, Blue Bayou

Varieties: Beauregard, Covington

Pack: 40 pound cartons, bulk bins, special sizes

Details: Quality sweet potatoes and vegetables with over 50 years combined experience in the industry.

B & B Produce

Address: 2778 NC 50 South, Benson, NC 27504

Email: bbproduce@hotmail.com

Contact: Bob Bassetti, President

Phone: 919-894-2527, 609-561-8835

Website:

Products:

Brands: Sun Beauty, Micro-Sweet

Varieties: Beauregard, Covington

Pack: 5 lb - 40 lb, individually wrapped 20 lb boxes

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Burch Brothers Farm

Address: 685 Burch Rd; PO Box 399, Faison, NC, 28341

Email: burch@intrstar.net

Contact: Jimmy Burch, Owner

Phone: 910-267-5781; 800-468-9668

Website:

Products:

Brands: Georgiana, Sugar ’N Spice, Steak House, Cinnamon & Sugar, Candy Yams

Varieties: Covington, Hernandez, Grand Asia; Organic Sweet potatoes available

Pack: 40 lb.

Details: We specialize in computer sized, waxed Sweet Potatoes. The consumer gets the size they want, the appearance they expect, and ionization is available for better shelf life.

ERW Farms

Address: 5181 Strickland Rd., Bailey, NC, 27807

Email: erwfarms@embarqmail.com

Contact: Wade Glover, Robert Glover, Rob Glover

Phone: 252-205-1291; 252-205-1292; 252-205-4054

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Varieties: Beauregard (B-24), Covington; Grower Seed Category: Elite, Cat I and II

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Details: NC Certified micropropagated, Virus-Indexed seed and plants

Farm Fresh Produce Inc.

Address: P.O. Box 124, Fasion, NC 28341

Email: steven@farm-fresh-produce.com

Contact: Steven A. Ceccarelli, President

Phone: 800-606-9267

Website: www.farm-fresh-produce.com

Products: Sweet potatoes, cucumbers, squash, strawberries, blueberries, peppers, cabbage, nappa cabbage

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Details: Suppliers and exporters of sweet potatoes to England, Holland, Ireland, France and the United States.

FarmPak Products, Inc.

Address: 7840 Old Bailey Hwy, Spring Hope, NC 27882

Email: sales@farmpak.com

Contact: Johnny Barnes, President

Phone: 800-367-2799

Website: www.farmpak.com

Products:

Brands: Farm Pak, Queen Ann, Beta Blast, Dole

Varieties: Evangeline, Covington, White, Batata, Orientals, Organic

Pack: 3 lb and 5 lb bags, 20 lb and 40 lb boxes, 1,000 lb plastic bins, 1,200 lb cardboard bins, 6 kg box export, Count Pack 45-60-75-80-90, organic 2 lb net bag, microwave single wrap

Details: Electronic sizer for a uniform size pack, count pack, year round supply, exclusive marketers and exporter for Barnes Farming, USDA GAP & GHP, GLOBAL GAP, CCOF, IFOM Organic Certified

Godwin Produce Co.

Address: PO Box 163, Dunn, NC, 28334

Email: sweettater@aol.com

Contact: David Godwin

Phone: 910-892-4171

Website: www.sweettater.com

Products:

Brands: Godwin Produce Co., Sweet Carolina, Godwin’s Blue Ribbon, Dunn’s Best

Varieties: Beauregard 94-14, Covington

Pack: 10 lb., 40 lb., bulk, bins

Details: Quality oriented, family-owned and operated grower/shipper with over 50 years in the industry.

Ham Produce Company, Inc.

Address: 963 Hwy 258 S, Snow Hill, NC 28580

Email: sales@hamfarms.com

Contact: Bobby G Ham, President

Phone: 252-747-8200, 866-747-8200

Website: www.hamfarms.com

Products:

Brands: Ham's Yams, Sweet Carolinas, Baker's Pride, Granny's Choice, Micro Yams, Carolina's Best

Varieties: Beauregard, Covington, Grand Asia, Japanese

Pack: 40 lb, 10 lb, 3-5 lb bags, bulk, 6-12 kg

Details: Family-owned and operated grower/packer/shipper/exporter since 1975.

J. Roland Wood Farms

Address: 2500 Beasley Rd, Benson, NC, 27504

Email: ncfarmer99@aol.com

Contact: Roland Wood, Owner/Sales

Phone: 919-894-2318; 919-207-0802 (night)

Website:

Products:

Brands: Suzy’s Supreme, Little Mike, Big Daddy’s Jumbos, Wood Farms

Varieties: Beauregard, Hernandez

Pack: 40 lb.

Details: A family, hands-on business capable of serving individual customers with individual attention.

Jerome Langdon Farms

Address: 7756 NC Hwy 50 N, Angier, NC, 27501

Email: langdonpro@aol.com

Contact: Jerome Langdon

Phone: 919-894-8014; 919-291-5688

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Details: Acreage Category: 300 acres or more, Storage Capacity: 70,000 bushels

Millstream Farms

Address: 1131 Timothy Rd, Dunn, NC, 28334

Email:

Contact: Henry Chancy

Phone: 910-567-6745

Website:

Products:

Brands: Sweet Delight

Varieties: Beauregard, Hernandez

Pack: Med-No. 1, Large-No. 1, Mixed Pack

Details: Quality Sweet Potatoes

N. N. Ellis Produce Co., Inc.

Address: 1131 NN Ellis Rd, Faison, NC, 28341

Email:

Contact: T D Bryson, Vice President

Phone: 910-267-4671

Website:

Products:

Brands: Jean Brand

Varieties: Beauregard, Hernandez, Jewel

Pack: No. 1, No. 2, Jumbo, Steakhouse

Details: We also ship greens and other mixed vegetables. Grower/shipper/packer for 3 generations since the 1930’s. Ship from three different locations off I-95 and I-40.

Nash Produce

Address: 6160 S NC Hwy 58, Nashville, NC, 27856

Email: info@nashproduce.com / thomasjoyner@nashproduce.com / laurakornegay@nashproduce.com

Contact: Thomas Joyner - President / Richard Joyner - Vice President / Laura Kornegay - Marketing & Business Development Director / Hunter Gibbs - Sales / Don Sparks - Sales / Butch VanEpps - Sales / Jim Young - Sales / Doug Craig - Food Safety Manager

Phone: 252-443-6011 or Toll Free: 800-334-3032

Website: www.nashproduce.com and Federal Government site : http://www.nashproducegov.com

Products:

Brands: Nash’s Pride, Nash’s Gold, Cajan Gold, Oh So Sweet, Mr. Yam Microwaveables

Varieties: Covington, Beauregard

Pack: 40 lb box, 3-5 lb bags, 6kg box, foodservice count packs, shrink-wrapped microwavables, bulk, bins, totes, custom sizing available

Details: One of the largest cucumber and sweet potatoe shippers in the United States. We specialize inproviding the best quality sweet potatoes to retailers, restaurants, foodservice, processiong and exports 365 days a years. Our sweet potatoes are electronic sized, allwoing us to offer the perfect size and solution to our customers needs. We are fully integreated in food safety and tracability and maintain annual certifications. (Global GAP, PRIMUS, USDA, GAP, and Organic Certified). With dedicated personnel for freight logistics, food safety, marketing and sales, we offer a turn-key solution for fresh sweet potato needs.

Peele Brothers, Inc.

Address: 1821 Rocky Hock Landing Rd, Edenton, NC, 27932

Email:

Contact: Carroll Peele, Owner

Phone: 252-221-4710

Website:

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Varieties: Beauregard

Pack: 40 lb., Bulk, Bins

Details: Family-owned and operated grower/packer/shipper with over 40 years of producing quality Sweet Potatoes

Pride of Sampson, Inc.

Address: 2281 Turkey Highway; PO Box 289, Clinton, NC, 28329

Email: Roger Lane, Manager

Contact: 910-592-6188

Phone: Pride of Sampson, Sampson King

Website:

Products:

Brands:

Varieties: Beauregard, Covington, Whites, Ruby, Orientals

Pack: Medium No. 1, Large No. 1, Commercial, Jumbo

Details: Growers, shippers and packers of quality Sweet Potatoes

Royce C Bone Farms

Address: 2913 Sandy Cross Rd, Nashville, NC, 27856

Email: fbone@rockymountnc.com

Contact: Royce Bone

Phone: 252-443-3773

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Varieties: Beauregard, Hernandez, Jewel, White

Pack: 40 lb., Bulk, Bins

Details: Growing quality produce for 26 years.

Russet House Inc.

Address: 142 Route 202, Suite 103, Huntington, Quebec Canada J0S 1H0

Email: michael.zieger@russethouse.com

Contact: Michael Zieger, VP of Sales

Phone: 908-872-9228

Website: www.russethouse.com

Products: Processes IQF sweet potato products, sweet potato fries, diced sweet potatoes, sweet potato puree, low fat sweet potato fries, non-GMO swet potato products

Brands: Russet House

Varieties: Processor of Covingtons/Beauregards/Evanglines

Pack: We pack to your requirements

Details: Russet House develops products that each customer can call their own. Our dynamic team offers a full service process that includes logistics, product development, quality assurance and graphic design. Private label processor and Co-packer of IQF Sweet Potato Products.

Saura Pride Sweet Potatoes, LLC, Stokes Foods, Inc.

Address: 1124 Wall Loop Rd, Walnut Cove, NC, 27052

Email: mike.sizemore@stokesfoods.com

Contact: Mike Sizemore, President

Phone: 336-593-8550; 336-416-3012

Website: www.saurapride.com

Products:

Brands: Stokes Purple®

Varieties: Stokes Purple®, Beauredard, O'Henry

Pack: 10lb, 40lb, 1K lb. bins

Details: We are the exlusive provider of the

Scott Farms, Inc.

Address: 7965A Simpson Rd, Lucama, NC, 27851

Email: sales@scottfarms.com

Contact: Sonny Scott, Owner

Phone: 919-284-4030; 919-284-4014; Toll-free: 877-284-4030

Website: www.scottfarms.com

Products: fresh sweet potatoes

Brands: Sonny’s Pride, Dri Pak

Varieties: Covington, Carolina Ruby, White & Musasahi

Pack: 40 lb., 20 lb., 3 lb. bagged & microwavables.

Details: Family-owned and operated grower/packer. On our 3rd generation of producing quality Sweet Potatoes.

Southern Produce Distributors. Inc.

Address: PO Box 130, Faison, NC, 28341

Email: spd@southern-produce.com

Contact: Stewart Precythe, CEO

Phone: 910-267-0011

Website: www.southern-produce.com

Products:

Brands: Pointer Brand, Chef's Pride, Southern Choice Yams, Southern's Large Yams

Varieties: Beauregard

Pack: 5, 10, and 40 lb cartons, consumer packs

Details: Over 60 years of quality service in sweet potatoes and vegetables. Hagan sizer for premium packs. Over 1,000,000 sq.ft. of year round storage capacity. Supplier, processor, wholesale, retail, foodservice and international sales.

Spring Acres Sales Co. Inc

Address: 1280 Macedonia Rd, Spring Hope, NC, 27882

Email: cjoyner@springacressales.com

Contact: Cindy S Joyner, President

Phone: 252-478-5127; 800-849-5436

Website: www.springacressales.com

Products: sweet poratoes

Brands: Spring Acres, Spring Harvest, Mardi Gras, French Quarter

Varieties: Evangaline, Covington

Pack: 40 lb. boxes, 5lb. bags, 800 lb. cardboard bins, No.1 & No.2 sized and foodservice

Details: 30 years of quality, customer service, and satisfaction

Tater Man, Inc.

Address: P.O. Box 70, Sydney, FL 33587

Email: jason@tatermaninc.com

Contact: Jason Bell

Phone: Office: 813-707-0075; Fax: 813-717-9189; Cell: 229-938-9100

Website: www.tatermaninc.com

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Details: Tater Man is a Dover, FL produce company that specializes in growing and marketing sweet potatoes on approximately 325 acres in Central & Northern Florida, and in Southern Georgia.

Triple “J” Produce, Inc.

Address: 8541 Bailey Rd, Sims, NC, 27880

Email: joey@triplejproduce.com or kristi@triplejproduce.com

Contact: Mike Hocutt, Owner, Joey Hocutt, Owner or Kristi Hocutt, Sales

Phone: 252-205-2935 / 252-205-2936 / 252-289-8326

Website: www.triplejproduce.com

Products:

Brands: Classic Sweets and Buckhorn Sweets

Varieties: Covington, Garnet, Murasaki

Pack: 3,5, & 10-lb bags of Small and Medium #1's; 40-lb cartons; 800-lb bulk bins of sized #1's; Combination packs or Jumbo packs.

Details: Our family-owned business recently constructed a packing and storage facility with refrigeration for year-round sales of washed, waxed, uniformly packed sweet potatoes.

Tull Hill Farms

Address: 2264 Hugo Rd, Kinston, NC, 28501

Email: thf98@esn.net

Contact: Kendall Hill, Rob Hill

Phone: 252-523-4406

Website: www.frankiesweetpotatoes.com

Products:

Brands: Hill’s Premium, THF Brand

Varieties: Beauregard, Covington

Pack: 10 lb., 40 lb., Bulk, Bins

Details: Seed producer of generation I and II Sweet Potatoes. Tull Hill Farms grows and ships the best quality Sweet Potato possible, which are stored and packed in a state-of-the-art, controlled environment facility.

Vick Family Farms Partnership

Address: 11124 Christian Rd, Wilson, NC, 27896-8115

Email: charlotte@vickfamilyfarms.com , jerome@vickfamilyfarms.com, diante@vickfamilyfarms.com, hunter@vickfamilyfarms.com, lyn.vick@landdb.com

Contact: Jerome Vick or Charlotte Vick-Ferrell, Diane Vick

Phone: (252) 237-7313; (252) 291-8880

Website: www.vickfamilyfarms.com

Products:

Brands: Carolina Gold, Pure Gold

Varieties: Beauregard, Covington, Evangaline, O'Henry

Pack: 40 lb., 10 lb, 6 kg, Bulk, shrinkwrap

Details: Family-owned and operated business. Reliable service and dependable quality with complete traceback capability..

Wada Farms Marketing Group, LLC

Address: 2155 Providence Way, Idaho Falls, ID, 83404

Email: sweets@wadafarms.com

Contact: Shane Watt: VP of Sourcing Norman Brown: Director of Sales Jeff Scramlin: Director of Business Development

Phone: 919-578-4020 fax: 919-882-2039

Website: www.wadafarms.com

Products: Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes and Onions grown, packed and shipped in the DOLE label.

Brands: Dole, Wada

Varieties: Covington, Beauregard, Murasaki

Pack: 3 lb., 5 lb., bulk and carton

Details: Wada Farms Marketing Group exclusively manages the DOLE sweet potato, potato and onion program in NoOrth America. This includes all sales, marketing and packaging.

Wayne E. Bailey Produce Company, Inc.

Address: 490 Old US Highway 74, Chadbourn, NC, 28431-9510

Email: info@sweetpotatoes.com; mrsweetpotato@sweetpotatoes.com; nicky@sweetpotatoes.com, ronnie@sweetpotatoes.com, michelle@sweetpotatoes.com, pat@sweetpotatoes.com, corey@sweetpotatoes.com, adam@sweetpotatoes.com, webfarms@sweetpotatoes.com

Contact: George Wooten, Owner; Nicky Herring, Produce Scheduler/Sales; Ronnie Mercer, Sales; Michelle Jacobs, Sales; Pat Wooten, Sales Manager; Corey Troutman, Food Safety Coordinator; Adam Wooten, Operations Manager; George Wooten III, Farm Manager

Phone: 910-654-5163; 800-845-6149

Website: www.sweetpotatoes.com

Products:

Brands: Play Boy, Green Giant, Sampson King, Nutritional Allstars, We Be Yammin’

Varieties: Beauregard, Covington, White, Orientals

Pack: 3 lb., 5 lb., 10 lb., 40 lb., Bulk, Bins, Foodservice count packs, Microwaves

Details: The leading innovator in the sweet potato industry since 1935. Offering one of the most complete sweet potato lines for retail, foodservice, export & process. This includes our newest products: Sweet Potato Fingerlings, Fresh Cut Sweet Potatoes, Frozen Sweet Potato Fries, Fresh Sweet Potato Fries with Butter, Petite Steamables and Shrink Wrapped Microwavables.

Williamson Produce, Inc.

Address: PO Box 3508, Wilson, NC, 27895

Email: wpro@cocentral.com

Contact: Joan Dozier

Phone: 252-243-5700

Website:

Products:

Brands: Classic

Varieties: Beauregard, Covington, Jewel

Pack: 40 lb., Bulk, Bins

Details: Williamson Produce, Inc. grows, packs, ships and brokers sweet potatoes

Wingfield Farm

Address: 1003 Old Fishery Lane, Tyner, NC, 27980-9722

Email: hareyam@albemarlenet.com

Contact: Jim M. Hare, President

Phone: 252-221-4905; 888-427-3926

Website:

Products:

Brands: Hare Yams

Varieties: Beauregard

Pack: 40 lb.

Details: Our family business, established in 1941, is currently in its fourth generation of growing Sweet Potatoes.

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