Sweet potatoes might seem like a crop that only farmers can grow, but you can grow them right in your backyard or even in ...

Storing sweet potatoes in a root cellar is one of the best ways to deal with a bumper crop of tubers, but you can also freeze, can, or dehydrate sweet potatoes or use them to make sweet potato ...

Now, a new analysis has finally unravelled its origins.

In this image taken on Dec. 3, 2012, loaded sweet potatoes with roasted garlic are shown served on a plate in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead) Dear Helen: My husband and I eat sweet potatoes ...

These orange roots are also a bountiful source of the mineral potassium, which is necessary for muscle contraction, nerve transmission, bone health, water balance, and normal blood pressure. In ...

Originally domesticated in Latin America more than 5,000 years ago, sweet potatoes currently grow in more developing countries than any other root crop, with up to a million tonnes produced in the ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, Canadian government plant scientists used Pemberton to test virus-free potato seed production -- and the techniques they developed are now used globally, says Denis Kirkham ...