Central Arkansas RC&D Announces a $2 million Sweet Potato Storage and Distribution Facility for Phillips County, Arkansas to Supply Gerber’s in Fort Smith, Arkansas (.pdf)

“Judge Tom Catlett, Chairman for the Central Arkansas RC&D Council, today announced that financing has been secured to construct a $2 million sweet potato storage and distribution facility in Phillips County, Arkansas. Catlett further stated “this project is the hopeful beginning of an industry for Phillips County”. Sweet potatoes from the facility will, in part, supply Gerber’s in Fort Smith, Arkansas, substituting out of state sweet potatoes for locally grown product.”