https://www.unitedgrowers.net/home daily 0.75 2023-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1678990568638-G7ZVAM0W33AKCZAZNY5R/35628287_2060582930820348_9050531824035430400_n.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1527008989041-GM7K6TP20UQ65KS96FZ5/2Untitled.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1678990568638-G7ZVAM0W33AKCZAZNY5R/35628287_2060582930820348_9050531824035430400_n.jpg Home https://www.unitedgrowers.net/new-gallery daily 0.75 2023-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1528476304479-LB76CE1HGHH20SPRKA2O/YES+%282%29.jpeg gallery Unwashed sweet potatoes in a storage bin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1528476304479-LB76CE1HGHH20SPRKA2O/YES+%282%29.jpeg gallery Unwashed sweet potatoes in a storage bin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1528477958225-VU73JRWTYW9U3YWNVORW/YES+%283%29.JPG gallery More sweet potatoes getting ready to be stored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1528476378243-C8GZZKAWUNA21ISI8DUJ/YES+%285%29.JPG gallery Workers at Alexander Farms hand sorting the sweet potatoes on the packing line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1528476348464-Z2AET31HJ7CP4BVYXTBL/YES+%283%29.JPG gallery After the potatoes are placed into the boxes, they are sent down this last line to be weighed, inspected, and topped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1528476470025-7TDGV0UBNFP3SYWFE833/YES+%2810%29.JPG gallery This is what our storage bins look like inside of the storage sheds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1528477742571-GCXSOQSZA9BQCZWJBMXA/YES+%282%29.JPG gallery These purple potatoes are called our Okinawan potatoes. They have a purple skin and a purple flesh to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1528477803177-45WEEOU2V7ITYLANRP23/YES+.JPG gallery An Okinawan sweet potato that has been cut in half to show its purple flesh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1529077191836-5MT7VN6SH9O0MHPCGNUU/12417596_1683741678504477_6539731583422208042_n.jpg gallery These blooms on the sweet potato vine are where the potato will start to form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1529077274381-YP4PJSNJXOQHX7IXEBM3/12417672_1683738588504786_8255863608613485182_n.jpg gallery This is what a row of plants look like further into the bedding season, before the harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1529077282692-BIZI0NLWSEO7GGBWU11C/12493903_1683742971837681_9015895985052559992_o.jpg gallery The grower hand-dug these sweet potatoes to see what his product looked like before harvesting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1529077285008-ARZ64UI426CYMLSON012/12507375_1683742491837729_2350200102880618931_n.jpg gallery A single cluster of sweet potatoes on a vine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1529077290835-SUM78I5MJ9KHK9WFX8KW/12513608_1683739291838049_7515616491243623819_o.jpg gallery This is what the growers called bedding - after they plant the slips, they lay tarp over them to protect the plants until they grow. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/5b1aa295f950b76d3035d5d5/5b3f86c7758d46e05471afe7/1532106219808/ gallery https://www.unitedgrowers.net/about-us-mojave daily 1.0 2025-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1687810492745-1JJL26PGYVRI75X749ZD/20230504_081429%2B%25281%2529.jpg About Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1687810726726-0OQK37DXOGMHI5X86V4Z/United+Growers+Logo+with+black+background.png About Us https://www.unitedgrowers.net/gallery daily 0.75 2023-03-17 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/641472badafb0b196ce30c17/641472dea5a64d3826222bc6/1679061726630/ Gallery https://www.unitedgrowers.net/united-growers-packers daily 0.75 2019-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1557756531427-IJMCF95C7LZ987L06V7S/2Untitled.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1527014470562-HTZVCKAD8IIW4KVU6TNJ/IMG_1668.JPG Home https://www.unitedgrowers.net/about daily 0.75 2019-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1528479464198-2KPHTC57APN339LHME8D/image-asset.jpeg About Cathy Champagne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1571082764277-A4U073E0HU4YL1C7DQ3G/mail+%282%29.jpg About Michelle Reynolds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1528479420859-RTIY8SZJW5JQLNGTTENS/bob.jpg About Bob, June, and their children Jagger, Jenna and Aubree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1532107186611-L3TFBQ9BNUGAOY0JN8J1/Oct+13th%2C+2015+158.JPG About https://www.unitedgrowers.net/services daily 0.75 2018-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b044d38a2772c294fd5f92d/1528479825595-O0EI8A5LI0LL52CE8LN7/IMG_1665.JPG Farming The sweet potatoes are dug up from the ground and travel up a conveyor belt to the workers. 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