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Sweet potatoes are one of many high value specialty crops distributed by Pilot Mountain Pride Cooperative in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina. Pilot Mountain Pride a local food movement group, provides a network of suppliers and end users. Hospitals, restaurants and supermarkets in Western North Carolina benefit from consistent delivery, better prices, certified safe handling and a unified supply from a variety of local farmers. Local produce supplied by Pilot Mountain Pride was the only local produce branded by Lowe’s Supermarket’s. Pilot Mountain Pride was able to secure a Rural Business Enterprise Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development to purchase a refrigerated truck to distribute their produce.