PureCircle is planing to significantly increase the acreage used to grow stevia in the U.S. over the next two to three years. The North Carolina farming partnerships have provided innovations for both PureCircle and the farmers.
The work in North Carolina has yielded advances for the company’s stevia agronomy program, including how to adapt growing stevia plants to different regions of the world.
PureCircle’s North Carolina farming partnerships are also helping farmers productively and profitably utilize acreage that once grew tobacco.