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Black Entrepreneur Uses Family Farm For New Venture
August 14, 2022 Gin and vodka made from sweet potatoes. Correspondent Dina Demetrius visits with an Arkansan entrepreneur who is continuing his family’s legacy of farming – but putting his own spin on it. Harvey Williams takes Matter of Fact behind the scenes of his distillery, Delta Dirt, and talks about how he’s inspiring a new generation of Black entrepreneurs.
Helena Family Makes History with Delta Dirt, First Black-owned Farm Vodka Distillery
June 7, 2022 A new business in Helena, Arkansas is creating a buzz. Delta Dirt Distillery is the only Black farm distillery in America. “Magic happens in the copper pot,” said Harvey Williams, co-founder of Delta Dirt Distillery.
5 Star Stories: The Legacy of Delta Dirt Distillery
May 25, 2022 You’ve heard of “farm to table” but, how about “farm to spirits?” This 5 Star Story shows you how an Arkansas family’s history of triumph over circumstance now allows them to use their farm to “Raise Spirits in the Delta” -- one bottle at a time.
Delta Dirt Distillery Wins Double Gold
April 27, 2022 Delta Dirt Distillery, the family-owned farm and distillery in Helena West-Helena, announced on its Facebook page today that its Sweet Blend Vodka won the prestigious Double Gold award at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
Tilling the Delta dirt
August 22, 2021 We're searching for the Williams family farm, and soon enough Harvey Williams is waving at us on a hot summer day. This traditionally was cotton country; we passed a repair shop for mechanical cotton pickers, though soybeans and corn seem to dominate the landscape in the summer of 2021.
Meet the Arkansas Delta's family-owned distillery creating buzz
July 12, 2021 Delta Dirt Distillery makes vodka from sweet potatoes and corn grown on their family farm just 20 minutes down the road.
Arkansas farming family turns to vodka distillery
May 20, 2021 It’s no secret that it’s been a destructive year to the US and global economy because of COVID-19. But for one Arkansas family, it gave them the perfect opportunity to hunker down and perfect their recipe that would build a new business: Delta Dirt Distillery.
New family distillery hopes to bring sweet sip of success to Helena-West Helena
May 7, 2021 It starts with sweet potatoes grown in the rich Delta dirt on the family farm. Harvey Williams loads them up and uses machines to wash them off and dice them up
Something New is Growing in the Delta Dirt...
April 30, 2021 The Williams family is taking a gamble on the potential of downtown Helena, Arkansas by opening the first black-owned distillery in Arkansas and choosing historic Helena for it's location.
The Secret Ingredient In a Black-Owned Sweet Potato Distillery: Faith.
February 28, 2021 Delta Dirt Distillery’s sweet potato vodka is strong – 86 proof – and it tastes somehow richer than your average vodka, rich like the soil of the Delta that grew the potatoes.