Delta Dirt Distillery’s Sweet Vodka Farms willing to take a leap and step outside of the commodity cycle can reap some fine rewards, and Harvey Williams, Jr. has done just that with his launch of Delta Dirt Distillery in Helena, Arkansas. On the Phillips County farm that Williams’ grandfather bought in 1949, the Williams family raises sweet potatoes and grain which they use in their newly opened distillery to make craft vodka, gin, and whisky. Their Sweet Blend Vodka, made with sweet potatoes and corn from the family farm, recently won the Double Gold award at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, one of the world’s largest competitions of its kind. The dirt
