They are not.The large seeded Virginia Group peanuts are grown in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and parts of Georgia.\nThe major producers/exporters of peanuts are the United States, Argentina, Sudan, Senegal, and Brazil.It is also illegal under Federal Law to grow peanuts on more than one acre (4,000 m²) of land for commercial consumption. This effectively creates a peanut monopoly, as it is not economically feasible to grow peanuts on only one acre (4,000 m²) of land, while drastically increasing prices.