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Central Romana, one of the biggest sugar producers in the world, will now be banned from exporting sugar to the U.S., after the Biden Administration said it has information “that reasonably indicates the use of forced labor in its operations."The politically connected Fanjul family — sugar barons based in West Palm Beach — own a 35% stake in the company.
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Cuba this week is reporting its worst sugarcane harvest in more than a century. It could exacerbate the island's economic crisis — and the flight of migrants to the U.S.
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The federal fight against the soot and ash from pre-harvest sugarcane burns has ended — for now.
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Democratic lawmakers and South Florida community advocates are teaming up to oppose a bill that would make it harder to sue farms. They say proponents of the measure are using it as a cover to support sugarcane burning that adversely affects communities of color.
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America's supply of sugar is shrinking because of a poor sugar beet harvest in the northern Midwest. As a result, the U.S. will import more sugar this fiscal year than it has in almost 40 years.
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A lease on sugar farms at the center of dispute that pitted Gov. Ron DeSantis against South Florida water managers was cancelled Thursday.DeSantis…
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The FDA means sugar added to your diet, not just to a specific food. But honey and syrup makers say that natural sugar is not added. Though a compromise is on the table, some say it's still confusing.
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Palm Beach County sugarcane growers have a new use for their crop: tableware.Tellus Products’s new state-of-the-art facility in Belle Glade uses leftover…
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The lingering nature of water through the Everglades has been matched by the slow progress toward the massive goal of reviving the region with more water…
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U.S. Sugar Corp. says it would honor a previous agreement putting land south of Lake Okeechobee toward Everglades restoration.U.S. Sugar staunchly has…
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Documents show that in the '60s, the sugar industry funded Harvard researchers who, examining risk factors of heart disease, dismissed concerns about sugar and doubled down on the dangers of fat.
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For two decades, Florida has had an annual limit on how much phosphorous can flow out of the Everglades Agricultural Area -- a region of farmland south of…