Another sugar cane harvest season and my community continues to get burned | Opinion

Since October 1, Glades residents have once again been smothered in the smoke and ash that will plague us through the ...
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Sugar cane farmers rely on wells for irrigation to try and save their harvest

"Down South we are so fortunate we usually catch showers coming off the bay, but that has not happened this year. I mean it's relentless." ERATH, La. — It has been a hard year of extreme heat and ...
KLFY News 10

Local sugar cane farmer talks about this year’s harvest season

Sugar Cane farmer Eddie Lewis said things are looking up this fall. “Harvest season is definitely a time that we look forward to,” said Lewis. “We try to reap the seeds that we planted years back.” ...
WLRN

Burning sugar cane pollutes communities of color in Florida. Brazil shows there’s another way

Florida’s largest sugar companies say cane burning is safe and can't be stopped without economic harm. But Brazil has successfully transitioned away from the controversial practice, and experts there ...
WAFB

Optimism surrounds positive start for state’s sugarcane harvest

POINTE COUPEE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Farmers are optimistic this year, saying it could be another record-breaking year for the state’s sugar cane industry. “Weather has been good so far although ...
Palm Beach Post

Burning sugar cane pollutes communities of color in Palm Beach County. Brazil shows another way.

This year, reporters at The Palm Beach Post and ProPublica investigated the impact of sugar cane burning in Florida. The harvesting practice helps produce more than half of America’s cane sugar, but ...