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Meet the 2024 Class of the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame

Three more deserving individuals have been announced as the latest inductees to prestigious lineup. Find out the latest honorees. ....

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How the sugar industry makes political friends and influences elections

A city commissioner race in Florida provides a window into how the sugar industry cultivates political allies, who help protect its interests. ....

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How the Sugar Industry Makes Political Friends and Influences Elections

A city commissioner race in Florida provides a window into how the sugar industry cultivates political allies, who help protect its interests. ....

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Big Sugar: How the powerful Florida industry makes political allies

A sleepy city commissioner race in Belle Glade provides a window into how the sugar industry cultivates political allies, who help protect its interests. ....

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Lawyers for Glades residents fear Florida Legislature just made it harder for them to sue over sugarcane burning

Lawyers for Glades residents fear Florida Legislature just made it harder for them to sue over sugarcane burning
Lulu Ramadan, Palm Beach Post
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Sugar cane burning near Clewiston, in November 2020. To harvest cane, companies routinely burn the plant’s leafy outer stalk, which sends up plumes of smoke and ash.
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Two years ago, a group of residents from the rural Glades region of western Palm Beach County took powerful sugar companies to court, alleging that the farmers’ harvesting practices were poisoning poor communities in Florida’s heartland. ....

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