Every Fall, the descendants of our pioneer families gather to continue the age-old ritual of sugar cane grinding. It’s an opportunity to renew family connections and welcome neighbors to a ...

In October through December, it never fails that I end up behind a sugar cane truck on my way from Baton Rouge to visit my family in Morgan City. During my route, I drive through Port Allen, Brusly, ...

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PIRACICABA, Brazil (Reuters) - For nearly five centuries, the classic image of sugar production in Brazil has been one of workers setting cane fields on fire and then descending on the crop with their ...

This story was produced in collaboration with The Fuller Project. March 24, 2024 Archana Ashok Chaure has given her life to sugar. She was married off to a sugar cane laborer in western India at about ...

BEED, India — Urmila Owhal became a bride at 13. The sooner she married, the quicker she could earn money in the sugar-cane fields, where contractors preferred hiring couples — one person to chop, the ...

Much of what consumers buy is marked “sustainable,” “humane” or “green.” In the sugar cane fields of India, that papered over the worst abuses. By Megha Rajagopalan Megha Rajagopalan reported from ...