Despite the world reminding us time after time how unhealthy it is to indulge in sweets, it is extremely hard to give up on sugar. Especially when it is a staple in Indian households, from ...

White granulated sugar can be made either from sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) or sugar beets. Cane sugar is the type made from sugarcane. The sucrose molecules in both types of sugar are ...

In this video, we take you through the fascinating process of producing sugar from sugar cane, revealing how raw cane is transformed into the sweet crystals we use every day.The journey begins in ...

"Black Snow," the investigative reporting series on sugar-cane burning in the Glades region by The Palm Beach Post and ProPublica, has been recognized with three more national awards. The series ...

Black snow investigation: Glades residents left behind: Nikki Fried’s ‘changes’ to cane burning served only Big Sugar For subscribers: Read Palm Beach Post/ProPublica black snow ...

The snow acted as an insulator, said LSU AgCenter sugar cane specialist Kenneth Gravois. That insulating layer kept the ground from dropping below freezing and damaging the cane's root system.

Black snow, as the ash is known ... as planned burns are carried out in thousands of acres of sugar cane fields to help the crops. People who live around the south shore of Lake Okeechobee ...

Just as the air dries, the wind turns east and sugar ... cane in Pahokee, Florida. Rose Marie Cromwell Debra Jones, like the rest of her family, suffers from asthma. When she first saw the black ...