The Palm Beach Post/ProPublica series "Black Snow," about sugar-cane burning in western Palm Beach County and the potential health effects on a nearby low-income community of color, has won a ...

After Florida State University published a study about the effects of burning sugar cane on marginalized communities, residents say it’s time to stop the practice.

Two to three people in South Florida die prematurely each year because of exposure to pollution from sugar cane fires, a study released this month has found.. The study, led by Florida State ...

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. +2 ...

And then, that same year, Winrock International, a nonprofit devoted to agricultural issues, published a study that sugar-cane growers in the Glades accounted for more than 7.3 million metric tons ...

The Palm Beach Post/ProPublica series "Black Snow," about sugar-cane burning in western Palm Beach County and the potential health effects on a nearby low-income community of color, has won a ...

The Palm Beach Post/ProPublica series "Black Snow," about sugar-cane burning in western Palm Beach County and the potential health effects on a nearby low-income community of color, has won a ...