/tags/sugar-industry sugar industry en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:21:47 GMT /business/2025-03-20/trump-administration-quietly-lifted-ban-on-dominican-sugar-company-over-forced-labor A “withhold release order” had been issued in 2022 for raw sugar and sugar products made by Central Romana over allegations of forced labor in the Dominican Republic. The company is partly owned by the Fanjul family — sugar barons based in West Palm Beach who have been influential in U.S. politics for decades. Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:21:47 GMT /business/2025-03-20/trump-administration-quietly-lifted-ban-on-dominican-sugar-company-over-forced-labor Ana Swanson and James Wagner | The New York Times /environment/2023-10-25/gen-z-activists-florida-sugarcane-burning Every year, farmers in South Florida set fire to more than 400,000 acres of sugarcane fields pre-harvest, creating a “black snow” of ash and soot that falls on the low-income communities nearby. Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:30:00 GMT /environment/2023-10-25/gen-z-activists-florida-sugarcane-burning Michelle Mairena and Kyndall Hubbard | Youthcast Media Group /environment/2023-01-11/theres-no-safe-level-glades-sugarcane-burns-continue-despite-link-to-tenfold-mortality-increase Sugarcane smoke “Black Snow” burns continue despite FSU study linking pollutants to handful of deaths. Wed, 11 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-01-11/theres-no-safe-level-glades-sugarcane-burns-continue-despite-link-to-tenfold-mortality-increase Wilkine Brutus /latin-america/2022-12-06/harsh-living-and-labor-conditions-for-cane-cutters-in-the-dominican-republic As the U.S. bans sugar imports from prominent Dominican company Central Romana over forced labor allegations, the South Florida Roundup talked to an investigative reporter about the reality faced by workers in the industry. Tue, 06 Dec 2022 22:09:02 GMT /latin-america/2022-12-06/harsh-living-and-labor-conditions-for-cane-cutters-in-the-dominican-republic Natu Tweh /news/2022-03-01/glades-residents-drop-federal-lawsuit-against-sugar-farmers The federal fight against the soot and ash from pre-harvest sugarcane burns has ended — for now. Tue, 01 Mar 2022 16:05:47 GMT /news/2022-03-01/glades-residents-drop-federal-lawsuit-against-sugar-farmers Wilkine Brutus /news/2022-02-28/florida-residents-drop-sugarcane-burning-lawsuit Attorneys from both sides agreed that the case, which claimed the burns reduce property values and compromise air quality, should be dismissed. Mon, 28 Feb 2022 14:45:46 GMT /news/2022-02-28/florida-residents-drop-sugarcane-burning-lawsuit The Associated Press /news/2022-01-03/burning-sugar-cane-pollutes-communities-of-color-in-florida-brazil-shows-theres-another-way Florida’s largest sugar companies say cane burns are safe and can’t be stopped without economic harm. But Brazil has successfully transitioned away from the controversial practice, and experts there say the U.S. can follow their lead. Mon, 03 Jan 2022 17:27:55 GMT /news/2022-01-03/burning-sugar-cane-pollutes-communities-of-color-in-florida-brazil-shows-theres-another-way Nadia Sussman / ProPublica /news/2021-11-23/feds-file-lawsuit-in-effort-to-block-u-s-sugar-deal The U.S. Department of Justice filed the lawsuit in federal court in Delaware, arguing that the combination of Clewiston-based U.S. Sugar and Imperial Sugar Co., would hurt customers in the Southeastern United States. Tue, 23 Nov 2021 22:41:15 GMT /news/2021-11-23/feds-file-lawsuit-in-effort-to-block-u-s-sugar-deal Jim Saunders / News Service of Florida /2021-08-31/covid-19-antibody-treatment-bocas-new-building-code-and-sugar-growers-sue-over-everglades The governor is touting the monoclonal antibody treatment but is it safe and is it effective? Boca Raton recently enacted the strictest building inspection code in the state. Plus, a battle over the Everglades between sugar companies and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:54:48 GMT /2021-08-31/covid-19-antibody-treatment-bocas-new-building-code-and-sugar-growers-sue-over-everglades Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /2021-07-13/key-west-cruises-haiti-update-and-sugar-cane-burning-in-palm-beach-county Key West leaders want to fulfill the wishes of voters and limit the types of cruise ships that can port at the city. Another person was arrested in the ongoing investigation of the assassination of Haiti’s president. And, a Palm Beach Post investigation looks into how sugar cane burning affects residents of the county. Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:57:04 GMT /2021-07-13/key-west-cruises-haiti-update-and-sugar-cane-burning-in-palm-beach-county Kristin Moorehead, Odalis Garcia