When Florida's pre-harvest sugar cane burning season began on Oct. 3 with fires across 160 acres of land, the state's department of agriculture, which authorizes the blazes, proclaimed the day the ...

Florida’s largest sugar companies say cane burns are safe. But Brazil has transitioned away from the practice, and experts there say the U.S. can follow their lead.

When the pre-harvest sugar cane burning season began on Oct. 3 with fires across 160 acres of Glades land, the Florida Department of Agriculture, which authorizes the blazes, proclaimed the day ...

The practice of burning sugarcane fields has been largely discontinued throughout the world because of concerns about air pollution, but farmers still do it in Florida’s main sugar-producing ...

Environment Burning Sugar Cane Pollutes Communities of Color in Florida. Brazil Shows There’s Another Way. Florida’s largest sugar companies say cane burns are safe and can’t be stopped ...