Have you ever seen the sugar cane fields of FL, a massive table-flat landscape as far as the eye can see of sugar cane. You have to see it to believe it to appreciate the immense size. Industrial scale production of sugar cane is the major driver of water pollution in South FL. But of course the major $ that the sugar barons possess gives them huge political power. So, there are issues with sugar in FL. Btw FL is #1 in US sugar production and the harvesting process is fully automated using heavy farm equipment and tractor trailers etc.
Since I found all of the above info very interesting in conjunction with seeing the fields with my own eyes, this free article re sugar production in India was radical.
An investigation into the sugar-cane industry in the Indian state of Maharashtra found workers ensnared by debt and pushed into child marriages and unnecessary hysterectomies.
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