Tag: growers
Food For Thought: Chatham-Kent has 84 farmers who grow beets on 10,000 acres
Food For Thought: Chatham-Kent has 84 farmers who grow beets on 10,000 acres By Kim Cooper, Special to The Chatham Daily News Thursday, December 15, 2016 2:02:30 EST PM What do you get when you have 11 University of Guelph agriculture students, one old guy (me) in a van heading to Croswell, Mich. to tour … Read More
Preserving the Sweet Life in Minnesota
Preserving the Sweet Life in Minnesota By: Sam Brodey, MINNPOST.com 10/20/16 CC/Flickr/Heather In the United States, Minnesota ranks first in tons of sugar beets produced, and second in overall tonnage of sugar produced, with 12.3 million tons in 2013. Rep. Collin Peterson’s office in the U.S. Capitol’s Rayburn Building is more homey rural western Minnesota … Read More