Category: big sugar
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Big Sugar Summit: Stephen E. Davis III PHD, Wetland Ecologist. Science Guy!

Big Sugar Summit: Stephen E. Davis III PHD, Wetland Ecologist, The Everglades Foundation This presentation will available thru the Sierra Club, Florida in full with all the slides. So enjoy this preview. http://www.evergladesfoundation.org/what-we-do/science/ “The Foundation employs a team of scientists to serve as technical expert sources for the environmental community. These resources include providing sworn…
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Big Sugar Summit: Dr Gail Hollander, “Raising Cane in the Glades.”

Dr Gail Hollander is an Associate Professor of Geography, Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, Florida International University. She is the author of “Raising Cane in the Glades: The Global Sugar Trade and the Transformation of Florida.
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Throwback Thurs: What was penny a pound and make the polluter pay?
Throwback Thurs: What was penny a pound and make the polluter pay? As always, if you have something to add please add it. What was penny a pound? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_of_the_Everglades “Restoration of the Everglades, however, briefly became a bipartisan cause in national politics. A controversial penny-a-pound (2 cent/kg) tax on sugar was proposed to fund some…
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Then this Happened: Amendment One Lawsuit!

Anything to gag us. Because we elected kings, queens, lords apparently they feel like they have no responsibility towards us
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Sugar: It’s Killing US!
Sugar: It’s Killing US! Direct from the sugar people. Truth https://experiencelife.com/article/sugar-breakdown/ When it comes to evaluating sugar’s negative health impacts, the threat of extra pudge is just the beginning. Even great health threats—including inflammation-based diseases—may lurk at the bottom of the sugar bowl. New research is revealing disturbing links not just between sugar and obesity,…
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Sugar U: Effects of burning sugar cane on your lungs
In preparation for next Saterday’s Epic https://cyndi-lenz.com/2015/06/05/big-sugar-summit-update-awesome-speakers-check-it-out/ One of the topics will be Is Big Sugar Burning Your Lungs? Here is a dramatic scene from the now defunct tv show “cane” that was cancelled due to the writer’s strike even thought all the scrips were written. Here is an actual burn Is this harmful to…
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Sugar U: Fanjuls some history and a little trouble in Paradise.
Sugar U: Fanjuls. Some history and a little trouble in Paradise. The Fanjul Bro’s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanjul_brothers The Fanjul brothers — Cuban born Alfonso “Alfy” Fanjul, José “Pepe” Fanjul, Alexander Fanjul, and Andres Fanjul — are owners of Fanjul Corp., a vast sugar and real estate conglomerate in the United States and the Dominican Republic. It comprises…

