Sugar, we are often told, is bad for us. According to recent health advice, adults should restrict their sugar intake to between six and nine teaspoons daily. But what is more upsetting about sugar is ...

A few thousand years ago, sugar was unknown in the western world. Sugarcane, a tall grass first domesticated in New Guinea around 6000BC, was initially chewed for its sweet juice rather than ...

An overview of the history of sugar beets in the Red River Valley. This short story chronicles the history of growing sugar beets in the Red River Valley. The story dives into how farmers hired ...

BUT AS OUR SAM CARTER FOUND OUT, NOTHING IS SUGAR COATED. YEAH, THAT EXHIBIT NOW OPEN AT THE SPEED MUSEUM, IS CALLED THE BITTER AND THE SWEET, AND IT TAKES A DEEP DIVE INTO THOSE THAT CONSUMED AND ...

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Sugar's history is far from sweet. What we now see as a basic pantry staple used to be a rare luxury. For centuries, it was known as "white gold" because of how valuable it was. By the 17th century, ...

With our sugar consumption likely to rise with Halloween candy piling up, we look at the history of sugar and why California’s last sugar beet plant is leaving the state. The last sugar beat factory ...

Sugar has long played a central role in the global economy. But this lucrative business was also a major driver of both colonialism and slavery. To this day, workers are systematically exploited for ...

Food scholar Darra Goldstein has published numerous books and articles on literature, culture, art, and cuisine. She recently edited The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets, an exhaustive compendium ...

Before Kollen Park Drive, there was Holland Sugar Company. And before there was a sugar beet industry, there were forests. In 1839, potato grower Lucius Lyon introduced Michigan’s Saginaw Valley to ...