Negotiations between the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers (ASBG) and Rogers Sugar that continued into May have culminated in a successful five-year contract, ensuring continued production from sugar beets grown in southern Alberta.
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Alberta sugar beet growers sign contract with processor
The five-year agreement comes late in the planting season, but growers remain confident they can still produce a good crop
Sugar crisis highlights concentration’s threat to food system
How can a strike involving 138 workers at a single refining operation in Vancouver affect the availability of sugar for 11 million Canadians in the four western provinces — and what does this situation tell us about our national food system? It certainly suggests that our sweet tooth has become too dependent on concentrated and […] Read more
