The sugar beet industry is showcased during a Farm to Table tour, as Taber features the last remaining sugar beet processing plant in all of Canada.
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Alberta’s beets a sweet domestic segment in Canada’s sugar supply
Sugar beet growers in the Taber area now see yields far surpass what once were normal production levels
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
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.
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
