In this sugar town, it celebrates the start
of the sugarcane harvest as well as celebrating the harvesting of other tropical produce from our region — bananas, pawpaws,...
Not exact matches
The other, a wild relative
of sugarcane (Saccharum spontaneum), provides hardiness to harsh environments and the ability to ratoon or produce additional profitable crops from re-growth after
harvest.
Nutritional yeast, not to be mistaken with brewer's yeast, is a deactivated yeast that according to Wikipedia, is «produced by culturing the yeast with a mixture
of sugarcane and beet molasses, then
harvesting, washing, drying and packaging the yeast.»
Dr. Butler - Dawson and her team are focusing future research on delving deeper into understanding the factors that contribute to declining kidney function, such as why workers who live closer to the
sugarcane field are more likely to have impaired kidney function at the end
of the
harvest season.
Partnering with Pantaleon, one
of the largest sugar producers in Central America, ColoradoSPH researchers examined 330
sugarcane cutters in Guatemala over the course
of a six - month
harvest season.
While the film and the memoir have been given the unfair label
of being ONLY ABOUT «slavery is bad» (as if that fact alone would not be worthy) many
of the more subtle points have been ignored, but is best summed up this way, «It is notable not only for its lucid description
of plantation life, with detailed passages on the methods by which cotton and
sugarcane were
harvested and processed, and how slaves were fed, housed and punished, but also for the author's evenhanded treatment
of his subject: although he denounces slavery as an institution, Northup expresses his gratitude to the masters who treated him with gentleness and generosity, and shows a surprising ability to forgive even the most unimaginable cruelties.»
The cotton fields and
sugarcane crops look absolutely gorgeous, but people are still being whipped to
harvest them; this juxtaposition
of aesthetic beauty and moral cruelty is part
of the back - and - forth the movie puts you through.
The massive size
of the sphinx - like Domino sugar mammy figure makes a strong first impression, and the fact that sugar was produced and
harvested primarily by African slaves is a major premise that aligns A Subtlety with Walker's earlier work: many black lives were lost turning
sugarcane into a fine confection for the pleasures and delights
of a privileged white elite.
By the time you
harvest Brazilian
sugarcane by hand, burn it for production power, burn what's left over in the field, ship it from refineries to the dock, load it onto ocean going ships burning bunker, the dirtiest fuel available, then ship it thousands
of miles to terminals in California and distribute it to retail outlets — It's Not going to be environmentally superior to shipping American ethanol from the Corn Belt.
The government also facilitates access to global markets; develops improved varieties
of sugarcane,
harvest equipment, and conversion; and supports improvements in environmental performance.
In the
sugarcane region
of El Salvador, as much as one - fifth
of the population has chronic kidney disease, the presumed result
of dehydration from working the fields they were able to comfortably
harvest as recently as two decades ago.
A few years ago, looking for new markets for its sustainably
harvested wood, the Swedish forestry company Södra developed Durapulp, a mix
of wood pulp and polylactide, or PLA, the thermoplastic made from corn or
sugarcane.
Responsible for quality control on sugar cane
harvest covering 200,000 acres; moving 6,000,000 tons
of sugarcane with trucks and railroad in 180 days.