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FAMU joins Tuskegee University, U.S. Sugar to study sugarcane farming in the Glades
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFlorida A&M University is partnering with Tuskegee University and U.S. Sugar to study the impacts of...
Cutting sugar cane stalks, not burning them, could make money, Belle Glade officials told
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe practice of cutting off the tough outer husks of sugar cane stalks as an alternative to burning...
'Ma'am, I will shoot you': Men stormed Belle Glade grandmother's home and stole $70K, FBI says
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoInvestigators say three men forced their way inside a Belle Glade grandmother's home and held her at...
Glades residents left behind: Nikki Fried’s ‘changes’ to cane burning served only Big Sugar
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAcrid smoke from burning sugar cane fields still clouded the skies over Glades residents into the...
Why Palm Beach County's health department hasn't sounded the alarm on sugar-cane burning
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDespite mounting evidence that pollution from sugar-cane burning in the Glades shortens the lives of...
Man's death in South Florida heat prompts federal investigation into company that employed him
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBELLE GLADE — A South Florida company is fighting federal regulators' proposed punishment over the death of an employee who suffered a heatstroke on his first day on the job. According to the ...
Five things to know about Broward County Public Schools’ new superintendent
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 month agoUnexpected news stunned the Broward County Public Schools community on Tuesday: Superintendent Peter...
From 'pretty prairie' to 'dead man's creek,' find out origin of Florida city names
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFlorida is a state rich with history and that history starts with the state's name. Juan Ponce de...
Sugar cane burn season still blankets Glades with smoke after study showing it kills people
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen the pre-harvest sugar cane burning season began on Oct. 3 with fires across 160 acres of Glades...
Sugar cane fire pollution kills up to three South Floridians yearly, study finds
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo to three people in South Florida die prematurely each year because of exposure to pollution from...