Between candy, baked goods, drinks and more, Americans eat a lot of white sugar, roughly 68 pounds a year. A little under half of that is produced from sugarcane, but growing that sugar isn't all sweet, especially for the people who live around cane fields in Central Florida, which are traditionally burned before harvest to make the processing simpler. Residents complain the burning aggravates respiratory problems, but haven't had much success in fighting the region's big industry. But for consumers wanting to buy a product made in a better way, there are some options.
The problems with burning sugarcane fields
