Historians believe that Spanish missionaries built the first sugar mill in Texas in the 1780s at Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, in present-day San Antonio. Four decades later, Stephen F.

Hundreds of pounds of sugar fell from a conveyor belt into a warehouse, piling in a massive heap. “It’s raining sugar,” said Charles Schudmak, chief operating officer at the Cora Texas Manufacturing ...

In October through December, it never fails that I end up behind a sugar cane truck on my way from Baton Rouge to visit my family in Morgan City. During my route, I drive through Port Allen, Brusly, ...

This story was produced in collaboration with The Fuller Project. March 24, 2024 Archana Ashok Chaure has given her life to sugar. She was married off to a sugar cane laborer in western India at about ...

Much of what consumers buy is marked “sustainable,” “humane” or “green.” In the sugar cane fields of India, that papered over the worst abuses. By Megha Rajagopalan Megha Rajagopalan reported from ...