Education & KnowledgeMay 19

How Sugar Is Made

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How Sugar Is Made

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Stephen GutknechtApr 30

#SugarBeet #FWakeSugarBeet
#WholeNewGeneration #FWakeGenerations #MediaGenerations

What if big New York corporations turn these Sugar Beets and bottle can it for kids to get #Diabetes and Heart Disease even faster than if they ate the beet for dinner? And we pay the most talented mental manipulators for #Branding #Logo #Marketing ?

#Soda #Pop #SodaPop #FWakeSoda /\ #Corporations #HealthCare USA investors

Myotis MyotisDec 17
Ernterübe

#NikonD7200 | 25mm | f/4 | 1/30 Sek. | ISO 800 | 12/2023
#Zuckerrübe #Rübe #Rübenfeld #Rübenernte #BetaVulgaris #beet #SugarBeet
Show threadAlexander J. SteinOct 12, 2025
(3/4) In 2023, the #biofuel industry consumed 150 m tons #corn and 120 m tons #sugarcane & #sugarbeet. The energy in biofuel feedstocks could meet the calorific requirements of 1.3 billion people. Meanwhile, 800 million people in the world face hunger… www.transportenvironment.org/articles/cro...
Burning food for land-hungry biofuels is fuelling the climate crisis

For the first time ever, Cerulogy, on behalf of T&E, looks at the global biofuels landscape today and what a growing market will look like in 2030.

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Alexander J. SteinMay 13, 2025
#EFSA does not identify safety concerns regarding potential toxicity & allergenicity of a herbicide-tolerant #sugarbeet and finds no evidence that genetic modification changed its overall safety; it does not represent a #nutrition concern… (1/2) doi.org/10.2903/j.ef... #plantbreeding #GMO

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Alexander J. SteinMay 13, 2025
(2/2) The GM #sugarbeet is as safe as its conventional counterpart and non-GM reference varieties with respect to potential effects on #health & the environment: doi.org/10.2903/j.ef... #GMO #foodsafety

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clobrdaMay 2, 2025
The end of an era: the last #sugarbeet processing factory in California (In the Imperial Valley) will close by the end of this year. This decision ends commercial sugarbeet production for sugar in California after 155 years. The big question now is what crop will replace sugarbeet on almost 20,000 acres? https://www.farmprogress.com/crops/lost-sugar-beet-production-will-be-costly
EURACTIV AgrifoodJan 22, 2025
EU sugar industry frets as Commission looks to step up trade talks with India https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/eu-sugar-industry-frets-as-commission-looks-to-step-up-trade-talks-with-india/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it #FTA #India #sugarbeet #sugarimports
EURACTIV AgrifoodJul 1, 2024
EU reintroduces quotas on sugar and egg imports from Ukraine https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/eu-reintroduces-quotas-on-sugar-and-egg-imports-from-ukraine/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ATMs #beetroot #CGB #sugarbeet #ukrainiansugar
EU reintroduces quotas on sugar and egg imports from Ukraine

The Commission has announced on Monday (1 July) that the two commodities will no longer be exempted from dutie

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EURACTIV AgrifoodApr 24, 2024
Beet growers urge France to authorise pesticide already used in other European countries https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/beet-growers-urge-france-to-authorise-pesticide-already-used-in-other-european-countries/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #beetroot #neonicotinoids #sugarbeet
Beet growers urge France to authorise pesticide already used in other European countries

While France remains the last European country to have banned all neonicotinoids, the beet industry is urging

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