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2. Sugar agriculture requires a lot of infrastructure

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 10:51 AM

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Growing, harvesting, and processing cane sugar will require a huge capital investment in workers and equipment. And it will gut the corn growers.

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Coke's shift to cane sugar would be expensive, hurt US farmers [View all] Eugene Yesterday OP

Would it be healthier and less costly for the medical system? bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1

Sugar agriculture requires a lot of infrastructure The Blue Flower Yesterday #2

FAFO we can do it Yesterday #4

Corn growers get plenty of subsidies. They will be fine. Autumn Yesterday #5

Coke is not healthy... Mike Nelson Yesterday #3

Why does a Diet-Coke drinker have a dog in the fight? Sneederbunk Yesterday #6

Not sure if it's still true EverHopeful Yesterday #7

The USA produces 3/4 of our sugar consumption IbogaProject Yesterday #9