SUGAR
How sweet it isn't?
First it was fats, then carbohydrates. Now sugar has joined the ranks of nutritional villainy. With Christmas approaching on a tidal wave of candy canes and gingerbread, one can't help wondering: Is ...
Posted on 12/21/12 at 2:40 PM
How sweet it is! Sugar discovered around a sun-like star
A sweet tooth. I love that little euphemism used by people who like to eat candy. Yes, I have a sweet tooth with a weakness for intensely sweet (and sour) stuff like gummy worms and sugar-coated bea...
Posted on 8/29/12 at 1:52 PM
Weekend Baking: Bluegrass Zucchini Muffins
A pleasant, bright fragrance wafted from the work bowl of my food processor as I pulled the top off. I had just whirled granulated sugar and chopped lemongrass through the sharp blade of my faithful w...
Posted on 8/5/11 at 6:00 AM
Sugar. Ah, honey honey. I'm your (ex) candy girl.
I try to be healthy. I dont smoke, meet the exercise requirements, and I only speed excessively when I dont see any cops. Doughnuts are resisted when possible, my teeth get brushed after each coffee, ...
Posted on 7/25/11 at 8:31 AM
Sugar Beet Farmers
Renville, Minnesota. Coop pumps $170 million into community. 587 growers in southern Minnesota. Farm 119,000 in 17 counties. The Renville plant is one of the most modern in the world. Processes 2.6 mi...
Posted on 12/25/09 at 8:12 AM
Crystal Sugar union workers to vote for 5th time
Union workers in North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa who have been locked out of their jobs for 20 months at American Crystal Sugar Co. are voting on the contract for the fifth time.April 13, 2013
American Crystal union sets fifth contract vote
Locked-out American Crystal Sugar union workers will hold a fifth vote on the company’s last contract offer on April 13, according to Gayln Olson, president of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Local 372G in Hillsboro.By Forum News Service , April 02, 2013
Judge strikes down NYC ban on supersized sodas
A judge struck down New York City's pioneering ban on big sugary drinks Monday just hours before it was supposed to take effect, handing a defeat to health-minded Mayor Michael Bloomberg and creating uncertainty for restaurants that had already ordered smaller cups and changed their menus.March 12, 2013
Proposal may be too late to help American Crystal workers
A Portland, N.D., Democrat has introduced a bill that would extend unemployment benefits to workers locked out of their jobs, but is not sure if American Crystal Sugar workers would qualify.By By Christopher Bjorke, Forum News Service , January 24, 2013
Union held off as Crystal stresses long view
By By Patrick Springer, Forum Communications , December 07, 2012
Crystal union votes down another offer
Locked-out union workers at American Crystal Sugar said “no” to the company’s contract offer a fourth time on Saturday. Their message is clear: They’d rather stay locked out than accept the contract. They’d rather extend a 16-month lockout than take a contract that, to most observers of the regional labor market, looks pretty good.By The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead , December 07, 2012
Crystal’s profits drop by 32 percent but still high
American Crystal Sugar saw its net proceeds slump by almost a third for its 2012 reporting year, although it posted its second-highest payments to beet growers in history.By By Patrick Springer, Forum Communications , December 06, 2012
Union confirms ACS workers to vote on contract
The locked-out workers of American Crystal Sugar will vote on the company’s contract offer Dec. 1, said a union official. John Riskey, president of Local 167G of the Bakery Workers union representing employees at Crystal plants in East Grand Forks, Moorhead and Drayton, N.D., said the vote would include workers at Crystal’s five factories in Minnesota and North Dakota along with members in Iowa.By By Christopher Bjorke, Forum Communications , November 24, 2012
Locked-out Crystal workers push consumer boycott
Locked-out workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. factories in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota are demonstrating outside businesses in the Fargo and Grand Forks areas that sell the company's products.October 16, 2012
Union takes Crystal Sugar protests to stores
By By Dave Olson , Forum Communications , October 16, 2012
Union workers protest lockout
October 16, 2012
AFL-CIO endorses boycott of American Crystal Sugar
The AFL-CIO has endorsed a nationwide consumer boycott of American Crystal Sugar products to protest its 14-month lockout of union workers.October 02, 2012
Legislature may take up ACS issue
A lawmaker said he’s expecting the North Dakota Legislature to take up the issue of whether workers who are locked out of their jobs should get unemployment benefits.October 02, 2012
ACS executive: Sugar harvest OK
An American Crystal Sugar Co. executive said the company’s replacement workers are doing well in handling this fall’s sugar beet harvest.September 20, 2012
American Crystal exec says ND sugar harvest OK
An American Crystal Sugar Co. executive says the company's replacement workers are doing well in handling this fall's sugar beet harvest.September 19, 2012
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