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
As talks loom, Crystal workers rally
By By Marino Eccher, Forum Communications Co. , June 07, 2012
Crystal union returning to bargaining table
Locked-out union workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. are in the middle of a 200-mile trek to the negotiating table, which the company says could be a long walk for a short meeting.By By Dave Kolpack , Associated Press , June 05, 2012
Locked-out workers take message on the road
By By Stephen J. Lee , Forum Communications Co. , June 01, 2012
Crystal union lobbies for compromise
American Crystal Sugar union leaders say they’re willing to give on some key sticking points when they sit down for talks with company management next week, but need a similar attitude from the other side of the negotiating table to make progress toward ending the 10-month-old lockout.By By Marino Eccher , Forum Communications Co. , May 31, 2012
As lockout drags on, American Crystal Sugar gets comfortable
With the price of its 10-month-old lockout falling by the day and thousands of workers seeking jobs under the terms rejected by union employees, American Crystal Sugar has no plans — and little incentive — to budge from the contract offer it’s had on the table since last fall.By By Marino Eccher, Forum Communications Co. , May 25, 2012
Union bringing offer to Crystal negotiations
A Bakery Workers union official is saying that locked-out American Crystal Sugar workers will bring a counteroffer to the June 8 negotiations with the company.By By Ryan Bakken , Forum Communications Co. , May 23, 2012
ACS to meet with union
American Crystal Sugar has agreed to sit down with the Bakery Workers union and a federal mediator June 8, “but our final offer is our final offer,” ACS spokesman Brian Ingulsrud said Thursday.By By Ryan Bakken , Forum Communications Co. , May 04, 2012
Union says it will resume talks with sugar company
A union official says locked-out American Crystal Sugar Co. workers will resume talks with the company on June 8.May 03, 2012
Crystal, union spar over processing costs
American Crystal Sugar Co. is denying union claims that a labor lockout has doubled processing costs for sugar beets harvested last year.April 28, 2012
Crystal officials deny unions cost claims
American Crystal Sugar Co. officials deny new union claims that a labor lockout has more than doubled processing costs for beets harvested in 2011.By By Mikkel Pates , Forum Communications , April 27, 2012
Crystal reaches contract deal with MT workers
American Crystal Sugar has agreed to a contract with union workers at a subsidiary in Montana but remains at a standoff with union workers in North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa.April 26, 2012
Bomb squad called to American Crystal Sugar plant
A bomb squad was called out after workers at the American Crystal Sugar processing plant in Moorhead found a live blasting cap.April 11, 2012
Locked-out Crystal workers alter plans
By By Dave Kolpack, Associated Press , April 03, 2012
Locked-out ND, Ohio workers plan 6-state tour
Some locked-out American Crystal Sugar Co. workers are joining workers in Ohio locked out by Cooper Tire on a 1,000-mile tour through six states.February 16, 2012
Crystal union to fight sugar program
The union representing locked-out employees at American Crystal Sugar. Co. plans to lobby against the federal sugar program in Congress, breaking a tradition of fighting for the program alongside farmers and the company.February 03, 2012
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