beet

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Next month, she said, organizers plan to honor the Japanese-Mexican Labor Assn., a union formed by sugar beet workers in 1903 that conducted a 48-day farmworker strike 123 years ago, long before Chavez.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Benali added that sugar beet, citrus and vegetable farms had also been devastated by flooding.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Food companies started replacing it with cane or beet sugar more than a decade ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

In a study published in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, researchers found that sugar beet pulp could help farmers cut down on synthetic pesticide use.

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2025

“Lina, put this in your pocket and take it to Mr. Stalas,” said Mother, handing me a beet.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys