Others include the leaf vegetables chard, spinach beet and sugar beet, which is important in table sugar production. White and red beetroot are planted in the region with farmers preferring the latter ...

Leonard Wachira a beetroots farmer on his farm at Ndathi Village in Kieni, Nyeri County on July 6, 2016. [Kibati Kihu, Standard] Beetroot, which is also known as garden beet, is a healthy vegetable ...

TAMPA, Fla — Welcome to Fat Beet Farm. The fully sustainable farm and kitchen opened to the public less than a month ago after over 8 years of work. At first, the family wanted to try out a new ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Hearing that crisp snap as the roots separate and a fresh radish is plucked from carefully cultivated soil is a sound farm manager Kaitlin Davis doesn't tire of hearing. “Right now, I'm ...

Sugar. Used to sweeten all kinds of edibles, available at the grocery store in varied packaging, an ordinary part of most people’s lives. Where does sugar come from? Today, it comes from sugar cane ...

Back in mid-November, just as the 2013 farming season was concluding, four sugarbeet growers — Kelly Erickson, Rick Gerstenberger, Galen Lee and John Snyder — traveled from their homes in Minnesota, ...