Jill Thompson raises sugarbeets with her husband, and the family always has had a passion for cooking. They've started The Little Kitchen in Grafton, North Dakota, to share their passion for food.
Michael “Mitch” Dusek started his YouTube channel to give people around the world a firsthand look at sugarbeet production and daily life on an American family farm.
Earl Mallinger is American Crystal Sugar’s oldest shareholder and likely one of
the nation’s oldest farmers. He celebrated his 105th birthday on Aug. 14, 2022,
and continues to farm about 1,000 acres near Oslo, Minnesota.
The main goal of the tour was to demystify where sugar comes from and humanize the sugar industry to these influential experts, according to Dr. Courtney Gaine, the president and CEO of the Sugar Association.
The main goal of the tour was to demystify where sugar comes from and humanize
the sugar industry to these influential experts, according to Dr. Courtney
Gaine, the president and CEO of the Sugar Association.
Anna Murphy of Berthoud, Colo., finds passion for sugarbeets in her new role as executive vice president of the Beet Sugar Development Foundation and the American Society of Sugarbeet Technologists.