Imagine Audio: Big Sugar - Big Sugar Episode 2: The Grass is Always Greener

Big Sugar Episode 2: The Grass is Always Greener

06/27/23 • 44 min

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Tensions between workers and a sugarcane farm erupt into violence. A ragtag group of lawyers seek justice for thousands of sugarcane cutters who have allegedly been underpaid for their grueling labor.

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Meet Victor and Selvin, who initially feel lucky to travel from Jamaica to Florida to cut sugarcane. The experiences of cane cutters like them lead two ambitious journalists to try and uncover the devastating truth about the labor supporting the American sugar industry.

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Imagine Audio: Big Sugar - Big Sugar Episode 2: The Grass is Always Greener

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Each day, when a cutter is brought to a field, they're told in number it's the amount they'll earn for cutting a row of sugarcane. Remember, sugar cane is planted in rows. Some days it's one hundred dollars per row, some days it's one hundred and fifty dollars, some days it's eighty dollars. And a single row can take days to cut. But I want a zero in on one day and one field. In this particular field, the workers, after cutting for a couple hours