Rick Roth, who runs a mid-sized sugar and vegetable farm in Belle Glade, Fla., believes the U.S. sugar program helps growers mitigate risk in an uncertain business.Amy Green/Florida Center for Investigative Reporting BELLE GLADE, Fla. – Behind every candy bar and can of soda is a complex government program of import tariffs and farmer loans […]

Amy Green
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Amy Green is a contributing reporter for the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting. She is a producer at WMFE, Orlando's NPR member station, and is working on a book about the Everglades. Amy has worked as a regular contributor to PEOPLE, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor and many other publications.
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