sugarcane
This Hawaiian Distillery Wants to Save the Islands' Sugarcane
KōHana Hawaiian Agricole Rum relies on heirloom cane that's on the brink of extinction.
Watch a Scene That Was Deleted from 'Huang's World' Because Eddie Was Fresh Off the Blunt
Another deleted scene is here! While in Jamaica, Eddie Huang was supposed to interview a local sugarcane farmer, but he kinda... sorta... forgot how to after smoking some ganja.
The Silent Epidemic Behind Nicaragua's Rum
The citizens of Chichigalpa, a small town in western Nicaragua, are dying at an alarming rate. Research has linked conditions in sugarcane fields, which produce molasses for rum, to an epidemic of kidney disease.
The Dark Side of Daiquiri Beach
I went to Daiquirí Beach, tracing the birthplace of that famous cocktail, to find out what’s shaking there today. What I discovered, however, was something I could not have predicted.
Filipino Sugarcane Workers Are Nearly the Walking Dead
Thousands of sugarcane workers in the Philippines who are barely coping with their island’s dead season may face a possible zombie apocalyptic scenario as they battle catastrophic extreme weather changes and the possibility of an impending collapse of...
Monsanto’s Herbicide Might Be Killing Farmers
Deaths from a mysterious kidney disease are in the tens of thousands, and might be caused by the world’s bestselling chemical weed killer.