Rusty Trail, Glenn’s Ferry, ID
February 2020
Idaho is known for the potato, but the Trail family has a good reason for growing sugar beets.
Luis Ruiz, Belle Glade, FL
February 2020
Passionate about sustainability and solving problems, Luis Ruiz is one of the youngest managers in the sugar cane business.
Suzanne Rutherford, Brawley, CA
January 2020
As a 3rd generation farmer in the California valley, Suzanne Rutherford and her family have a pretty unique sugar beet farm.
Eddie Lewis, Youngsville, LA
January 2020
Family business might be an understatement for the Lewis’ and sugar cane farming. At one point, their family farm had 30 employees and every single one was a blood relative.
Rita Herford, Minden City, MI
November 2019
Up in Michigan, Rita Herford’s family has been farming sugar beets for five generations, ever since her ancestors emigrated from Germany.
Eric Hopkins, Belle Glade, FL
November 2019
As the Senior Vice President of Hundley Farms, based in Belle Glade, Florida, Eric Hopkins is part of a family farming business that stretches back to 1969.
Ben Chaffin, Ithaca, MI
September 2019
As a third-generation farmer, Ben has established a reputation for being a resource to others in the agricultural field. He says it's important to balance business sense with being a good neighbor, an environmental steward and an industry advocate.
Maria Alvarez, Nampa, ID
September 2019
As manager for Amalgamated Sugar’s largest warehouse in Nampa, Idaho, Maria Alvarez runs a 24/7 operation, oversees a staff of 176 and is host and company ambassador to guests visiting the facility. But she takes it all in stride.
Gert Hawkins, Pointe Coupee, LA
August 2019
It’s common to hear sugar farming referred to as a family business. Stories of parents, grandparents and even great-grandparents working the same land is not unusual.
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