Everglades Harvest (Florida's Sugarcane Industry, 1983)

This film gives a detailed overview of south Florida's sugarcane industry as a celebration of the "good country life" of the farmer. It was shot entirely in the Lake Okeechobee area. The film details sugarcane production in all of its phases: from planting, field burning, harvesting and milling, to loading the refined sugar into barges for shipment. It also covers the Spanish introduction of the cane plant into Florida in the 1500s, South Florida's early sugarcane industry, and the great hurricane of 1928. Several state and federal experts make short testimonials on sugarcane and associated industries. Produced by Cinema East Miami and the Florida Sugar Cane League.

[@anthonyevans1233]

South Florida sugar, is the best sugar on earth..

[@castlemania08]

I love that all the mechanical cane harvesters seen in this video were imported units built in Australia in my home town by Toft and Massey Ferguson. Gave J&L and later Cameco something to think about!

[@Skipbo000]

..... and the Everglades was choked leading to its slow ruination and the Lake, no longer able to drain naturally, began growing a deadly algae then when released kills everything from the lake to the ocean.

[@fsoileau]

Love the propaganda of fishing in Lake Okeechobee with the wonderful fishing and now look at the massive environmental impact of present day algae blooms, destruction of habitat all link to a small family/ group of people. We don't need to go into why we in the U.S. pay so much for sugar that Coke can't afford to put it into our soft drinks.... Scumbag Industry. The Florida people should just take that land back and sue them for damages.

[@fx9731]

We should, this has gone on too long, and it's costing animals and peoples health directly and our business as well.

[@j.r.florida6900]

It’s called overdevelopment, wake up!

[@elpolloclaudio6658]

If you offer me a $100,000 a year for the next 35 years ill agree with you... Yall city scumbags totally about the impact one out of 4 sugar mill has on our blue collar communities... Y'all are just selfish

[@MartialArtsTutorialsFighttips]

Dearsit is a very beautiful video , BTW do you have any problems with Wild hogs and rabbits? if so is there any way for me to apply for a hunting or trapping permit on your land?thanks Sergio perez

[@haroldestevez4803]

Hello Sergio, I am pretty sure they do. All sugar plantation are full of pigs. I hope some one help you out to get that hunting permit.

[@elpolloclaudio6658]

Hogs are the biggest problem in the glades sugar cane industry and to my knowledge it you speal to the right peple from processors such as United States Sugar Corp you can obtain a permit to hunt their land.

[@engenhoqueiroz]

Hi, I'm cane producer from Brazil, can you answer some questions?

[@elpolloclaudio6658]

Yes

[@carlossanabria977]

Check out this video on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJDcgmCaetVsr68 Pipes to the Everglades by the 27 State road to the South

[@mikeyoungblood1706]

Phony Roland Martin.

[@tykusvideos]

Sooooooooo coooool

[@PaintSlinger99]

The future of Florida is tourism and ecotourism.. NOT SUGAR. Get out of Florida US Sugar

[@pablop9495]

Florida has always and will always be about tourism since Flagler... But from when this video was made made to now, sugar has grown and is expanding more every year... Back in the day sugar season started october ended in December NOW it ends in mid april that's over a 100% increase... They are taking this sugar out of the deepest corners of palm beach, hendry, and martin county and probably even more...

[@fx9731]

Extracted sugar isolated is toxic to humans! It's a fucking drug! Leave sugar in fruit!

[@elpolloclaudio6658]

@@fx9731 proceeds to put sugar in cofee or even worse splenda...😂

[@carlmenzel8744]

Where do you think this money for tourism comes from if you don't have proper industry you don't have tourist it's that simple tourism is only a money spinner not a earner.

[@anthonyevans1233]

You're alive, because of florida sugar.. Give them some benefit okay..

[@BigSkyCurmudgeon]

is that Fulton milling equipment? gearing, mill housing, rolls? if so i might have made some of them.