Learn About the Louisiana Sugar Industry

Sugar Belt to Table From Louisiana’s Sugar Belt To Your Table
The 2014 Louisiana Sugarcane Educational Packet
One Sweet History
From the Field to the Table
Sugar – Captured Sunshine
A Closer Look at Sugar
More Than Just Sweet Taste
Where Does Sugar Come From?
A Sweet Part of a Healthy Diet
It’s Sweet to the Environment
From the Cane Field to Your Sugar Bowl!
– Starring Farmer Joe and Marie
Raising Cane in Louisiana
Educational Video Information

Sugar’s Place in Healthful Eating Patterns
Use this science-based brochure from The Sugar
Association to make nutrition and diet decisions for
your family.

How Well Do You Know Sugar?
The Sugar Association offers important science-based information about sugar, where it comes from and its role in a balanced diet and lifestyle.

Click here to find more downloadable learning aides and resources from the Sugar Association for classroom use and education.

2021-22 Louisiana Sugarcane Media Kit
Read the eight-page pamphlet that tells you everything you need to know about the 2020-21 Louisiana sugarcane season. A great downloadable resource for teachers and folks who just want to know. The media kit contains all of the topics listed below. Includes a map of the 24 cane-producing parishes, production data, farm data, sugar mill information, and FAQs.

Map of Louisiana’s Sugarcane Producing Parishes 2021
A holdover from Louisiana’s French colonial past, our counties are called parishes. Here is a map that lists all 24 sugarcane producing parishes.

Louisiana Sugarcane Production Data 1982-2021

Pelican State sugarcane growers have been producing sugarcane for commercial purposes since 1795, and before that when the Jesuits planted cane in 1765 for their own use.

From Louisiana Sugarcane Fields to Your Sugar Bowl