date:May 22, 2012
The Coalition for Sugar Reform, which represents consumer and trade associations, and major sugar using industries, claims that relatively higher prices for sugar in the United States also incentivize US food companies to relocate jobs overseas. Meanwhile, the American Sugar Alliance, which represents the interests of sugar growers, has welcomed the Senate Agriculture Committees decision to approve the 2012 Farm Bill with no change to sugar policy, saying it ensures that US agriculture can thriv