A huge thank you to Patrick Ferguson of Sierra Club Florida, for introducing us to one of the community leaders who are spearheading the #StopTheBurn campaign in Belle Glade. We discussed the damaging health effects of the pre-harvesting sugar cane burning practice and the complexities connected to the sugar industry and its strong hold on many of the communities, and their political representatives, who live around Lake Okeechobee.
A visit to Belle Glade with Robert Mitchell
Speaking to Muck City Black Lives Matter founder, and #StopTheBurn campaign organizer, Robert Mitchell. Photo by Alex Markow