Per Axios:

Sensing a power shift, clean water advocates say candidates should reject that money and quit doing the bidding of an industry that harms the environment.

Image from Axios / Allie Carl

Politico Florida Playbook asks candidates “what’s in your wallet?" amidst massive big sugar spending and launch of new campaign.

From AP:

STUART, Fla., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VoteWater, a Florida-based group with a mission to fight political corruption and defend the public’s right to clean water, today announced the launch of the No Big Sugar Campaign, a landmark effort to end the influence of Big Sugar money in politics and free elected leaders to act in the best interest of their communities.

From Miami Herald

Coming off a pivotal legislative session and heading into election season, Florida’s largest sugar growers have given more than $6 million in campaign contributions to state races and thousands more to federal campaigns.

Photo by Marc Serota TNS

From the Miami Herald:

Coming off a pivotal legislative session and heading into election season, Florida’s largest sugar growers have given more than $6 million in campaign contributions to state races and thousands more to federal campaigns.

But Florida clean water advocates want candidates to sour on sugar money. VoteWater, a Florida-based advocacy organization that says its mission is to “fight political corruption and defend the public’s right to clean water,” on Wednesday launched the No Big Sugar Campaign, an open letter urging the public to support candidates who reject political contributions from the industry.

From Mother Jones:

Low pay, chemical exposure, and a life of debt.

BY SANDY TOLAN WITH EUCLIDES CORDERO NUEL; PHOTOS BY PEDRO FARIAS-NARDI

A ProPublica Series investigating how regulators have allowed the sugar industry to burn crops at the expense of poor communities of color in Florida’s heartland.

Photography by Thomas Cordy with The Palm Beach Post.