Marylee Orr on Sugarcane Burning

Marylee Orr speaks on the danger of burning sugarcane at harvest. Residents who live near the farms have to breathe in the particles, as well as the pesticides that are sprayed on the plants. Charles Thibaut of the Evan Hall Sugar Coop. says that burning is the most profitable way to harvest and that production and profit would drop in a way that farmers aren’t able to accept.