Author Margie Sarsfield based her novel "Beta Vulgaris" on experiences she had a little more than a decade ago when she travelled to Minnesota to work on the sugar beet harvest. She said she knew ...

Commonly known as sugar beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris), this crop is grown commercially in the United States, as well as some European countries. In fact, sugar derived from beets ...

Beets are commonly grown for their bulbous roots, but their tops can also be harvested for greens, and they are an excellent source of Vitamin A as well as calcium. Beet juice is sometimes used in ...

It’s all about psychology, tunneling deep into the troubled brain of Elise, who is losing her grip as she and boyfriend Tom toil on a sugar beet farm in fictional Robber’s Bluff, Minnesota.