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EPISODE · Jul 12, 2018 · 22 MIN

The bitter side to Colorado's sugar beet boom

from The Way it Was: A podpast · host Fort Collins Coloradoan

As the nations demands for sugar beets grew, so did the need for more labor in Northern Colorado's vast beet fields. But what did that mean for the children of the poor, hardworking, migrant families willing to take on the backbreaking work? Life was far from sweet.

As the nations demands for sugar beets grew, so did the need for more labor in Northern Colorado's vast beet fields. But what did that mean for the children of the poor, hardworking, migrant families willing to take on the backbreaking work? Life was far from sweet.

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