The site of the distillery was settled by sugar farmers in 1690.
In Amatlán, sugar farmers wait for what they are owed.
"This is a 3 year insurance policy that I have purchased for my sugar farmers..." he said.
A group that has been placing advertisements under several different names is behind the effort to impose a $75 million-a-year tax on Florida's sugar farmers.
Another myth is that sugar farmers are not cooperating with Everglades restoration efforts.
Many sugar farmers have thrown in the towel, growing other crops or selling out to developers.
I'll tell him you are making a sale to a rich sugar farmer.
They are the reason Europe's sugar farmers can defy economics and be the world's leading exporters despite their high costs.
Watching sugar farmers cut through thick cane stalks with machetes, he believed that there was a better way.
I will not vote for structural or social cohesion policy instruments to be used to cushion sugar farmers.