date:Oct 30, 2012
hat grow sugar beets for sugar extraction in Washington. All three farms are members of Sunheaven Farms, an irrigation system partnership that includes R. Munn Farms and four other area farms.
R. Munn Farms was putting in sugar beets in the late 1980s, while others were taking them out. They've always grown the beets for Amalgamated Sugar, a co-op owned by the farmers who grow for it. The co-op determines how many acres each farm can grow in a given year, said Munn, who is on the board of direc