The sweet tooth has been around since the dawn of humanity, but sugar only became a household staple in the 1880s. Since then, it has swiftly become an important commodity and plays a significant role in the human diet around the world.

Delivering sugar to the table has its own challenges. One company that has been hitting the mark decade after decade is U.S. Sugar, a family business located in the center of Florida. One of the largest agricultural operations in the state, the company owns 230,000 acres of land where sugarcane farming and refining operations run 24/7.

“We’ve been growing sugarcane for 90 years, and we’ve been innovative from the start,” says Carl Stringer, a company executive who has a dual task as vice president of IT and Employee Benefits at U.S. Sugar. “We’ve been an early adopter of high-tech in our operations, thanks to our 270-square-mile area of a privately owned Wi-Fi network.”