The Okeelanta Sugar Plant is one of four large sugar mills in the Everglades Agricultural Area, an area that processes most of the cane sugar produced in the USA. It is one of two plants in the area owned by Florida Crystals, a privately held company that was established here by the Fanjul family, after they lost their Cuban operations in the 1959 revolution. The company is now the largest raw sugar producer in the country, and processes more than six million tons of sugar cane a year, harvested from 150,000 acres of land here, and in the Dominican Republic. The Okeelanta plant includes a mill, refinery, and a 140MW biomass power plant, using cane waste to generate electricity for the plant.