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Regarding brown sugar that’s gone hard and clumpy, I just put a slice of bread into the bag of sugar, and in about a day the brown sugar is as soft and moist as when it was purchased. I’ve read that if you need to use hardened brown sugar right away, place a moist paper towel into the bag and then microwave it for 20 seconds or so until it softens up. I haven’t tried the microwave method since I just keep a slice of bread in the bag. If it sits for a while, and both the bread and sugar harden again, just use a new slice of bread.

My sugar is still as soft and moist as when first opened but it gets, yes, little clumps that break apart with no trouble at all. It's the hard little balls about the size of 1/2 of a pea and a little darker brown. And it's C&H sugar, too, not an off or store brand.

I guess bread might work though.

I reseal the ziplock bags the sugar comes in and squeeze as much air out as I can. Then I have them packed into a gallon ice cream container. It's not dark like the cupboard but the bottom container (have stacks of flours and stuff in ice cream containers).