When fresh produce is unavailable or unaffordable, a healthy lifestyle is unattainable.
Ashley Webb and her husband, Andres Barcelo-Sanchez, moved to New Orleans four years ago and access to local groceries was extremely limited, so the couple decided to do something about it.
Read MoreThe number of farms in the United States has fallen below 2 million for the first time since before the Civil War, according to the recently released 2022 Census of Agriculture. In 2022, there were 1,900,487 farms in the country, a 7-percent decline from the level reported in the 2017 Census.
Read MoreA long-time veteran of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Casey Bean will join the American Sugar Alliance (ASA) as the organization’s trade consultant on May 1. Bean will work with ASA to analyze the complex global trade issues that impact U.S. sugar farmers and shape America’s no-cost sugar policy.
With more than thirty years of experience working with the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Bean’s work at FAS spans multiple regions across the globe including the countries of Bolivia, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Japan, Pakistan, Peru, and Venezuela.
Read MoreMost people with even passing familiarity with LSU history know 1958 was a milestone year for the university. It was the first time the LSU Tigers claimed a national championship on the football field, a feat that wouldn’t be accomplished again for more than four decades.
Elsewhere on campus that year, another national championship was being celebrated.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter is partnering with Horizon Ag, a seed marketing and variety development company, to initiate a new rice breeding program focused on varieties for southern rice-producing areas, which include Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas.
Read MoreLouisiana is home to more than 720,000 head of cattle and some of those are bred specifically for the show ring.
For the past 11 years, the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) has hosted a youth livestock show. As per usual, children of all ages rounded up their cattle and traveled to the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales to participate in the event.
Read MoreThe Fourth Annual South Franklin Catfish Festival is happening next weekend, and Leslie Young and Elliot Britt joined Good Morning ArkLaMiss to talk about the event.
Young says the festival is a family-friendly event that will feature live music, classic cars, vendors, food trucks and catfish. Britt says the festival is a great way for local business to be represented and the community to come together.
Read MoreThe Fashion and Business Laboratory (FAB Lab) in the SU College of Agricultural, Human and Environmental Sciences (CAHES) will host its 2024 Youth Leadership Program LEVEL UP summer camp for youth ages 12-18.
This year, the camp will hold two levels. The first level will be for beginning sewists and will be held from July 8-12. The second level will open to intermediate to advanced sewists from July 29 – Aug 2. Both camps will operate from 9 a.m. – 3 in the FAB Lab inside Pinkie Thrift Hall.
Read MoreAlthough cockfighting has been banned in Louisiana for 16 years, animal advocates say the remnants of the practice are still common in the state – but arrests are few.
“We’re way behind the nation on animal fighting investigations,” said Jeff Dorson, executive director of the Humane Society of Louisiana.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter was recently awarded a $1 million grant to focus on specific Best Management Practices in sugarcane and rice that address reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving soil health. Three rice farms in Vermillion parish are participating in this project to determine the effectiveness and impact of these practices compared with a more conventional production system.
Read MoreAs U.S. rice farmers rush to finish planting their 2024 crop, one of their largest export markets is at risk because of financial restrictions placed on banks that would normally provide dollars for U.S. rice shipments to Iraq.
Read MoreThe latest crop report shows loads of good news, with most everything close to 5 year averages, or ahead of schedule. It looks like more good weather is on the way. By that, I mean there will be some rain, and some dry, as things try to stay pretty balanced across Louisiana. Here’s how I see things going through the middle of next week.
First off, the warmth is here, and it looks like it’s here to stay. We’ll still see a couple of “cold” fronts before we really shift into summer mode, but the cold fronts are going to lose their punch.
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