Victoria Dodge
Lafayette Daily Advertiser
In 1770, Jean Francios de Beaumelle Gonsoulin, a land surveyor for the King of France, registered his brand in St. Martin Parish.
More than 250 years later, Francios' descendant Shannon Gonsoulin has maintained the namesake with Gonsoulin Land and Cattle Company.
A staple at the Lafayette Farmers Market, the New Iberia-based meat company boasts a long lineage of butchers, meat market operators and, most recently, a grass-fed cattle ranch.