Baton Rouge Business Report
Several Louisiana farms were flattened by Hurricane Ida this week.
“This has been a very difficult year for farmers, with the freeze and the unprecedented rainfall, and now a Category 4 hurricane,” says BREADA executive director Darlene Adams Rowland.
BREADA, which oversees the Red Stick Farmers Market and other local programs, has been trying to get in contact with farmers across the state. It wasn’t able to reach many until Tuesday.
“Our farmers to the east and south have suffered significant damage, with some still yet to be seen,” Rowland says.
And the worst could be yet to come.