Magazine Editor Linda Benedict Taught Us About Agriculture For Decades

By Kyle Peveto

LSU AgCenter

For 25 years, Louisiana Agriculture magazine has been in the capable hands of Linda Foster Benedict.

As editor of the 65-year-old quarterly publication, Benedict has overseen 97 issues of the magazine, and she can’t pick a favorite.

“Every issue that comes out is my favorite,” she said. “I honestly think they get better every issue.”

This spring, after finishing the winter issue of Louisiana Agriculture, Benedict retired after a nearly 50-year career in cooperative extension education and communications.

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