"Heart Of Louisiana" Red River Farm

By Dave McNamara

WAFB-TV 9

The sun is barely above the treetops on this Red River Parish farm, and workers have been in the field since daybreak, finding vegetables that are ready for the market. It’s a race against the clock each morning for Ed Lester, who helps fill the bins and bushel baskets of his roadside farmers’ market with more than 50 varieties of fruits and vegetables. Lester is the fourth generation to run this family farm.

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