Vermilion Parish Rice Farmers Explore Microalgae As “Weird but Promising” Crop

By Elsa Hahne

LSU News Service

In the heart of Cajun country, Allen Mclain farms about 3,000 acres of rice together with his wife, father, and two younger brothers. Much of their crop, all south of LA-14, is under threat. Saltwater from the Gulf is slowly, and some days quickly, making its way up through marshes, bayous, and over levees.

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