By Chad Hanks
Louisiana Illuminator
I’ve spent my life working the land in rural Louisiana, and I’ve seen what happens when farms struggle and communities begin to slip away.
As a farmer, landowner, chairman of the Lafayette Economic Development Authority, and someone who has served for more than a decade as a commissioner while advocating for agriculture and rural communities at both the state and federal levels, I don’t have the luxury of looking at these issues from a distance.