Crawfish supply is struggling to meet the usual insatiable demand. Jeff Palermo talked to the LSU Ag Center about the why the tiny mudbugs are costing so much.
Louisiana Congressman Ralph Abraham has introduced a bill to allow rural communities direct access to more than two-billion-dollars in FAST ACT grant funding.
One example Abraham cites is the 70-year-old Tallulah water plant. The plant broke down twice during the recent harsh winter weather and needs to be repaired. His bill would allow local governments to apply for FAST ACT dollars without much red tape…
The Young Leadership Council partnered with ArcGNO this carnival season to collect beads and recyclables on the parade routes through uptown New Orleans. After a Nola.com story revealed that the city removed more than 64 tons of beads from a five block stretch of St. Charles, YLC Recycles Project Leader Hannah Kincannon
Arc GNO workers will clean and sort the beads, which will be sold back to parade krewes next Mardi Gras season.
Kincannon says About 200 people worked the ground, passing out recycling and collection bags over the programs two weekends. She says they’d to see more volunteers out helping next year.
Kincannon says two and a half tons of Mardi Gras beads were collected on the first day alone.
Five students from Nicholls State University attending the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute will get a once in a lifetime trip to France to learn from culinary minds at Institut Paul Bocuse (Bo-cuse). Nicholls State has been involved in the program for the last 12 years and Chef Instructor Randy Chermaie says The students will not be just traveling looking at all the sights. Chermaie says they will be involved in an intense four month program learning from top rated chefs who have earned the distinction of being the best in the world…