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Advocacy, education, and community organizing for a healthier Louisiana Food System.

Email h-jud@la.legis.gov right now in opposition of HB 335!Louisiana’s farmers can’t take this financial hit! Keep farme...

04/22/2026

Email [email protected] right now in opposition of HB 335!

Louisiana’s farmers can’t take this financial hit! Keep farmers markets safe for families and bustling for farmers!

04/22/2026

ALERT🚨: House Bill 335 is being heard in committee tomorrow!! This is the one that requires immigration checks at farmers markets if they want to provide market match…..let me repeat that.

THIS REQUIRES THAT FARMERS MARKETS CHECK AND VERIFY IMMIGRATION STATUS OF EVERYONE TO PROCESS SNAP MATCHING. Regardless of what your beliefs are about immigration this is objectively IMPOSSIBLE for farmers markets to do and will most likely result in dropping SNAP matching, which hurts farmers and families. It’s also in violation of federal law for markets to do and will jeopardize their ability to operate!

Policies like this make America UNHEALTHY.

Healthy is connecting with your neighbors
Healthy is supporting local farmers
Healthy is using SNAP dollars in your local economy

Right now, we need ALL of you to contact every member of the House Judiciary Committee to make sure they know we OPPOSE this bill! See slide 4 for contact information of individual representatives! No time?– email an opposing comment to:
[email protected]!

04/16/2026

BIG 🚨 ALERT
We need eyes on Louisiana Senate Bill 335, ya heard???

03/13/2026

WE SURVIVED WEEK ONE! Louisiana state session started on March 9th. We’re gearing up for our first state of the session calls.

Farmers, fishers, and eaters should tune in for our State of the Session calls to learn what’s happening at the 2026 Louisiana Legislature on food, fish, hunger, and farm policy. Join the conversation, ask questions, and stay informed during the 2026 state session. This is a low-lift and easy way to start understanding how state laws are made that impact our food system (like SNAP, farmers’ markets and meat processing). Get involved!
Sign up: bit.ly/food2026 March 19 • April 30 • May 21 | 5–6 PM

09/22/2025

Today is your final day to apply for the 2025 - 2026 Louisiana Food Fellows Cohort!

Don't miss your chance to be a changing agent for Louisiana's local food system. Apply today -> www.louisianafoodpolicy.org/foodfellows

09/20/2025

🌽 Meet Marguerite Green - A 2025/2026 Food Fellows speaker!

Marguerite Green, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, grew up immersed in the city's live oaks and the pine-forested swamps of the North Shore. From a young age, Margee was drawn to nature and the environment, although she initially resisted helping with her mother’s tomato garden. Hurricane Katrina, however, brought the importance of food sovereignty to her door. In 2006, Margee attended Louisiana State University, where she majored in agriculture with a focus on vegetable production. Her early work in field production evolved into a commitment to community gardening, and she co-founded a network of neighborhood-run gardens at mosques and churches in Baton Rouge.

After graduating, Margee returned to New Orleans, which was still in recovery, and has since led various school gardens, community farms, and her own farm. She has dedicated the past decade to integrating healthy food systems with the fight against the climate crisis, which is profoundly impacting her community. From 2017-2025 Margee has served as the director of SPROUT, a farmer support organization increasing food access in Louisiana by supporting the people who grow food. In 2025, Margee became the Statewide Director of the Louisiana Food Policy Council, helping Louisiana families protect SNAP benefits, summer feeding, farmers' markets, and farm to ECE programs that are being defunded and attacked. She is also the proud mother of a daughter named River, inspired by the mighty Mississippi’s waters that nourish our communities.

Want to be part of the 2025/2026 Food Fellows cohort? Apply today → www.louisianafoodpolicy.org/foodfellows! Applications close September 22, 2025

09/19/2025

🫛 Meet Latria Graham - A 2025/2026 Food Fellows speaker!

Latria Graham is a magazine feature writer from Spartanburg, South Carolina. Her work has appeared in the NYT, LA Times, The Guardian, espnW, Southern Living, and The Atlantic. She is the ethical travel columnist for Afar Magazine, as well as the writer behind Garden&Gun's This Land column, which uses time, place, and memory to document and investigate the lesser known or rapidly disappearing aspects of the natural world in the South.

An Assistant Professor of Creative Writing in Augusta University’s English and World Languages department, she is also an instructor in the University of Georgia's Narrative Nonfiction MFA program housed in the Grady College of Mass Communication & Journalism. Her forthcoming book, “Uneven Ground: A Memoir of a Family, a Land, and a Culture in Peril,” about her attempt to preserve her family’s century-old farm and sense of rootedness, will be published by Mariner, a division of HarperCollins.

You can follow her adventures on Instagram () and find more about her work at LatriaGraham.com.

Want to be part of the 2025/2026 Food Fellows cohort? Apply today → www.louisianafoodpolicy.org/foodfellows! Applications close September 22, 2025

09/18/2025

🥬 Meet Iriel Edwards - A 2025/2026 Food Fellows speaker!

Iriel Edwards is a grower and local food advocate from West Monroe, LA who is based out of Alexandria. She has eight years of experience in developing alternative food systems at the local, regional, and national scale in ways that address racial capitalism, corporate monopolization, and cultural regeneration. Her food systems journey has included research, racial justice advocacy, farm management, cooperatives, market development, and more.

Currently, she is the Mid-Market Value Chain Coordinator for the Louisiana Small Scale Agriculture Coalition. In this role, she works with coalition members to map wholesale market opportunities and develop technical assistance materials for farmers looking to expand their businesses into larger markets. She also assists in a number of other projects related to amplifying producers' voices in the policy space through her contracted work with Sprout NOLA.

Iriel is passionate about issues regarding equitable land access and food sovereignty, and finds hope in recognizing the culture of interdependence in our state. She believes uplifting diversity and cultural pluralism is the basis for truly seeing and addressing issues in our food systems.

She graduated from Cornell University with a BSc in Entomology and a BSc in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, where she received a Distinction in Research for her thesis mapping “wild” food systems and their importance to food security in rural communities.

Want to be part of the 2025/2026 Food Fellows cohort? Apply today → www.louisianafoodpolicy.org/foodfellows! Applications close September 22, 2025

09/17/2025

🍅 Meet Terence Jackson - A 2025/2026 Food Fellows speaker!

Terence Jackson is a fifth-generation small farmer from Tuskegee, Alabama. A 2017 graduate of Tuskegee University with a degree in Agribusiness and a concentration in farm entrepreneurship, Terence has experience in farming, gardening, timber production, and even using drones in agriculture. For over 14 years, he has worked alongside local farmers and supported on-farm research.

He co-founded The Movement 46, a community-based group that brings people together for agriculture-focused projects that enrich everyday life. In 2020, Terence and friends launched The Garden of Tuskegee, a teaching farm designed to share knowledge about growing food.

Terence believes sustainability is essential for building strong connections and systems. He takes pride in creating programs that offer hands-on learning and opportunities to grow.

“Farming and gardening are some of the oldest art forms in the world. The land is your canvas; embrace the journey and express yourself!”

He is also the creator of the Jesup Wagon Grow-Kit, designed for both beginners and experienced growers to explore the importance of growing your own food.

Want to be part of the 2025/2026 Food Fellows cohort? Apply today → www.louisianafoodpolicy.org/foodfellows! Applications close September 22, 2025

09/16/2025

🥕 Meet Grace Treffinger - A 2025/2026 Food Fellows speaker!

Grace was born and raised in New Orleans and has spent the last 10+ years deeply involved in the city’s food and gardening community. From working as a line cook and caterer to teaching as a garden educator, she has dedicated her career to strengthening community food connections and sharing knowledge about growing and cooking.

She earned her Bachelor of Science in Community Food Systems and Agroecology from the University of California - Berkeley. While there, she was part of a team that helped protect a student- and community-run garden, an experience that shaped her passion for sustainable food practices.

Today, Grace serves as New Orleans’ first Urban Agriculture Liaison, a role focused on supporting local farmers and gardeners. She works closely with community members to make growing more accessible — from encouraging helpful practices like cover cropping, to simplifying processes for garden resources, to sharing opportunities for land and space to grow.

🌱 Learn more about this new role here:
https://nola.gov/urbanag

Want to be part of the 2025/2026 Food Fellows cohort? Apply today → www.louisianafoodpolicy.org/foodfellows! Applications close September 22, 2025.

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