From COLAB:
A new USDA grant is helping Lafourche Parish look beyond the mill for the next phase of sugarcane’s economic impact.
South Central Planning and Development Commission announced a $74,975 USDA grant to grow a sugarcane bagasse economy. It supports a $150,000 project to market the Lockport/Valentine Industrial Site to bio-based industry, building on the #BayouRegion‘s agriculture base and site development efforts that bring investment and jobs.
COLAB supports regional work that connects local opportunities to federal and private-sector resources across the Bayou Region.
Read more from South Central Planning and Development Commission on their page.