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| Louisiana Small Farmer Leadership graduating class |
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| Matthew and Dianne Tisby with their two future farmers |
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| L-r: Mellion-Patin, Williams, Taylor, Eubanks, Brown |
Baton
Rouge, LA- This morning, September 21, 2013, the Louisiana Small Farmer
Agricultural Leadership Boot Camp at the SU Ag Center graduated the 12 farmers
and future farmers enrolled in the class. Each of these farmers has attended,
and been very active in the 75-hour course that began in February of this year
under the direction of Dr. Dawn Mellion-Patin. Congratulations are in order! The
SU Ag Center Administration turned out to express confidence in the graduates’ future
success. Leodrey Williams, Chancellor; Adell Brown, Executive Vice Chancellor
and Vice Chancellor for Research; Gina E. Eubanks, Vice Chancellor for
Extension; Allison Johnson, USDA Liaison at Southern University; and other Center
employees were there to bring welcome and good wishes to the graduates.
The
common thread in today’s message to graduates was helping others. Mr. Frank
Taylor, President of the Winston County Self Help Cooperative in Mississippi was
the invited Guest Speaker. Taylor emphasized the importance of leaders being at
the table when policy decisions are being made, and urged the graduates to
become the voice for rural America and to impact the well-being and lives of
people, especially the voiceless and underserved. He challenged them to look around
and identify needs which they can organize resources to address, and change
lives in their communities.
Graduates
of Louisiana Small Farmer Agricultural Leadership class were: Leroy Conish, Vacherie;
Julie Dell, Opelousas; Sharleen Jeanbaptiste, St. Martinville; Rintha Simpson, Pride;
Malcolm Braud, Amite; Cleo Braud, Amite; Floyd Prescott, Opelousas; Tammy
Armand-Golden, Baton Rouge; Kelli Hollins, Baton Rouge; Michael Dubone, Lake
Arthur; Dianne Tisby, Shreveport; and Matthew Tisby, Shreveport. The Tisbys of
Shreveport made it a family affair, attending classes with their five and
seven-year old future famers. “This class means everything to us; we have now
registered our farm as LLC, reorganized our business, and now moving forward,” Dianne
said.
For further details, please contact Dawn Mellion-Patin at 225-771-2242.
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Contact:
Bridget
Udoh
(225)
771-5714
bridget_udoh@suagcenter.com
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