Louisiana State Resources
- Cooperative Louisiana Research, Education & Extension Service Partners
- Louisiana Department of Agriculture
- Louisiana Fact Sheet, Economic Research Service, USDA. This specific fact sheet includes current data on population, per-capita income, earnings per job, poverty rates, employment, unemployment, farm and farm-related jobs, farm characteristics, farm financial characteristics, top ag commodities, top export commodities, and top counties in ag sales.
- Louisiana Farmers Markets
- Louisiana Marketing Profile
- Louisiana USDA Rural Development
- More Links
- Department of Food Science, Louisiana State University AgCenter
- Louisiana Agricultural Statistics Service
- Louisiana Economic Development Agriculture, Forest and Food Technology Cluster - The industry cluster office is a resource that focuses on meeting key stakeholder’s needs on issues and opportunities related to agriculture, forest, and food products, including such things as food processing, coffee, nutraceuticals, horticulture, secondary wood products, pulp and paper, and bio-energy.
- Louisiana Economic Development Business Services - provides services for those businesses who are planning on starting and doing business in Louisiana, including a resource guide, business plan review, and technical assistance.
- LSUAgCenter.com - The value of agricultural research and extension to U.S. economic development.
- Louisiana Laws and Permits
- The Small Business Resource is designed to help business owners and entrepreneurs solve problems and locate key public and private organizations and individuals. These are business decision makers - businessmen and women looking to expand their operations, relocate companies, and plan a business start-up.
Individual contacts in Louisiana for specific value-added agriculture information:
| Paul Dunn, Director University of Louisiana Monroe Small Business Development Center 700 University Avenue Monroe, LA 71209 Phone: (318) 342-1224 Fax: (318) 342-3085 E-mail: dunn@ulm.edu | Larry LeJeune Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Agricultural/Environmental Sciences P.O. Box 3596 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-3596 Phone: (225) 925-6914 Fax: (225)-933-2319 E-mail: larry_l@ldaf.state.la.us |
| Dr. Michael W. Moody Head of Dept. & Professor of Food Science Department of Food Science Louisiana State University 111 Food Science Building Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Phone: (225) 388-2366 Fax: (225) 388-5300 E-mail: mmoody@agcenter.lsu.edu | Kelsey Short, Director Agriculture, Forest & Food Technology Cluster Louisiana Department of Economic Development P.O. Box 94185 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9185 Phone: (225) 342-5892 Fax: (225) 342-5389 E-mail: short@lded.state.la.us |
| Nathan J. Thornton, Director or Sherman J. Malveaux, Jr., Program Development University of Louisiana Lafayette MicroBusiness Development Center (MBDC) 220 E. St. Mary Blvd. P.O. Box 44012 Lafayette, LA 70504-4012 Phone: (337) 262-1076 Fax: (337) 262-1223 E-mail: nathan@louisiana.edu and malveauxs@louisiana.edu |
