Southern Organic Resource Guide (ATTRA) - Louisiana

(From the website) "This guide is designed to help producers, and the people who serve them, identify organic information, inputs, markets, and certification assistance available in the South. As the first of its kind for Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, we hope that this guide may also help build an organic infrastructure in the South by encouraging networking among farmers, researchers, educators, and business people. " The website is: http://attra.ncat.org/sorg/la/index.html

Organic Certification in Louisiana

Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
5825 Florida Boulevard, Suite 1023
Baton Rouge, LA 80806
Contact: Harry Schexnayder
225.925.8047
Fax: 225.925.3760
E-mail: hschexnayder@ldaf.state.la.us
Scope: crop, livestock, wild crop, handling

Technical Assistance

The following three Louisiana researchers are particularly knowledgeable about organic and low-chemical input production in Louisiana.

Dr. Owusu Bandele
Southern University and A&M College
Hall Post Office Box 10010
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Phone: 225.771.2262 ext. 206
E-mail: owusu_bandele@suagcenter.com

Dr. Carl Mostenbocker
Louisiana State University
Department of Horticulture
137 J C Miller Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225.578.1036
E-mail: cmostenbocker@agcenter.lsu.edu

Dr. Durga Poudel
Assistant Professor, Soil Science
Dept. Renewable Resources, College of Applied Life Sciences
University of Louisiana, Lafayette
PO Box 44650
Lafayette, LA 70504
Phone: 337.482.6163
E-mail: ddpoudel@louisiana.edu