What Mardi Gras Holiday? Louisiana Cane Farmers Lobby Washington During Carnival
March 06, 2020
March 06, 2020
THIBODAUX, Louisiana, March 6 -- The American Sugar Cane League issued the following news release on March 5:
While Louisiana was celebrating Mardi Gras last week, a group of Bayou State sugarcane farmers and millers were trekking to Washington D.C. to educate government lawmakers about America's no-cost sugar policy.
A second wave of cane farmers are making the trip to Capitol Hill today, said Jim Simon, manager of the American Sugar Cane League.
Simon sai . . .
While Louisiana was celebrating Mardi Gras last week, a group of Bayou State sugarcane farmers and millers were trekking to Washington D.C. to educate government lawmakers about America's no-cost sugar policy.
A second wave of cane farmers are making the trip to Capitol Hill today, said Jim Simon, manager of the American Sugar Cane League.
Simon sai . . .