Episode Details

This week is Fire Prevention Week: a time to learn a bit more about fire safety. In honor of the week we encore a conversation with Louisiana Fire Marshal Ashley Rodrigue, who tells us what makes fire safety particularly relevant in October.

In March of 2022, we interviewed Aidan Reilly of Farmlink, an organization that seeks to connect farms in abundance with communities in need. Today, we give that conversation a second listen to hear more about efforts to address food insecurity.

But large nonprofits are not the only organizations targeting food deserts. Today we re-air a story and follow up conversation with the Gulf States Newsrooms’ Stephan Bisaha on the small town grocery stores that are hanging on despite the threat of big chains. 

Today’s episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Karl Lengel. Our managing producer is Alana Schreiber and our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz. Our engineers are Garrett Pittman, Aubry Procell, and Thomas Walsh. 

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