BATON ROUGE — Southern University plans to open the JagFresh Farmers Market this spring, selling everything from goat soap to honey to eggs.
The new initiative, created in partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture, launched as a pilot program last year, with Southern University being one of the only three historically black colleges and universities selected to participate.
“Black farmers are the legacy makers of farming,” said Director Cornelius Jackson. “Just to have black farmers still in existence coming out and having the ability to sell and grow the things we eat on a regular basis, I think, is one of the most beneficial things to our communities.”…