The road into Arnaudville winds through open fields and quiet stretches of Acadiana, the kind of landscape that invites you to slow down and pay attention. When I arrived at Cajun Prairie Farm, the land itself felt intentional. Rows were orderly but alive, prairie grasses moved in the breeze, and the air carried that familiar mix of soil, sun, and growing things. This is not a farm designed to impress at first glance. It is a farm designed to endure.
Cajun Prairie Farm is a 12-acre family farm run by father and son Larry and Andre Allain. What they are cultivating here goes far beyond vegetables. This land holds stories about how Cajun families once lived, ate, prayed, and worked with what the prairie gave them. Walking the farm, it became clear that this place is not about nostalgia. It is about continuity.
A Cajun Farm Rooted in Family and Place
Larry Allain grew up in Jeannerette, Louisiana, raised alongside grandparents who spoke French and farmed sugar cane on a small plot of land. Gardening and agriculture were part of everyday life, not a lifestyle choice.
“I learned to fall in love with gardening and agriculture as a child growing up next door to my grandparents.”— Larry Allain…