Wednesday morning, September 26, Louisiana Health Care Connections presented the Good Food Project a check for $15,000 for the Rapides Parish School Garden Program. This program can provide a healthy school environment where students have opportunities to gain knowledge about healthy eating and practice positive behaviors. Students visit the gardens with the GFP staff to learn the sustainable garden practices than include planting fruits and vegetables through hands-on activi

Bumblebees are large, fuzzy insects with short stubby wings. They are larger than honeybees, but they don't produce as much honey. However they are very important pollinators. Without them, food wouldn't grow. Two-thirds of the world's crop species depend on animals to transfer pollen between male and female flower parts. Many animals are pollinators too. That includes birds, bats, and butterflies---but there is no question that bees are the most important in most ecosys