Jim Gossen – Good Steward and Ambassador for Gulf Seafood Industry

Lafayette native Jim Gossen has been immersed in the seafood industry since the early 1970s when he began picking up and selling Gulf seafood out of the back of his pickup truck to source fresh seafood for Landry’s Restaurants. His hands-on experience and relationship building over the past few decades have given Jim an up-close […]

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Troy Wayman, IMPACTing Business and Community

“I like to always tell people you can’t complain if you don’t vote. One Acadiana doesn’t endorse candidates. We take the opportunity to educate people on what the candidates stand for. We take the opportunity to educate the candidates on what our robust business-led public policy agenda is. We want people to know what the […]

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Talk Louisiana Radio Host and Journalist Jim Engster

“In Louisiana, Politics is Covered Like Sports.” Jim Engster, host of Talk Louisiana, a daily call-in radio show that originates in Baton Rouge on public radio station WRKF 89.3, is our guest on Discover Lafayette. Jim also serves as president of the Louisiana Radio Network and Tiger Rag Magazine, known as the “Bible of LSU […]

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Camellia Beans’s Vince Hayward Shares his Family’s Support of Maintaining Louisiana Culture and Traditions

Louisiana’s love of family and tradition sets up apart in so many ways. In this video, Vince Hayward, CEO of L. H. Hayward & Company, owner of Camellia Beans, discusses his family’s support of maintaining sustainable farming which places a focus on eating healthy foods that are a mainstay in Louisiana’s culinary experience. Camellia supported […]

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Dr. Holly Boffy – BESE Board District 7 Member, Representing Southwest Louisiana

Dr. Holly Boffy, Vice President and District 7 Member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (“BESE”) sat down with Jan Swift, host of Discover Lafayette, to talk about the state of education in Louisiana. The most important message Holly wants to share with parents: read to your children, talk to your children, […]

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