On this inaugural episode of the Grassroots Government Podcast, we introduce the team bringing you what you need to know from Baton Rouge and Washington D.C. Avery Davidson and Karl Wiggers introduce Louisiana Farm Bureau Legislative Specialist Joe Mapes who previews the upcoming Louisiana legislative session, which begins Monday, March 9th. Also, we meet Louisiana Farm Bureau National Affairs Coordinator Andy Brown who joins in to discuss what is happening in the nation's capital as most eyes are on Covid-19 and the 2020 presidential campaigns.
Louisiana Farm Bureau is constantly working protect and promote Louisiana's farmers, ranchers, and rural residents. This podcast exists to share stories of those farmers with interviews about their farms and issues important to them. Here, we will also share about the work Farm Bureau is doing on their behalf on issues related to public policy from the parish level all the way to the halls of Congress in D.C.