Winter squash is November’s ‘Louisiana Harvest of the Month’

Crystal Besse, left, director of the LSU AgCenter Louisiana Farm to School Program, walks through a squash field with Opelousas farmers Betty and John Chenier. Photo provided by the Louisiana Farm to School Program
Native Americans taught the Puritan settlers many things about life in America, including how to grow and prepare winter squash — a food they had never seen before but that would soon gain popularity and become a regular seasonal planting. This time of year is harvest season for winter squash, and now is the perfect time to try some of the many types that are grown in Louisiana. A few common…

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