New Iberia, Louisiana, where sugarcane fields stretch to the bayou, smells like wet earth and flowers in late August. Fourth-generation sugarcane farmer Wenceslaus “June” Provost Jr., 46, and his wife, Angie Provost, 44, still own a home on what’s left of the 24 acres June’s grandfather bought from a Black landowner in 1964. At the height of his success in 2008, June Provost was farming 5,000 acres of sugarcane. But in a decline the Provosts laid at the foot of the Department of Agriculture and years of insufficient loans, most of the land they once leased is now gone. "They don't make any more new land," June Provost said. "So that's always in the back of my mind." Down the road from their house, the Provosts are creating a gathering space in a farm workshop, where they can honor their farming roots and explore the complicated history of sugar cane. To read more about their story and the difficulties Black farmers are facing, click the link in our bio. #blackfarmers #farm