Following in her father’s footsteps

By News Staff on Thursday, September 7, 2023
Fruge is IRF Junior Farmer of the Year
  • Kynlee Fruge, 2023 Rice Festival Junior Farmer of the Year with her father, Troy Fruge, who was the 1983 Rice Festival Junior Farmer.
    Kynlee Fruge, 2023 Rice Festival Junior Farmer of the Year with her father, Troy Fruge, who was the 1983 Rice Festival Junior Farmer.
    LSN Staff Report Crowley - The 86th International Rice Festival will recognize Kynlee Fruge of Basile as the 2023 IRF Junior Farmer of the Year. Family A fifth-generation farmer, Kynlee is the 18-year-old daughter of Troy and Kellie Fruge and the granddaughter of the late Daniel (D.I.) Fruge and Sherry Cart Fruge (founding owners of the renowned D.I.’s Restaurant of Te-Mamou) and the late J...

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