Iberia Market Garden celebrates its 12th year

Iberia Market Garden celebrates its 12th year

What started as an empty field on the west end of New Iberia has grown into a space that feeds both the body and the spirit. The Iberia Market Garden, founded by community member Phanat Xanamane, is celebrating its 12th anniversary this year.Xanamanes ties to the land run deep. His family immigrated from Laos to Louisiana in 1981, eventually settling on Hopkins Street in the West End neighborhood. They ran an Asian market next door to their home…