On the Cover: Take Me Home, Country Roads

We’ve made it to the end of this road, my friends. What a year it has been. At Country Roads, the past twelve months have brought change after change after change. But they have also brought a lot of reflection. Amidst new work-from-home environments, staff members working from hundreds of miles away, and the most unpredictable events calendar in this publication’s history, we’ve found so much value in the opportunity—the necessity, even, perhaps—to share a bit more of ourselves as we react to the turbulence around us, right beside all of you. Doing this through the lens of a “Country Roads story”—a framework of discovery, of exploration, and of homage to our Gulf Coast region—has been a revealing exercise in understanding our hearth, our home. In our story on Sugar Farms (page 36), our editorial team reunites for the first time in weeks at John and Joanna Haynes’ farm to try out their new taproom, Istrouma Brewery. Against a rural River Parishes backdrop, with food and brews crafted with local ingredients, we felt connected to our place in the concrete way we’ve craved all year long. We felt at home.