Keely Brewer
The Daily MemphianKeely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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Back-to-back years of drought have left the Mississippi River's water levels low. It's part of more frequent extremes on the river, which affects the barge industry and farmers who need to ship their grain.
