Lettuce help: Community gardeners bring know-how to bridge food gap
North Memphis farmer Marius Blake works in his greenhouse to bring fresh produce to the neighborhood. “There’s a crisis going on right now,” Blake said. “We’ve got a food crisis.” (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
A new generation of community gardeners is helping Memphis overcome food insecurity with urban farms and lessons in growth.
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Keely Brewer
Keely 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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