Matt Krupnick in Belzoni, Mississippi, photographs by William Widmer - The Guardian - Saturday, April 13, 2019 |
Around the city of Belzoni, Mississippi, the catfish industry used to be all conquering – but then came the imports from Asia.
Jason "Bubba" Braswell flips a switch in the cab of his modified truck and pellets start spraying into an adjacent pond. The surface boils as young catfish race to collect the feed on his farm, just south of a little airstrip where brightly colored crop-dusters buzz in and out all day.