When Kyran Pittman gardens in her yard in the Marlyville-Fontainebleau neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, she can’t dig for more than a few inches before hitting “old, gnarly, large” oyster shells ...
As oyster roast season comes to a close, a local partnership is making sure nothing goes to waste ...
Oyster shells from local restaurants in the Town of North Hempstead will soon help fuel a growing marine restoration movement on Long Island as officials expand oyster gardening and shell recycling ...
The conveyor belt of volunteers stands in ankle-deep water, passing mesh bags full of emptied oyster shells. The regulars ...
Seafood and coastal dining are a given in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. From blue crab, Lowcountry boils and she-crab soup, the options are almost endless. But one item on the menu serves more than ...
Town of North Hempstead Councilmember Mariann Dalimonte, in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County, Residents Forward, and Girl Scout Nicole Maliagros, has built an oyster ...
THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH IS CLEANING UP ITS WATERWAYS AND LEADING THE WAY. ARE THESE VOLUNTEERS. THE VILLAGE’S ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE HAS SPEARHEADED A UNIQUE INITIATIVE, AND IT INVOLVES ...
SAN ANTONIO – St. Mary’s University served 100,000 oysters during Fiesta 2025. Instead of discarding the shells, they were repurposed. They were packaged up and driven 150 miles to the Texas coast to ...
As global oyster populations decline and fisheries collapse, archaeologists may be able to inform effective management with perspectives of human-oyster connections stretching back millennia. As ...
A new collaboration between food distribution company Sysco and New Jersey officials aims to grow new oyster reefs around the Jersey Shore. Sysco will work with many of the 800 restaurants in the ...