by Jenika Downs | Jul 2, 2018 | Oyster Cage Maintenance Letters, Oyster Growing Information
To all of our growers: I would like to personally thank each and every one of you for your participation in The Chesapeake Bay Oyster Reef Recovery Initiative. When we started our program seven years ago, our goal was to double our number of growers each year. In our...
by The Oyster Reef Recovery Initiative | Aug 18, 2014 | Oyster Events, Oyster News, Oyster Reef Recovery Initiative Events
The New Grower Orientation Breakfast proved most informative for all who attended. It was a lovely morning at The Tidewater Inn and we were joined by 33 of our new growers who have signed up for the 2014-2015 growing season. Scott, our founder, shared a lot of...
by The Oyster Reef Recovery Initiative | Oct 14, 2013 | Oyster Cages, Oyster News, Oyster Reef Recovery Initiative Events
Last year the oyster spat on shell and cages arrived in a box truck. This year the cargo was carried on a tractor trailer! If that doesn’t convey the magnitude of our program’s growth, then how about going from 33 growers last year to 84 growers this year....
by The Oyster Reef Recovery Initiative | Aug 6, 2013 | Bay Matters, Oyster News, Oyster Reef Recovery Initiative Events
Just this week, Baltimore’s WJZ-TV channel 13 did a wonderful story on the recovery efforts that the Oyster Reef Recovery Initiative, the Marylander’s Grow Oysters Program, and the Oyster Recovery Partnership are working towards. Below is the story that...
by The Oyster Reef Recovery Initiative | Jun 24, 2013 | Oyster Events, Oyster Reef Recovery Initiative Events
We knew it would be hard to top the success of last year’s Oyster Social, but our 2nd Annual Oyster Social did just that. What an event! In fact, we even made the front page of The Star Democrat! (Click here to read their article…) With 75 guests in...
