The little shack in the heart of Greenport Village has seen a fair share of time and tides. It began life as the wheelhouse of a great whaling ship until that fishery faded into history. It was cut off and brought ashore in 1880. Later, sturdy men gathered around a blazing potbelly stove mended tremendous nets. As Greenport …
Category Archives: The Farm
A Hatchery Reborn
The team working the hatchery in Islip, NY is growing more than just baby oysters and clams. Following the devastating blow dealt by hurricane Sandy, the former Town of Islip Shellfish Hatchery looked to be dead in the water. Damaged infrastructure, millions of shellfish needing to be replanted, the task of bringing it back online was too …
Oysters, Google, and 9 Principles of Innovation.
One might be surprised to find that some of the principles we use to guide our oyster farm come the world of technology, apps, social design and cloud computing. [Click the headline to read more]
A Peculiar Harvest [part 1]
The post where an oyster boat heads out to farm and returns with the sea.