Press — Oyster Notebook — Fishers Island Oyster Farm

Here's what we mean by "farm without harm"

Here's what we mean by "farm without harm"

All oyster farms are a net positive to the environment, because of all the water they filter, but we take real pride in the fact that we also have zero impact on the communities on the bottom.

01/29/2018 - Fantastic Article @ Oyster Farming and Climate Change
02/18/2016 - "Save the earth, eat farmed oysters."

Want some local flavor? Try an oyster

Want some local flavor? Try an oyster

Steve Malinowski, who, for 35 years, has owned and operated the Fishers Island Oyster Farm with his wife Sarah, even refers to their oysters as "micro-brewed bivalves."

01/29/2018 - Fantastic Article @ Oyster Farming and Climate Change
02/18/2016 - "Save the earth, eat farmed oysters."

Pearls on the Half Shell

Pearls on the Half Shell

He doesn’t till the soil, but he’s a farmer, with the hands to prove it. They are strong and weather-beaten, and surprisingly gentle when his right hand cradles an oyster and the left neatly inserts a knife into the sweet spot at the hinge.

01/29/2018 - Fantastic Article @ Oyster Farming and Climate Change
02/18/2016 - "Save the earth, eat farmed oysters."

At the New York Harbor School, Growing Oysters for Credit

At the New York Harbor School, Growing Oysters for Credit

Every incoming freshman, as if pledging a fraternity, must swallow one — though it must be noted that these initiation oysters come from Mr. Malinowski’s parents’ place 100 miles away.

01/29/2018 - Fantastic Article @ Oyster Farming and Climate Change
02/18/2016 - "Save the earth, eat farmed oysters."

You Say Oyster

You Say Oyster

Malinowski held up a bag filled with what looked like Grape-Nuts but were actually a hundred thousand baby oysters, about to be planted in the FLUPSY. Harbor School students will monitor the oysters’ growth, and with luck, Malinowski said, adult oysters will be breeding in the Hudson by next summer.

01/29/2018 - Fantastic Article @ Oyster Farming and Climate Change
02/18/2016 - "Save the earth, eat farmed oysters."
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