Farming

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.

On the Bay

On the Bay

As an underwater farmer, Osinski buys seed oysters that he then plants in cages in his underwater plant. Mentions Steve Malinowski, head of the Fishers Island Oyster Company, where Osinski buys his seed oysters.