Volunteers from Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Tidewater Oyster Gardener’s Association hauling oyster shell. (Credit: Pamela D’Angelo)
Virginia calls itself the “Oyster Capitol of the East Coast.”
But because the oyster population remains at historic lows, there’s a struggle for oyster farmers and state sanctuaries to keep up with the shell needed to continue producing more oysters.
Now, even homeowners are kicking in, as Pamela D’Angelo explains.
Virginia Public Radio 