MOM's Organic Market Launches Oyster Farm
ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- From our very own oyster farm off of Fleets Island, VA, MOM's is adding oysters to their list of sustainable seafood choices. MOM's Oyster Farm promotes conservancy and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. Partners such as the Environmental Working Group (http://www.ewg.org/) helped with research, and the Oyster Recovery Partnership (http://www.oysterrecovery.org/) trained staff and is working with MOM's to offer oyster shell recycling. To support their ongoing work in the Bay, MOM's is donating 5% of store sales to the Oyster Recovery Partnership on Friday, December 5th.
MOM's leases ocean bottom acreage off of Fleets Island, VA. "We started with 500,000 oyster spat in spring of 2013," says MOM's Founder, Scott Nash. "Through trials and tribulations, we've learned about soft mud bottom vs. firm sandy bottom, how ocean currents impact oyster growth, how often oysters need to be culled and moved to larger cages, and floating cages vs. bottom cages. This year, the mortality rate of our oysters was 80%, higher than average rates, but these were important lessons to learn and we are confident that of the 500,000 oyster spat we started this past spring, we will have most of them available for sale by September 2015."
There was a time when oysters were an incredibly abundant and reasonably priced source of protein. MOM's goal is to use our direct-trade oyster farm to make oysters affordable. We will be offering them at $14 for 2 dozen.
In the early 17th century, John Smith wrote that Chesapeake Bay oysters "lay as thick as stones." MOM's Oyster Farm ensures that more oysters are in the Bay, filtering our water and restoring our environment. A ton of oysters (8,000 oysters) can sequester up to 2,800 pounds of CO2 from hatch to harvest!
MOM's will sample and sell oysters at the Grand Opening of their much-anticipated DC store on New York Ave NE (Grand Opening November 14-16), as well as in Rockville and Alexandria. MOM's will also accept oyster shells at these stores for responsible recycling with the Oyster Recovery Partnership.
To learn about MOM's, check out Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/momsorganicmarket) and Twitter! (https://twitter.com/MOMsOrganicMrkt).
About MOM's
Founded by Scott Nash in 1987, MOM's has grown to become the region's premiere chain of family owned and operated organic grocery stores. MOM's Purpose is to protect and restore the environment. The DC store is MOM's twelfth in the Washington/Baltimore/Philadelphia areas. http://www.momsorganicmarket.com/
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