Source: Jodi Helmer, MODERN FARMER, 6/27/21


Niels Lindquist grows seed oysters on 16 acres of shellfish leases, scattered along the North Carolina coast. He eschews floating traps, opting for “bottom leases” to grow oysters on the ocean floor and builds natural reefs in the process.  Lindquist is one of a growing number of oyster farmers whose businesses have the added benefit of helping restore the North Carolina coastline.  “There is a nexus between food production and trying to improve the environment,” says Lindquist, a co-founder of Sandbar Oyster...

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