SALISBURY, Md. — More than 40 Perdue Farms associates and family members joined with Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) representatives to fill about 710 oyster shell bags in support of Marylanders Grow Oysters program, an initiative run by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to engage water front home owners in helping to restore the Bay’s oyster population.
The bagged shells will provide a home for more than 280,000 new oysters in the Chesapeake Bay.
“The Oyster Recovery Partnership has led the way in efforts to protect and preserve the regional oyster population, and we’re proud to continue our. . .