The Oyster Blog

The official Anderson's Neck blog with progress updates on our mission to Save the Bay One Oyster at a Time. We will notify you when we post new articles if you Join Our Mailing List.

We had so much fun last year, we decided to do it again! We are happy to announce that we will be shucking our oysters this year at the Church Hill Irish Festival! Join us in Church Hill on Saturday March 19th from 10AM-7PM and Sunday March 20th from 10AM-6PM. We will be getting our shuck on, […]

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We are really excited to be featured in Craft magazine’s story on oyster farming, The Merroir of a Delicacy: Modern Cultivation of the Oyster in their Salty Sweet edition. Craft by Under My Host Magazine feature’s Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid, Nigella Lawson, and of course all kinds of great stuff about oyster farming! This great little […]

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Eat Oysters Drink Beer 10/24

by Michael C. Hild

Devil’s Backbone Brewing Company will be coming in to help us eat oysters and drink beer at Union Market on 10/24, while Steady Sounds spins some vinyl! The Union Market folks worked with the City to shut down the street as this is going to be a blowout! Yaaas!!!

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We are proud to collaborate with Center of the Universe Brewing Company again this year and announce the 3rd annual Summer Moon Music Festival taking place July 18th and 19th. This two day long festival features 13 local bands who will be battling it out for their charity of choice. To accompany the bands, there will […]

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Broad Appétit

by Michael C. Hild

Come join us this Sunday, June 7th from 11-6 for Broad Appétit where you can taste the best of Richmond’s culinary sensations. We will be shucking oysters with Executive Chef Mike Ledesma from Patina again this year at our shared booth. Stop in, say hello, and enjoy your Sunday at Richmond’s premier food event!

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Oysters + Beer: Union Market Spring Event

by Michael C. Hild

So y’all turned out big time and ate the crap out of our oysters, drank all the dang beer, and generally had a blast at our event last fall with our friends at Union Market. We had so much fun we decided to do it again-but this time we’re kicking it up a notch. We’re guessing […]

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Church Hill Irish Festival+Oysters!

by Michael C. Hild

As if beer and men in kilts playing bagpipes wasn’t enough. Now you have one more reason to attend this year’s Church Hill Irish Festival: ANOC Oysters! Join us in our favorite neighborhood and our home away from the oyster farm on Saturday March 21st from 10AM-7PM and Sunday March 22nd from 10AM-6PM.  We will […]

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Back to the New Farm-On Mobjack Bay

by Michael C. Hild

As you may know, we have been locked in an epic 3 year bureacratic cluster with the City of Richmond in an attempt to build a brewery with what we hoped would be a bad ass raw bar in RVA. Unbelievably, we are still waiting for someone in the City with a Mr. Rodger’s like voice to […]

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Valentine’s Day Oysters-Ooh La La!

by Michael C. Hild

Listen up boys and girls… How do you get love in a box shipped direct to your door for Valentine’s Day?  Buy our oysters online of course.  Premium, straight out of the water, sustainably raised oysters in fact. Our blood, sweat, and tears go into raising these gems.  What do we ask in return?   When you […]

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Union Market: Eat Oysters, Drink Beer

by Michael C. Hild

Pretty simple right? Eat oysters, drink beer, and listen to some live music. That doesn’t sound bad at all. Our neighbors at Union Market have invited us to set up our shucking station and our friends from Center of the Universe Brewing will be bringing some beer to help wash ’em down. Join us on Saturday, October 18th from 4-8 […]

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