Mike and I have been customers of Relay Foods for several months now. They’ve made it possible for us to gain back precious time for our Saturday enjoyment! The concept is simple. You pick out your groceries online, pay on-line, and then Relay delivers to your door for a small fee. If delivery is not […]
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.
SHACKLEFORDS, Va., Feb. 26, 2014 – Anderson’s Neck Oyster Company announces that by March 9, 2014 the environmentally friendly small business will have filtered 20 billion gallons of water in the Chesapeake Bay through their oyster farm. You can view the progress towards this goal online at https://andersonsneck.com/conservation/. By nourishing oyster seeds over time, Anderson’s […]
I drive to what awaits me Cold, water, wind, life Leaving behind the trappings of another world Nature, perhaps danger awaits Shall it catch me today? Shoving off, then pushing out We reach the spot I look, then linger Overboard I go to do the work It greets me like 1,000 needles Hello friend, where […]
The Chesapeake Bay Oyster is now potentially entering its newest fight in what could prove to be an epic battle against ocean acidification. The crash of the heralded Chesapeake Bay’s oyster fishery has been told countless times. First came mass deforestation during the colonial era which led to enormous sedimentation runoff smothering the bay’s historic […]
There was a time when no Thanksgiving meal in America was complete without oysters. Oysters on the half shell, oyster stew, oyster stuffing, oysters everywhere. America was absolutely obsessed with the tasty bivalves in the Victorian era as evidenced by this awesome collection of Historical Menus. This was no fad. The almighty oyster’s place at […]
Join us on Saturday, November 16th to help us celebrate the one year anniversary of the Center of the Universe Brewery (COTU). The celebration kicks off at 3:00pm at the brewery located at 11293 Air Park Rd, Ashland, VA with a Homefront IPA brewery tap invasion. Left Hand, Cigar City, 21st Amendment, and Stone will be […]
Two brands, one mystery. Anderson’s Neck Oyster Company & Blue Bee Cider have secretly collaborated for a Mystery Release on Saturday, November 9th from noon-7. The secret lies in the witches brew…So secret in fact, only the government minders at NSA know exactly what RVA’s Cider Queen, aka Courtney Mailey, has in store for us. […]
Why do a one night oyster party on The Blue Goat patio when you can do a two day blow out? Come join us at the place that deserves credit for putting the RVA gastropub movement into full swing from 5-9 on both Friday 10/11 and Saturday 10/12 for drinks, oysters, great food, and good times. We’ll […]