ASSOCIATED PRESS • December 3, 2020
A Maine shellfish grower is receiving more than $600,000 from the federal government to increase its production of oysters. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Small Business Innovation Research Program is providing the money to Maine Shellfish Developers of Walpole. The business’s website states that its model can “produce market size oysters year-round and insulated from major weather and environmental risks.”