TIMES RECORD • June 23, 2022
Friday marks the beginning of Freeport’s first-ever Maine Oyster Festival, a three-day event that will draw oyster farmers and fans from around the state. “It’s a delicious and fun day,” said award-winning chef and seafood educator Barton Seaver. “What a great way to celebrate the ragged, jagged, delicious coast, we live on.” Maine’s oyster growers sold more than 6 million pounds of oysters last year, worth more than $10 million on the docks. The festival, which will feature growers from more than 30 Maine sea farms, aims to familiarize visitors with oysters and how to prepare them.