Back in July we pulled up OBC 1 to see what was happening and there sure were lots of things happening! After two months in the water it was already swamped with other wildlife. A Pacific Rock Crab and a Goby had both made their homes inside. (Not to worry we put them back after our photo op) It was also full of fouling organisms. It will be trial and error to determine the best way to keep an OBC free from things like sea squirts that take up space that oyster spat might use.
Vincent (left) and Louis (right) at Cafe Ohlone, image courtesy of Cafe Ohlone
Coming Soon! - Cafe Ohlone Reopening!
Cafe Ohlone - the nationally acclaimed restaurant founded by Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino serving and celebrating Ohlone food culture is getting ready to reopen its doors at a new location at the Hearst Museum of Anthropology. Oftentimes the history of oysters begins with the Ohlone and ends with the Gold Rush, misplacing the relationship between the indigenous peoples of the Bay Area and Olympia oysters as something that happened in the past. I had the good fortune to speak with Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino, the cofounders of Cafe Ohlone and mak-’amham, about living Ohlone culture and the importance of eating where you live (read more)
Harker High School Students Launch Save Your Shucks Program in the South Bay
The Harker School is a non-profit school in Silicon Valley that has earned international recognition for its top academics, quality teachers, and student achievements. Three of Harker’s star students set out to improve the ecology of San Francisco Bay. Tiffany Chang, Annmaria Antony, and Sawyer Lai became interested in oyster restoration after reading about oyster shell recycling on the East Coast. They quickly realized that a recycling oyster shells program has a lot of moving parts (read more)
Looking for a good book? Director Linda Hunter reviews Eat Like a Fish, a salty how-to guide on saving the planet that is both believable and doable.
I was captivated to read Bren Smith’s book, Eat Like a Fish, My Adventures as a Fisherman turned Restorative Ocean Farmer. Bren and I met at a climate change conference at the Presidio in the Before Times, when brilliant and curious people still came together to exchange ideas and feed off each other’s creative energy, unfettered by Zoom screens. I was excited to learn more about how restorative ocean farming could replace the extractive practices that had reduced the fish in our ocean to unsustainable levels (read more)
Get out and about! Sunday Streets is back!
Our friends at Liveable City have organized a City-wide event with destinations that offer health and wellness activities alongside cultural offerings and open space for everyone to enjoy.
Here's a list of street closures on Phoenix Day with the routes and activities:
