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Neil Robert Berro on New Haven Oyster History
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Neil Robert Berro on New Haven Oyster History

His forthcoming book is called Oyster Haven Lost
Oysters Clean Oceans, but Millions Have Disappeared From the Solent

Neil Robert Berro is a local historian whose forthcoming book Oyster Haven Lost tells the lost history of the rise, fall, and rebirth of Atlantic oystering. The story is centered in New Haven, but weaves a complicated web of connections between environment, economy, infrastructure, and health that grows to include public health pandemics in Chicago and collapsing industry in the Carolinas. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that agriculture can happen underwater. This is just a rough sample of a longer conversation that will eventually be released.

A little activity: Check out some photos below for a brief visual history! In looking through the photographs be a sociologist. What are the race, gender, and class dynamics are at play in the images?

Oyster Recovery PartnershipOyster History - Oyster Recovery Partnership
Oystering in Connecticut, from Colonial Times to the 21st Century -  Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project
The Sampler: Connecticut Oystering - Connecticut Explored
Any Month with an “R” in It: Eating Oysters in Connecticut - Connecticut  History | a CTHumanities Project
Shell & Bones Oyster Bar and Grill
The Sampler: Connecticut Oystering - Connecticut Explored
Finding Freedom Through Oysters in 19th Century New York (Part Two) |  Department of History | NC State University
Amid U.S. seafood decline, bushels fuller for CT oyster producers
Stamford oystermen find 80-hour work weeks worthwhile
Sea Grant and the Connecticut Department of Agriculture Work to Support the  Shellfish Industry - Farm Flavor
Docktails & Oysters @ Norwalk's Norm Bloom & Sons A Special Event Hosted by  the Seaport Association – Connecticut Travel
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