Oyster farmers sell wholesale, directly to the public, to restaurants and seafood markets. A recent development on the oyster sales front is a farmstand format now permitted in Southold Town. “This opens the door for oyster growers to sell more product, make their oysters more readily available to the public, and get a better price than when selling wholesale,” said Matt Ketcham, owner of Peconic Gold Oysters. “It should also help with name recognition.”
Ketcham has an oyster stand right on his property that is open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. daily. You can’t eat oysters on the half shell there, but you can buy them whole or shucked by the pint or quart.
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