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SUMMARY:Heaven on the Half Shell
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DESCRIPTION:Get to know oysters in this talk by author David George Gordon
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In his talk "Heaven on the Half Shell: Was
 hington State&rsquo\;s Oyster Odyssey\," Gordon discusses the Olympia\, Ea
 stern\, and Pacific oysters&mdash\;along with the people who have cultivat
 ed these delicacies for many generations.</p>\n<p>Learn about the Native A
 merican sea gardens and clam beds that existed 11\,500 years ago\, as well
  as the contemporary efforts in our state to cultivate oysters\, both nati
 ve and introduced. Along the way\, learn about the many surprising innovat
 ions that have made oysters such an enduringly popular and environmentally
  sustainable food. As the old saying goes: when the tide is out\, the tabl
 e is set.<br /><br /><strong>About the Presenter<br /></strong>David Georg
 e Gordon is the principal author of&nbsp\;<a href="https://catalog.nols.or
 g/Record/921288?searchId=8553478&amp\;recordIndex=1&amp\;page=1&amp\;refer
 red=resultIndex">Heaven on the Half Shell: The Story of the Oyster in the 
 Pacific Northwest</a>.&nbsp\;A former science writer for Washington Sea Gr
 ant\, Gordon has written 22 books on topics ranging from slugs and snails 
 to sharks\, gray whales\, and Sasquatch. Several of these titles are <a hr
 ef="https://catalog.nols.org/Author/Home?author=%22Gordon%2C%20David%20G.%
 201950-%22">available in the NOLS collection</a>.</p>\n<p><img src="https:
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