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These posts are time bound notes and lived observations from the farm. They are not permanent reference pages. If something here becomes stable and repeatable, it gets promoted into the Learn library as a canonical page.

How to use this page

If you want the official, durable explanations, go to the Learn pages. If you want context, friction, real-time decisions, and what we saw with our own eyes, start here.

Featured

Start with these

The Toxic Pearl A field perspective on what happens when chemical dependency becomes normal, and why short-term fixes can create long-term fragility. Experimental pesticide application timeline and documentation A factual record, with dates and documentation, created to protect clarity and accountability.

You can change these two at any time. They are the top of the stack for the From the Field library.

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Ecology and water quality

Closures, algae events, contamination risk, and the real constraints that govern harvest decisions.

Regulation and oversight

How permitting and enforcement show up in real life, and why transparency matters when the system gets noisy.

Farming decisions

Gear, methods, tradeoffs, and the discipline required to avoid shortcuts that harm habitat.

History and place

Willapa Bay, Oysterville, and the stories that explain why this estuary is culturally and economically rare.

All field posts

The Toxic Pearl Commentary on chemical dependency, perception, and long-term trust risk. How Water Quality Affects Oyster Production A practical explanation of why water quality determines closures, safety posture, and long-term viability. Experimental pesticide application timeline and documentation Timeline and documentation page that anchors the related field posts. Replace with blog title Replace this summary with one sentence that states what the reader will learn. Replace with blog title Replace this summary with one sentence that states what the reader will learn.

Tip. Keep this list curated. A smaller set of high-signal posts beats a massive pile of posts with no hierarchy.

Want the stable reference pages

If you are looking for the evergreen, citation-driven pages that define our system, go to Learn and start with Shellfish Systems, Ecology, and Regulation and Oversight.

Go to Learn Go to Ecology

Written from the field by

Antony Barran

Oyster farmer and steward of Oysterville Sea Farms. These posts capture lived context while things are still unfolding.