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Let's go on a

Salty Adventure

Let's go on a

Salty Adventure

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I’m Virginia.

I am a shellfish food writer and storyteller.

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Farms, Raw Bars, Entrepreneurs

From coast to coast, I help seafood businesses share their stories and products with thousands of consumers.

AQUACULTURE

RESILIENCE

CRAFT

RESTORATION

Why Shellfish?

Bivalves are delicious to eat, but there’s so much more to their story!

The shellfish industry is leading the way across regenerative practices, community building, ocean health, and transparency. The people involved represent a patchwork of stories and diverse backgrounds who believe that these emerging values can work in harmony.

Imagine a world where we are contributing to a better planet when we consume. That’s the world I want to promote, and that’s exactly what shellfish farms up and down our coastlines help create.

Read the Stories

HATCH CHILE IN A COCKTAIL SAUCE | A RECIPE

It all began with a salty, spicy kitchen experiment. Could The Fresh Chile Company and I marry terroir and merroir, spice and brine? I put it to the test for a radiant new cocktail sauce, toggling ingredients, mixing up flavors, and turning my kitchen upside down.