Apalachicola Oysters Fading Fast

Jun 05, 2013

A very good New York Times article with sad news in Apalachicola. Atlanta’s thirst is killing one of the world’s great oysters, as well as a national treasure. (And let’s not forget tupelo honey, which will dry up along with the tupelo trees that line the Apalachicola River basin. If they don’t get inundated, they can’t germinate. No tupelo trees, no tupelo honey. No Van Morrison.) Most people in the Northwest and Northeast have no idea how spectacular an Apalachicola can taste. Here’s me raving about them last year.