Joanna Fogg is a mythological human with a combination of qualities I did not think could coexist in one being. In June of 2015, Joanna and Jesse Fogg applied for a limited purpose aquaculture lease to begin Bar Harbor Oyster Company, a 22-acre oyster farm in Mount Desert Narrows. Joanna works full-time as a mother, wife, aquaculturist, event planner, and Mount Desert Island community member.

We spent a chilly evening wading through the shallow waters of Goose Cove near Mount Desert Island with oyster farmer, Brian Harvey. What the tides revealed was truly an oyster lover's dream.

Chris Burtis, Max Burtis, and Sam Dorval, the trio that is Ferda Farms, share their insights as to how they incorporate engineering innovation, marketing ingenuity, and a commitment to sustainability in the practice of farming their oyster, the Bombazine, on the New Meadows River in Brunswick, Maine.