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Shucking the Status Quo

How communities are restoring Long Island Sound one shell at a time. Recorded live at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, we hear from shellfish farmers Chief Sagamore Buddy Pocknett of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and Beth Simonds of Stonington Farms Shellfish & Tim Macklin of CORR (Collective Oyster Recycling & Restoration) about how local aquaculture, indigenous stewardship and community shell recycling are working hand in hand to restore one of our most treasured waterways. 

Chef Sherry Pocknett & Rachel Sayet

SEASONED from CT Public Radio This hour, Rachel Sayet, an Indigenous educator and member of the Mohegan Tribe, talks with James Beard Award winner Chef Sherry Pocknett , who is a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, about her restaurants Sly Fox Den Too, which is in Charlestown, RI., as well as the restaurant she hopes to launch in Connecticut. Sherry also describes what it felt like to win the James Beard Award.