Grand Isle Sea Farms

03/04/2024

Turns out we all needed a little Nola in our lives and what better occasion than the Oyster South Symposium 2024. This was the party of the year . Absolutely stunned! (and MIA for the next few days to relax and digest this massive success.

11/06/2023

The Nature Conservancy was a proud sponsor at the event hosted by Oyster South, which holds this annual event in Decatur, Georgia to connect oyster farmers with oyster consumers. The event also serves as an opportunity to generate an appreciation and support for the clean waters and responsible stewardship required to produce food that is cherished throughout the southeastern United States, and beyond.

In attendance at Landlocked 7 were two TNC partners from Louisiana, Grand Isle Sea Farms and Bright Side Oysters. Both grow their oysters in an area off Grand Isle that is leased to a handful of conservation-minded oyster farmers working to make a living in ways that also benefit the environment.

📷 (bottom left) © Mike Koski; (remaining photos) © Andrew Thomaslee

11/03/2020

We have an update on . Grand Isle, our farm and our neighbors were not spared.
Zeta was almost a category 3 hurricane with 110mph winds. The Eastern eye wall went over Grand Isle and our farm. It destroyed the Grand Isle aquaculture park leaving LA farmers with very little gear left.
All of our oysters, seed and gear, including cages, lines, anchors have floated away. We’ve recovered a few cages that we found floating in the Caminada Bay washed ashore the marsh lands. We’re still processing and trying to come up with some plans for future and ways to rebuild. We ask the local community to keep an eye out for any gear they might find during the upcoming weeks and let us know about the coordinates. We also want to thank everybody who’s checked in with us. Your good wishes mean a lot right now.

08/10/2020

Morning y’all. You can now get your orders in for Thursday delivery. Delivering Nola, BTR. Shipping anywhere else. Drop us a line!

07/26/2020

Storm harvest is coming! We’ll be down in Grand Isle fighting waves tomorrow and delivering fresh oysters to Nola in the evening. Also delivering to Baton Rouge area on Tuesday. Shoot us a message if you want to sign up.

07/03/2020

We are honored to be featured this week by the amazing people at Oyster South. If you don’t already know, it’s an organization that connects communities, provides farmers with resources, creates events, promotes all things related to and is overall our bff. If you love farmed oysters and want to be in the loop about important markers in this industry, go check them out!

07/03/2020

Always happy to have friends visiting our farm

06/22/2020

Are you starving? Because we got you covered. Harvesting a fresh batch again on Tuesday for deliveries to Nola that same evening. Shoot a message, we’ll arrange it.

06/08/2020

Hope everyone’s safe! We’re resuming deliveries on Wednesday. We’ll be harvesting fresh oysters again this week and delivering to Nola and Baton Rouge. Pick up in Lafayette . Ship anywhere else.
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06/08/2020

We had the pleasure to speak with Daniel Phillips from KATC-TV 3: Acadiana's Newschannel about how Covid-19 has impacted our operation. It was filmed in Lafayette in front of Wild Child Wines which is a local pick up spot for our oysters.

News Actions Facebook Tweet Email Louisiana oyster farm sets up direct sales to help during the pandemic By: Daniel Phillips Posted at 8:25 AM, Jun 04, 2020 and last updated 2020-06-04 09:48:22-04 As Covid-19 spread across the country, and restaurants were forced to shut their doors, the oystermen s...

05/23/2020

Harvesting a fresh batch this Tuesday! Get your orders in through here or e-mail until Monday noon time. Will deliver to Nola and Baton Rouge, pick up in Lafayette, ship anywhere else.

04/26/2020

Get in my tummy! And yours! Harvesting a fresh batch on Tuesday. Shoot us a message here or call or send an email. Will deliver to Btr, Nola. Local pick-up in Lafayette. Ship anywhere else. 👍

04/20/2020

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An almost unbeatable combination.

04/15/2020

Look at all the options to get your hands on some Southern Belles!

04/15/2020

Hey y’all! Next harvest date is set for this Thursday so why don’t you go ahead and sign up for some local seafood! We’re taking orders for any quantity. We also have great news for Lafayette peeps - you now have a local pick up available. We’ve partnered up with Wild Child Wines so that you can get your hands on deliciously fresh oysters that were still swimming in the Gulf bay less than 24 hours ago. This pick up location is conveniently situated in the heart of the city and will be available for pickups on Friday 3-6pm. How about that? As usual, we’ll also deliver to New Orleans and Baton Rouge, will ship anywhere else.

04/11/2020

We thought these were too beautiful not to share. Thanks for capturing the magic, James!

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LOOK AT ‘EM! These Southern Belles came out of Caminada Bay early yesterday, and were delivered directly by the farmer——in time for last night’s dinner (homemade linguini with grilled oysters, natch). Up next: oyster ceviche with strawberries picked up today from Landry-Poché Farms.

04/06/2020

Hey y’all! How’s everyone doing? We’ll be harvesting tomorrow for the first time after a break in our operation. If you’d like a sack, a box or a bucket of oysters, please shoot us a message here. We’ll deliver (leave it on the porch and slowly back away) in Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas.

02/17/2020

Mondays that look like this aren’t that bad...