The Oyster Farm Paid to Dump 3M Tiny Oysters... 2 Years Later, It Paid Her $145K to Get Them Back

Every Tuesday, a truck dumped thousands of tiny oysters at Nora Pruitt's dock. The oyster hatchery called them rejects and paid to have them hauled to the landfill. Nora saw something the grading screen couldn't measure. This is the story of how she took the oyster seed nobody wanted, raised it in a tidal creek on Virginia's Eastern Shore, and turned a $61,000 loan and a pile of culls into $145,000. It took patience, careful records, one near-disaster in a July heat wave, and a hurricane nobody saw coming. If you enjoy stories about people who find value where others see waste, subscribe for a new one every week. Would you have seen a disposal bill or a bay? Tell me in the comments. #oysterfarm #wastetowealth #smallbusinessstory