This Sunday, Hog Island Oyster Co. will be featured in Google’s latest campaign — with a commercial to be aired during Super Bowl LIX. “When Google approached us we were like ‘wow, really, Google?’” ...

This Sunday, one Humboldt County business will be marking an auspicious occasion. Hog Island Oyster Company, a company that operates approximately 90 acres of oyster nursery, hatchery and farm ...

Two years ago, when the editor of my 2021 book, San Francisco Cocktails, asked me to write a similarly inspired, definitive encapsulation of the City’s food scene, my mind first went blank. It felt ...

When it comes to tasting oysters, “it’s a lot like wine,” according to John Finger, co-owner of Hog Island Oyster Co. Just as with wine, the flavor of an oyster is determined by the unique combination ...

Did you know that a large percentage of oysters that are consumed on the entire West Coast has lived in Humboldt County at some point in its life? As an employee of the North Coast Growers’ ...

Myths and misconceptions swirl about the oyster like sand in an intertidal zone, occasionally blurring our vision of the meaty mollusk. In a new book inspired by the farmers at Hog Island Oyster Co., ...

The University of California opened its doors in 1869 with just 10 faculty members and 40 students. Today, the UC system has more than 295,000 students and 265,000 faculty and staff, with 2.0 million ...

This simple, rich recipe calls for shucked oysters. Hog Island will sell you oysters n the shell to go. Pick them up at a time when the oyster bar isn’t busy, and the staff will be happy to show you ...

When chef Jamie Leeds was researching recipes for Hank's Oyster Bar several years ago, she went to Hog Island, Calif., to the Hog Island Oyster Co., and watched as workers pulled oysters out of the ...

The table before us was arranged with a fabulous spread including 60 raw oysters, miso nori grilled oysters, chipotle bourbon butter oysters, smoked albacore and black cod, and a marinated mussel ...

On a picturesque summer day in Northern California, Max Rintoul, Lauren Kiino, and Gary Fleener, all with Hog Island Oyster Company, headed out on Tomales Bay for an exploratory harvest. But on this ...