How can you complete a satisfying harvest ritual in just a few easy steps.

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CHANCE — Maryland watermen are hauling in oysters at a pace not seen since before a wave of disease outbreaks in the mid-1980s devastated the fishery. “We’ve probably got more oysters here than we’ve had in the last 20 years,” ...

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Virginia watermen are getting an extra two weeks to harvest blue crabs from the Chesapeake Bay. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission voted unanimously Monday to extend the harvest through Dec. 15. The Virginian-Pilot reports that the ...

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Maryland’s crab harvest last year led the nation. That’s according to figures released Wednesday by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Nearly 200 million pounds of blue crabs were landed nationwide last year, with Maryland accounting for more than 25 percent ...

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It is the best pear season ever. Flowering occurred in ideal dry weather, and there were no late frosts. Fruit is dripping off the trees.

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In November 1960, Edward R. Murrow reported on the plight of migrant farmworkers in the U.S.

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ANNAPOLIS — As oyster growers prepare to harvest their maturing spat in the coming weeks, things are not looking good. An unusually rainy fall lowered salinity levels in Pasadena creeks and rivers, apparently causing massive die-offs among young oysters planted ...

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Deciding among the crab offerings at the supermarket can be daunting. Jumbo lump, backfin or claw? Chesapeake, Gulf or Indonesian? Competition is tough when it comes to the packaged blue crab meat many associate with the Chesapeake Bay but which ...

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NEW YORK — Food prices could rise next year because an unseasonably hot summer is expected to damage much of this year’s U.S. corn crop. The Department of Agriculture estimates a surplus of 672 million bushels of corn will be ...

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WASHINGTON — For many in the Mid-Atlantic region, Hurricane Irene caused only minor inconveniences. But hundreds of thousands of others remained without power Monday, including some who could wait days for their electricity to return. And for a few, the ...

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