Down a narrow road in South Kingstown, RI sits Potter Pond, a quiet knee high body of water home to Matunuck Oyster. In 2002, Perry Raso acquired a lease for a commercial shellfish operation on the pond. Today, it is a seven acre farm home to oysters, scallops, and clams. Raso also operates a bustling shoreside restaurant serving his shellfish along with produce from his vegetable farm just on the other side of the pond.

Rows of oyster cages sit on Potter Pond, South Kingstown, Rhode Island. The farm is divided into five sections over seven acres.

The barge crew take out six month old oysters from the cages. They redistribute them at a lower density as they get bigger. Oysters take about three years to reach market size.

David Lemus has worked for Matunuck Oyster for eleven years. "When I started there was barely any other aquatic life here. Now, you see the pelicans, fish, and crabs because of us."

David checking on a cage of scallops.

Clams are "planted" beneath the sand like plants which are then harvested with a rake. When I ask David how he knows he's found them, he says "touch".

Oysters stay in the water until an order is placed. This batch is ready to be sorted, cleaned, and packaged.

Dockside, Sean Brawley runs the tumbler which sorts oysters by size.

Sean loading up a batch of oysters to be sorted.