Bay to Table - Brad Lomax

01/25/23 • 73 min

In this episode of The Gulf Stream, guest host Dr. Jennifer Pollack, HRI’s Endowed Chair for Coastal Conservation and Restoration, talks with Brad Lomax, the founder of Corpus Christi’s Water Street Restaurants and Texas’ first permitted oyster farmer. Together, Dr. Pollack and Lomax manage the Sink Your Shucks Oyster Recycling Program. During their conversation, they discuss what inspired Lomax to start Water Street Restaurants, why he dove headfirst into learning how to grow oysters, and his “Bay to Table” philosophy.

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