Last week during the NCAA Final Four Tournament a bet was raised by Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway offering a Meacham Country ham if the Wildcats lost, and Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen countered the bet by offering local Connecticut Mystic oysters if the Huskies lost. The good news is the UCONN Huskies defeated the University of Kentucky Wildcats, but unfortunately Jepsen had to eat ham.
When the bet was countered, Attorney General Jepsen was enthusiastic about Connecticut’s local oysters because of a visit he made last summer to the Noank Aquaculture Cooperative with oyster farmer Stephen J. Plant.
Oysters are the largest aquaculture (under water agriculture) product in Connecticut, and because of the oyster industry Connecticut is now the leading state in the northeast for all aquaculture.
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