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    We have started planning for the June 2020 Master Oyster Gardening Course (with free tuition). Click here for more details.

    Camp Kekoka Kiosk educational display completed, click here.

    Annual Youth Writing Contest
    The winners of the 2019 contest were announced at the Annual Meeting
    Jan. 25, 2020.
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    Click here
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    If you order from Amazon, Amazon will make a contribution to TOGA. When you login at https://smile.amazon.com/, you can enter Tidewater Oyster Gardener Association as your charity. Click below to start.
    Click on left below. Click on right for the extension to your browser. TOGA thanks you.
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    Events Page

    TOGA is monitoring the conronavirus (COVID-19) spread in Virginia.

     

    We will be following advice from the VA Department of Health and local officials concerning public gatherings.

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    Please check here for updates prior to attending TOGA events. Also, please stay safe and do not attend our events if you are ill.

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    The Spring Oyster Fair is cancelled. Community events and small gatherings are TBD on a case by case basis.

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    MOG Course scheduled for June 2020 postponed. Click here for details.

    The
    Annual Membership Meeting was held at
    VIMS Gloucester Point,
    Jan. 25, 2020, 1-4 pm
    CLICK HERE
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    An interesting story about Skipjacks, oysters and Smith Island narrated by Walter Cronkite (1965). Discovered by Brian Wood. Click here.
    Virginia Oyster Stock Assessment and Replenishment Archive (VOSARA)
    CLICK HERE
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    Also the
    VMRC Chesapeake Bay Map
    Annual Youth Writing Contest
    To Donate to the TOGA/VIMS Student Endowment
    TOGA Brochure- Oyster Gardening in VA

     

    Learn about the
    Chesapeake Oyster Alliance
    TOGA Displays, click here
    Spat Center (seed oysters)
    Please Visit the Mike Todd Memorial Page
    Latest Virginia Shellfish Aquaculture Situation and Outlook Report by Karen Hudson
    The Status of Virginia’s Public Oyster Resource 2017
    See Our Recipe Page
    Education
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    Growing Oysters
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    Master Oyster Gardeners Course

    Many of our activites are funded by the sale of Chesapeake Bay license plates. ​

    TOGA/VIMS Endowment
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