Oyster Reef Restoration Efforts Get Help From Potato Chip Byproduct

(UCF, August 20,2020)  Longtime work to restore oyster reefs in the Indian River Lagoon has found a new, unusual ally: potato chips.  The leftover potato starch collected from chip factories has been used to test a new mesh, as an alternative to the plastic material used to attract oysters to build reefs. After 14 months of pilot testing, the potato chip reefs have over 400 live oysters per square meter.  Read the full article here.