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Raw oysters farmed at Morris Family Shellfish at Charlotte's Sea Level/ Photo by Kathleen Purvis
Raw oysters farmed at Morris Family Shellfish at Charlotte's Sea Level/ Photo by Kathleen Purvis
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By Hanna Raskin
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By Hanna Raskin

This story was produced in partnership with The Assembly.

For Patricia Langley, a bartender and server at Sea Level, a seafood restaurant in Charlotte, the questions start in June: Isn’t it the wrong time to order those raw oysters?

 
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