Jun 8, 2026 · 10 min · 10 segments
**Food Afield Podcast – Field Note: Purging Clams** You dug the clams. Now what? One of the most common questions from new shellfish harvesters is what to do once the clams come home. In this Field…
The beaches, the tides, the digging techniques, where to go, when to go, and how deep to dig.
But once you achieve all of that, once the bucket comes home, another part of the harvest begins.
Because what you're carrying isn't a bucket of seafood, it's a bucket of living animals.
And if you're interested in eating them well, it's worth understanding how to care for them.
They're still alive, still filtering water, still doing exactly what they've been doing beneath the sand.
The shovel goes in, you dig down, and then the shell appears, and you've found food.
The beaches, the tides, the digging techniques, where to go, when to go, and how deep to dig.
But once you achieve all of that, once the bucket comes home, another part of the harvest begins.
Because what you're carrying isn't a bucket of seafood, it's a bucket of living animals.
And if you're interested in eating them well, it's worth understanding how to care for them.
They're still alive, still filtering water, still doing exactly what they've been doing beneath the sand.
The shovel goes in, you dig down, and then the shell appears, and you've found food.
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