If it’s the first weekend in March, it’s time for the blue, briny and bold to take a bow. Bivalves, commonly called mussels, take center stage this weekend during Coupeville’s annual Musselfest. The ...

COUPEVILLE, Wash. — While most farms are on land, Whidbey Island is home to a farm completely underwater. "We call it a farm but really we're mussel shepherds. That's what we really are, right? And we ...

As spring awakens, many in the Puget Sound region come out of their shells every year to enjoy some world-class mussels in the heart of Coupeville, on Whidbey Island, northwest of Everett. Penn Cove ...

Instead of growing from their crops underground, their crops grow underwater. For almost 30 years, the Jefferds family has been raising mussels and other shellfish in the rich waters of Penn Cove.