This Sunday, one Humboldt County business will be marking an auspicious occasion. Hog Island Oyster Company, a company that operates approximately 90 acres of oyster nursery, hatchery and farm facilities out of Fairhaven on the Samoa Peninsula, will be featured in Google’s latest campaign — with a commercial to be aired during Super Bowl LIX.“When Google approached us we were like ‘wow, really, Google?’” said John Finger, Hog Island Oyster Co. founder and CEO. “It’s been fun to see how many people have picked up on it … It makes us proud. You think about this ad campaign, it’s 50 States, 50 Stories, and for California they chose us.”Hog Island Oyster Company began roughly 40 years ago after Finger, an East Coast native and recent graduate with a degree in marine biology and a background in restaurant work, attempted to marry his love of the ocean and his love of food.So, how did Google get involved?“Part of it is, I think especially in the Bay Area, we’ve been around long enough,” Finger said. “We’ve had one customer call us an institution, and I’m not sure I like that, but he also talked about us being part of the fabric of our community, which is better.”Keep reading
