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AI did this on oyster culture

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 With all the hype about AI, I decided to ask for a 1200 word blog post on Oyster Culture.  Here is the unedited version from BING. There are several things I'd like to change, but also things I learned.   Let me know what you think!  OysterMom Oyster culture is a way of producing food from the sea by farming suitable waters and estuaries where hydrographic conditions favor oyster growth. It lends itself as a means of providing artisanal occupation to coastal communities either as a principal means of livelihood or to augment overall income¹. Oyster culture is one of the most prominent forms of marine aquaculture in the U.S. In 2011, 31 million pounds of oysters were harvested with a dockside value of approximately $135 million². Oyster farming is an aquaculture practice in which oysters are bred and raised mainly for their pearls, shells and inner organ tissue, which is eaten. Oyster farming was practiced by the ancient Romans as early as the 1st century BC on the Italian peninsul

The Movie, OYSTERMOM

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 Never, ever did I ever think there would be a movie produced about me.  But I failed to see the interest the oyster aquaculture story held for so many.  Including Jules Crespo, an FSU digital film school student.  She approached me during the pandemic saying her class was selecting three projects - and she wanted to propose the story of OysterMom.  I agreed to be supportive, and she submitted a project proposal.  It was rejected as a class project, but Jules was not hindered by that -- she said she wanted to produce it on her own.   Weeks later, she and two fellow classmates arrived at my dock for a day of filming out on the oyster lease.  She was fully equipped with a microphone, still and video capabilities.  She was also adept at asking questions, pulling stories out of me and capturing them in the moment.   A while later, she and the team arrived at my warehouse and filmed me for 1.5 hours -- question after question. Where did I come from, why oysters, what impresses me, who helpe

Florida conservation effort helps restore oysters and their ecosystem

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Faces of The Forgotten Coast: Oyster Mom Teaser

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Oystermom, helping create oyster aquaculture in Florida

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Tumbling OysterMom Oysters

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Keller flipping cages video

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