OysterMom tales of raising premium nurtured oysters

 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...

It is official.  OysterMom is a Certified Shellfish Processor and open to sell my - or anyone else's farmed oysters!    OPEN FOR BUSINESS!  Thanks to Frank and Anne Ashcroft, I have a corner behind B&B Sporting Goods at 1139 E. Tennessee Street in downtown Tallahassee in a place we fondly refer to as Oyster Alley. Cooler in place. Binder with page after page of records I must keep, WIFI, remote temperature gauges to monitor the cooler's every temperature shift, hand washing sinks, paper towels, toilet paper and hot water all in order as required by the State of FL Division of Aquaculture. I'm out peddling my oysters and taking orders. Come see me.  We'll shuck a few and tell tales of the sea.