Women’s History Special: Demi Johnson, Teenage Oyster Farmer March is Women’s History Month, a time when we honor and celebrate the extraordinary contributions women have made and continue to make toward making our society safer and better — women like Demi …

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Demi’s oyster conservation efforts have had a major significant ecological impact on Mississippi’s Gulf waters. Her project, centered on the cultivation of oysters at Schooner Pier in Biloxi, has contributed to the restoration of oyster reefs. #WomensHistoryMonth #demijohnson

Demi Johnson, a ninth-grade student from Gulfport, Mississippi, won a National Geographic award for her work in restoring the state’s oyster reefs. In 2024, she raised over 1,000 oysters, which are expected to release millions of larvae, benefiting the local ecosystem.

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