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  "path": "/2026/06/dinner-scraps-are-rebuilding-californias-lost-oyster-reefs/",
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  "tags": [
    "Circularity",
    "Conservation",
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    "Oceans",
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    "The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News"
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  "textContent": "BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM What if scraps from a dinner could become a habitat? That’s the basic premise of the Shells for Shorelines program in a meaningful sense: the shells of oysters eaten at restaurants in Orange County can become the foundation on which new oysters settle and grow in the ocean. The […]\n\nThe post Dinner scraps are rebuilding California’s lost oyster reefs first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.",
  "title": "Dinner scraps are rebuilding California’s lost oyster reefs"
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