{"id":197,"date":"2026-08-26T12:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/blue-transformation-land-based-aquaculture\/?p=197"},"modified":"2026-08-26T15:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T15:27:08","slug":"prawns-grown-on-land-innovation-thinking-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/blue-transformation-land-based-aquaculture\/2026\/08\/26\/prawns-grown-on-land-innovation-thinking-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation thinking: Prawns, grown on land, discussed over dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosted by the Innovation Nursery, a dinner was arranged to discuss and eat warm water prawns, grown on land in the UK. The discussion was enquiring, insightful, and probing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Held jontly with the University of Exeter as part of London Climate Action Week, June 2026, the table was deliberately mixed: scientists, founders, major caterers, economists, a seaweed entrepreneur, a creative director. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The brief was simple. Not \u201ccan we grow seafood on land in this country,\u02ee which is settled, but \u201cwhy isn\u02bct it normal yet, and what would make it so.\u02ee<br><br>Spread across 140 acres in Cornwall, Innovation Nursery is a members-only hideaway where innovation teams from businesses around the world spend their time colliding with big ideas and the people making them a reality. https:\/\/www.innovationnursery.com\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read about the discussion here, prepared by Innovation Nursery as part of their &#8216;From the Field&#8217; series. <br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/blue-transformation-land-based-aquaculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/731\/2026\/08\/Prawns-grown-on-land-\u2014-Roundtable-write-up_2.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Prawns, grown on land \u2014 Roundtable write-up_2.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-02a8f774-02e2-41ee-853c-1bfd2deb69fd\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/blue-transformation-land-based-aquaculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/731\/2026\/08\/Prawns-grown-on-land-\u2014-Roundtable-write-up_2.pdf\">Prawns, grown on land \u2014 Roundtable write-up_2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/blue-transformation-land-based-aquaculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/731\/2026\/08\/Prawns-grown-on-land-\u2014-Roundtable-write-up_2.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-02a8f774-02e2-41ee-853c-1bfd2deb69fd\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosted by the Innovation Nursery, a dinner was arranged to discuss and eat warm water prawns, grown on land in the UK. 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