Startup seeks £45m for the UK's biggest inland prawn farm
A patch of Lincolnshire countryside the size of Wembley Stadium could soon be home to a giant inland prawn farm, under ambitious plans by a start-up. Flo-Gro S
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A patch of Lincolnshire countryside the size of Wembley Stadium could soon be home to a giant inland prawn farm, under ambitious plans by a start-up. Flo-Gro S
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FloGro Fresh, a UK-based pioneering aquaculture business founded to produce vannamei shrimp in a RAS facility, is ready to launch at scale after receiving planning permission for its large-scale site in south Lincolnshire.
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