The Stavropol Territory of Russia plans to produce up to 100 tons of snails per year

A new exotic type of agriculture has taken root in the Stavropol Territory - the industrial production of snails. The unique snail farm has already shown its effectiveness and will soon expand. The production of snails is planned to be increased to 100 tons per year. As part of a pilot project in 2019 in the Piedmont municipal district, the head of K (F) X Artem Khramov created the Snail Garden farm for the production of grape snails. This species of snails lives in Central and Southern Europe, as well as on the Baltic Sea coast. In the Stavropol Territory, special greenhouse conditions were created for its cultivation. The farm specialists have undergone special training for work. The cultivation technology was acquired from one of the largest farms in Europe. On the experimental farm, the broodstock of snails was placed in a 1000 sq. m, in which a constant air temperature of 15-16 degrees and the same humidity is maintained by means of water supply. “As a result of the first ...