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Escargot de Crète: Greece's Snail-Farming Success Story

snail farmingIf you think snail-farming is a laughing matter then think again. Forget the image of our parents or grandparents hunched outside after the rain to collect snails – Charalambos Kiagias has raised snail farming to another level by taking a professional and scientific approach.
His company, Escargot de Crète, started up about seven years ago. He now owns 4,000 square meters of land, all for farming snails. His company consists of a research team for the reproduction of snails and a modern processing unit for their standardization, in Rethymno,Crete. The farm, which can be visited by anyone interested, is the world’s most productive per square meter and is the first in the world to produce snails all year round, benefitting from Crete’s excellent climatic conditions.
“We started farming snails about seven years ago, gradually and methodically solving each problem that presented itself in the process. Seven years ago I started the standardization of our product. We had some problems with the distribution of the products, but we always keep in mind our vision to do something innovative and different. We managed to stabilize the quality and quantity that we produce, so we are confident that we have the momentum to succeed,” said Charalambos Kiagias about his Escargot de Crète.

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