The First USDA-Certified SNAIL FARM in America | Peconic Escargot | The Daily Meal
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- This tiny 300-square foot building in Long Island houses the first USDA-certified farm providing escargot to local restaurants.
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Am i the only person who finds snails cute and adorable?
No. I also think they're very cute, especially the Milk Snails (Otala lactea) which have shorter eyestalks than the others. Many also have very beautiful shells.
Slugs ... ugh! Also the only appeal of the Giant African snails (Achatina and Achatinella) for me are their huge size and sometimes pretty shell colors; the round shells of helicid snails are much 'cuter'.
Snail likenesses on ceramics were all the rage in the 1970’s! Back in the days when the hip colors were earth tones like burnt orange, gold and avocado.
I have been wanting to grow snails forever but we can't get them easily here in the US because this variety is considered invadive. I find this farm so fascinating.
You're totally right! And they are extremely careful to not let any of the snails out of the structure because of the fact that they're invasive. Definitely a labor of love. Thank you for watching!
When I was a child/adolescent, many different species of helicid land snails were sold live at Italian-American fishmarkets in Eastern US cities. These included the Speckled/Brown Garden Snails (Cornu aspersum) shown here, Milk Snails (Otala lactea and Otala punctata), Roman Snails (Helix pomatia), Turkish Snails (Helix lucorum, the biggest of the group), Paper Snails (Cantareus apertus, which in Italy are considered the best eating snail; they came in packed in sawdust to protect their very fragile shells), Sandhill Snails (Theba pisana), and Vermiculate Snails (Eobania vermiculata). The Milk Snails were imported from Morocco, and were far and away the most numerous land snails in these markets.
"The American Museum of Natural History's Guide to Shells" devoted an entire chapter to these Italian-Ametican market land snails, which they described as "far and away the most interesting mollusks offered in these markets". The cephalopods (squid, octopus, cuttlefish) might surpass these helicid snails in Human interest except that they were all very dead!
I'm fascinated by land snails (I find them very 'cute'), and routinely kept market snails as pets during my childhood and adolescence. During this time shipments of everything but Milk Snails ceased as our USDA limited, then banned imports. As you know, C. aspersum has become a very serious problem in California, and has appeared in Florida on multiple occasions (but was wiped out). Sandhill Snails became established in California, but were easily eradicated because they rest in dense aggregations in direct hot sunlight high up on exposed tree and shrub trunks (California Agriculture used flame throwers to wipe them out). Roman Snails are tolerated in multiple populations in Michigan but it is illegal to transport them or any other land snails across state lines. Milk Snails are established in multiple areas in Louisiana, Eastern Texas, etc. They are the most cold intolerant of the lot, and this is why the USDA tolerated imports after banning the others.
One of the giant African Snails (Achatina fulica) was established in Hawaii during my childhood, but was wiped out. I saw far too much of these when visiting and living in Taiwan and Singapore. They are illegal to import and keep in the US, but people keep trying to smuggle them in anyway.
there are thousands of helix pomatia snails in the U.S. in the wild. their invasiveness is over-stated I think, and of course it is over-stated by farmers who literally kill ever animal/insect in their fields they can to protect their crops. all the data against them is just hypothetical based on them eating, then blowing the amount they eat out of p[roportion as if there were billions striping whole fields or something.
I really want to do this for my family and my taste. I have plenty of land in Florida. I'd love to learn.
During my research of a possible business venture with snails, I found this gem of a video. It is inspiring to see someone doing such a great job at what is only a dream at this point for myself. Thank you for sharing.
Did you end up moving forward with this as a perspective business?
The species they're raising is the common garden snail in the USA. In California where I live, you can go out an hour after dark and they are all over your plants. You can put them in a tub and feed them carrots for a few days then cook them according to recipes online. I have a tub of them in my kitchen that I picked two days ago ready to be cooked today. They only need a permit because they're selling them commercially, anyone can do this for themselves at home, they are considered invasive because there is no place in the USA where you can not find them as a garden pest. And any gardener that's ever transplanted anything in an area with snails has seen the balls of "snail caviar" under the soil while doing so, and probably crushed them to stop snails from hatching and eating their plants. Next time you see this collect it, it is what they are selling for top dollar in this video.
See, i always read that these snails live in the US, but I NEVER see them!!
The snails I see here don't look anything like these, and it's always made me sad.
My Aunt had a farm in Europe 😊
I'm watching video from Indonesia 🇮🇩, here at my backyard many wild giant snail as like as africa's snail, many Indonesian farm this snail we call "Bekicot", on Java Island can find wild snail everywhere in rainy season.
Hi I'm in Cape Town South Africa and want to start snail farming in the next 3 months, could you please send info on your setup and how to care for the snails and any other info i will need...
Really is a delicacy
Just watched you on chopped! Your dishes looked amazing!
Congratulation for getting there!!
Super stoked about starting a snail farm in Canada!!
Love that you feed them different greens. Love the high-rise idea.
What variety do you use? Where did you get your snail eggs?
I have so many questions! Would you share your expertise?
Can I get in touch with you for advice?
Very interesting to get some snails
Nice work! I am super excited about this because I have an interest in snail farming but only in the Africa Giant snails. I am NJ and would like to see the greenhouse set up, I also have a few questions. Thanks.
Wow amazing
just eat the river and sea snails?
I need to buy snails like helix aspersa, do you sell them through Vietnam?
I think you have a great opportunity to sell private snail kits. I was looking at the tiny sails in my garden thinking this would be a great source of sustainable protein. By Growing our own snails we can can control what they are eating along the whole way. This would be a great business opportunity to present to shark tank. I can work on the idea with you? Are you interesting in using me as a test client to see how I do growing my own snails?
Hello sir what is difference between the snails u r rearing & African giant snail
These are Speckled/Brown Garden Snails (Cornu aspersum). They are adapted to somewhat drier conditions and cooler winters than the Giant African Snail, which is a tropical and warm subtropical animal. They are adapted to both Mediterranean (rainy mild winters, warm to hot rainless summers) and moderate temperate climates. Since they overwinter in exposed locations on walls, tree trunks, etc, they can't survive severe winters.
As food, they are much more tender than the African Snail, which is tough and has little flavor. Also, they are not hosts to the Rat Lungworm that the African Snail sometimes carries.
Awesome, what's the process of getting approved to go into snail farming. I wanted to do the giant african snail farming
Are you in the US then if you are your out of luck
How do order some?
I need some life snails 🐌 sir thanks.
Hello, I am interested in getting some edible live snail for my small hobby farm , would you please let me buy snails from you? Thanks
Contact me if you're still interested
@@kingberry2729 were are you located thank you
I’m interested. Need help setting my snail farm in the US. There is very little information out there. Need assistance
There is still lots of good information on the internet, but most of the US websites that were up in the 1990s are gone, as the USDA cracked down on imports of live land snails. A search for "snail farming" will give you lots of info.
US snail farms raise Cornu aspersum, because the Roman Snail (Helix pomatia) takes an extra year to reach market size. It is much more cold winter tolerant than C. aspersum because they burrow below the frost line to overwinter.
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Save the snails
This is so mean and f'ed up.... I have them as pets and it's rude and I absolutely disagree and think it's inhuman.
cry about it
... Objectively speaking, snails aren't a bad choice of livestock. They don't need much land and stuff, and are so different from ppl that they don't pose pandemic threats, like avian or swine flu. Moreover, snails may be among the most humane meat.
Snails aren't nearly as emotionally developed as other livestock. Ex: according to animal rights mother and calf separation is abuse, snails sometimes eat their own eggs and can't give a crap, to butcher snails painlessly put them in a fridge to cause hibernation, then chuck them in boiling pot. Done, no pain. 🐌
There's nothing wrong with eating meat. Also the snails are humanely cared for. They get fresh leafy greens and veggies as feed. Cows are supposed to graze on grass, yet we feed the corn. Chickens are omnivores, yet we feed them an all-grain diet. I think the snails here are pretty well off.
how much do you charge for the snails thank you