Last year, three married couples from the Ternopil region started snail business at once. Victor and Tatyana Gritsayuki previously engaged in the cultivation of champignons. Third partners - Ivan and Oksana Karpyuki.
Lyudmila says that she tried snails in restaurants several times, and she liked it. We read about the benefits of snails and the good profitability of snail farms on the Internet. So, after weighing the pros and cons, they got down to business.
We did everything ourselves, didn’t hire anyone, didn’t ask for help, invested our money. We entered into the co-operative society of water ducts in Ternopol and bought fry there. When they began to grow snails, they learned that they are not the only ones in the Shumshchina, and now they are business partners with other manufacturers.
Snail meat contains more protein than chicken eggs.
Direct speech: “There are five farmers in the Shumsky GRT in the Ternopil region. We try to sell our products together. In general, up to 20 tons of snails are obtained. From this amount, you can get 10 tons of ready-made snail - this is enough for an all-Ukrainian scale, ”the report said.
They collaborate with spouses Ivana Beidel and Andrei Svirsky, who have an agreement for the supply of shellfish meat to Dubno, where it is packed. Already in Shumsk, snails return pickled in jars, and snail caviar is a real delicacy. Present their products at exhibitions.
Spouses Gritsayuki, Oleiniki and Karpyuki, engaged in the cultivation of snails, could sell them abroad. But they say that, first of all, they want to develop a culture of consumption of snails from their fellow countrymen.
- Earlier, we reported that Ukrainian farmers got acquainted with the cultivation of paulownia and snails.
- Ternopil farmers are ready to form a market for snails in Ukraine.
- The Carpathian snail guide was awarded an award from the Cabinet of Ministers.
- Ukrainian snail producers are forced to purchase feed in Poland.
- We also wrote that the Rivne IT specialists opened a snail farm.
