Backyard Snail Farming For Beginners

Backyard Snail Farming For Beginners

Author: Uromijetu Temi

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05-12

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13:

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Snail Farming is a highly profitable business. The profit margin on snail farming is high, and it requires low capital investment. In the US, for example, snails can go for $50 a pound or two dollars a snail. Similarly, in the UK, snail meat is a delicacy amongst the African population, and prices can range from £1.5 to £2 per snail. Snails are easily exportable live, with a shelf life ranging from 2 to 6 months. Snail meat is high in protein and low in fat and is a recognized health food. Backyard Snail Farming For Beginners provides you a complete guide to Snail farming in your own backyard. Snail farming can be started with a relatively low capital compared to other forms of animal farming. It is a high profit yielding farming venture if it is professionally managed. Managing a snail farm is less stressful and relatively easy compared to the other sort of animal farming. Snails are extremely easy to handle and control as they are slow-moving creatures. Small land space is enough to rear thousands of snails. Therefore, anyone can rear snails in their home garden. Snail droppings are odourless, and snails are silent creatures. Therefore, they do not cause any disturbance to the environment like other farm animals. The feed given to the snails is cheap and grows locally. Snail meat has a market value locally and internationally. Snail meat has a market value locally and internationally


A Beginner's Guide to Snail Farming

A Beginner's Guide to Snail Farming

Author: Marceline Anderson

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2022-09-28

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Snail farming is a profitable business. Snail farming is highly profitable and requires little capital investment. For example, in the United States, the approximate price range for US Snails is between US$ 7.06 and US$ 5.3 per kilogram or between US$ 3.2 and US$ 2.4 per pound(lb). Similarly, in the UK, snail meat is a delicacy among the African public, the approximate price range for United Kingdom (UK) Snails is between US$ 10.86 and US$ 6.29 per kilogram or between US$ 4.93 and US$ 2.85 per pound(lb). The price in British pound sterling is GBP 7.83 per kg. The average price for a tonne is US$ 10857.14 in Birmingham and London. Snails are easily exported live and have a shelf life of 2-6 months. Snail meat is a high-protein, low-fat, healthy food. A Beginner's Guide to Snail Farming provides a complete guide to growing snails in your own backyard. Snail farming can be started with relatively little capital compared to other forms of animal husbandry. When professionally operated, it is a highly profitable agricultural business. Managing a snail farm is less stressful and relatively easy than other types of farming. Snails are slow-moving creatures, so they are straightforward to handle and control. A small plot of land is enough to grow thousands of snails. Therefore, anyone can grow snails in their own garden. Snail droppings are odourless and snails are silent creatures. Therefore, they do not cause environmental pollution like other livestock. Snail food is cheap and locally grown. Snail meat has market value both domestically and internationally. Snail meat has a market value at home and abroad


Junior Graphic

Junior Graphic

Author: Mavis Kitcher (Mrs)

Publisher: Graphic Communications Group

Published: 2002-07-17

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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Raising Goats For Dummies

Raising Goats For Dummies

Author: Cheryl K. Smith

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-01-28

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 0470633808

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Learn to raise goats and start reaping the benefits of owning these fun and useful animals Raising goats is a major part of human life (and survival) around the world. The movement has increased in popularity in recent years as consumers embrace a more sustainable lifestyle, reject commercialism, move to organic food options, and raise concerns about industrial agriculture practices. Raising Goats For Dummies provides you with an introduction to all aspects of owning, caring for, and the day-to-day benefits of raising goats. Breaks down the complicated process of choosing and purchasing the right goat breed to meet your needs and getting facilities for your goat set up. Provides in-depth information on proper grooming, handling, feeding, and milking Covers the basics of goat health and nutrition Offers tips and advice for using your goat to produce milk, meat, fiber, and more You'll quickly understand what makes these useful and delightful creatures so popular and gain the knowledge and skills to properly care for and utilize their many offerings with help from Raising Goats For Dummies.


The Urban Homesteading Cookbook

The Urban Homesteading Cookbook

Author: Michelle Nelson

Publisher: D & M Publishers

Published: 2015-04-18

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 177162082X

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With food culture in the midst of a do-it-yourself renaissance, urbanites everywhere are relishing craft beers, foraged ingredients, sustainable seafoods, ethically raised meats and homemade condiments and charcuterie. Inspired by the delicious creativity of local artisans, chefs, brewmasters and mixologists, Michelle Nelson began urban homesteading in her downtown apartment. Armed with a passion for food and farming, and a PhD in conservation biology and sustainable agriculture, she shares her hard-won knowledge and recipes with readers interested in collecting, growing and preserving sustainable food—even when living in an apartment or condo. In The Urban Homesteading Cookbook, Nelson explores the worlds of foraging wild urban edibles, eating invasive species, keeping micro-livestock, bees and crickets, growing perennial vegetables in pots, small-space aquaponics, preserving meats and produce, making cheese and slow-fermenting sourdough, beer, vinegar, kombucha, kefir and pickles. Nelson fervently believes that by taking more control of our own food we will become better empowered to understand our relationships with the environment, and embrace sustainable lifestyles and communities. With 70 fabulous recipes, including sesame panko-crusted invasive bullfrog legs, seaweed kimchi, rabbit pate with wild chanterelles, roasted Japanese knotweed panna cotta and dark and stormy chocolate cupcakes with cricket flour— this exciting new book is sure to inspire readers to embark on their own urban homesteading adventures. Generously illustrated with gorgeous colour photography and complete with useful how-to chapters, The Urban Homesteading Cookbook is an invaluable guide for all those seeking ethical and sustainable urban food sources and strategies.