Heliciculture, commonly known as snail farming, is the process of cultivation of edible snails. The meat and snail eggs can be consumed as escargot (as menu on the table) and as a delicacy.

A city centre office building has been home to a snail farm for more than a year, in what council bosses allege is an attempt to avoid tax. About 15 covered crates - containing as few as two ...

Less adventurous eaters today see snails as a garden pest, and are quick to point out that freshly shucked oysters are not ...

Far from Parisian bistros serving up Burgundy snails, one Japanese man has figured out how to farm the slimy species—a feat that has long eluded the French. Toshihide Takase, 76, says he is "the ...

A technician milks a giant snail for its mucin on a farm in Thailand. Mucus is secreted as a stress response, but synthetic versions of mucin may be an alternative for concerned consumers.

AZAGUIE, Ivory Coast, Sept 22 (Reuters) - As deforestation reduces the natural habitat of the giant African snail, entrepreneurs like Bernus Bleu are carving out a profitable niche market with ...

Knapp: The initial idea was very kind of silly. I just noticed that there were no snail farms in the U.S.... I knew that the best restaurants in America had snails on their menu, which means that ...