From rharris209@aol.comFri Mar 29 22:26:35 1996 Date: 29 Mar 1996 01:49:56 -0500 From: RHarris209 To: sustag-public@amani.ces.ncsu.edu Subject: Back Yard Business My Father in Law, R.V. Dick Johnson and I would like to exchange information with those interested Heliciculture ( escargot snail farming). Dick just returned from a trip sponsored by the United States Government to Western Europe. He was sent there for a month to show them how to raise, market and ship snails. He is considered one of the foremost authorities on the subject in the United States He has a lot of information to share with those interested. We have been raising snails both indoors and outdoors for the past ten years. It has become a good business for us. This year we have delivered approx. 80,000 snails to distributors and growers. We have experience with both greenhouse and outdoor pen growing environments. If you are considering starting your own growing operation, please e-mail us with your questions. Should you want us to send you materials, our e-mail address is frescargot@aol.com. Or visit our home page which includes some technical information as well as an anatomy of a snail at http://www.paccon.com/snails/ We look forward to hearing from you. Reed Harris rharris209@aol.com R.V. "Dick" Johnson Frescargot Farms frescargot@aol.com