The production cycle began in September and was completed in May. Every production cycle has a duration of 9 months until the snails have the necessary weight to be marketable. Touchstone Snails buys all production from each breeder with a purchase contract at the price of 5,50Euros.
This rapid increase in price is due to the shortage of snails, since the population is now dwindling naturally due to climate change and natural disasters.
Thus, there is a great shortage of snails on the world market but at the same time their demand is growing. This increases their selling price worldwide and clearly shows that the future of snails and their availability on the market will depend on snail breeding.