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Rosemary Odinga on the good, the bad and the slimy of snail farming

Rosemary Odinga cleaning a snail at her farm in Upper Hill taken on 13th April 2015. PHOTO:WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/STANDARD]

Snail meat is tantalising and super nutritious. Before you say “yuck”, read on. Not only is the meat amazingly sweet (it tastes like fried gizzard dipped in butter) it has a high demand from the high-end market that is so huge; farmers who have ventured into it cannot satisfy that market.

Now, before you dash to your farm to collect all those random snails that have been ravaging your crops, find out what it takes to be a successful snail farmer. Smart Harvest caught up with Rosemary Odinga the only one of her kind in Kenya (according to Kenya Wildlife Service, which issues the license).

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