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Special Achievements
- 1987 - Started Australia's first commercial snail farm in Orange, New South Wales. It became famous when it sold snails to New Parliament House for its cocktail party that Queen Elizabeth II attended.
- 1986 - Became charter member of Snail Club of America.
- An associate member of the Italian Snail Farmers Association.
- 2003 - Received highly-acclaimed, meritorious award of the “Silver Snail,” International Snail Farming Conference, Italy.
- ca 2007 – Began, with partners, Snail Farms Australia, producing “Ross Hill” cool climate snails.
Resources
Link - SONYA (MACKINNON) BEGG
The Sydney Morning Herald
Link - Sonya farewells snails
Central Western Daily
Link - Snail Farmers Make Most Of European Shortage
ABC Radio
Link - Farming free range snails - Kate Raston
ABC Rural
Link - Sonya Jean Begg (Mackinnon)
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