taking steps towards putting the region's richards on the world's most exquisite tables artist tom batten talked of the pioneers of the industry and find out about the hurdles still to be overcome. treats from russia's coast but these luxury food producers are struggling to find a market this is the only muscle and least a farm in the area just off the black sea coast it's run by full rex scientists to study the region's marine life back in the u.s.s.r. . that point you were thrown out that way when the country collapsed science collapsed we were fired from our jobs in america research center but we were good at growing muscles and oysters so we approached a company and arrange for a million roubles for a start up it's a risky business with a storm capable of ruining a year's work with animals but without any major setbacks they can harvest twenty tons of mussels a year the problem then is trying to sell them. even on the black sea coast this is not ordinary food only the last two decades of russian started travelling abroad and seeing foreign menus so they started asking for more mussels