Snails have been around for over 500 million years and were among the first animals ever farmed by humans. Ancient Romans cultivated them as a delicacy using herbs and grains, while many other cultures still view them as a nourishing, sustainable staple. 🐌🌿

In Texas Hill Country, our limestone-rich soil provides an ideal environment for shell development, making it a natural home for ethical, climate-resilient snail farming.

Our work reintroduces this ancient food through the Biocycle—a holistic strategy that connects environmental health, cultural heritage, and equitable food systems.

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Helical Healing Habitat (HHH) collaborates closely with Mama Kuku’s Homestead (MKH)—our sister initiative. While HHH is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on systems alignment, health equity, and regenerative agriculture, MKH serves as our storytelling vessel, centering rural resilience and land stewardship.

This partnership allows us to braid together grassroots education with systems-level change. MKH brings heart, heritage, and healing, while HHH builds structure, research, and scalable impact. Together, we advance the Biocycle: a holistic strategy for ecological and social regeneration.

Heliciculture is the science and art of raising snails for food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and soil regeneration.

With the biocycle strategy, we use it as an engine for equity: combining sustainable farming, biodiversity conservation, and workforce development to nourish people and planet alike.

The Biocycle is our guiding framework that weaves together biodiversity, cultural heritage, economic equity, and regenerative farming. It’s not just about growing food—it’s about restoring relationships: between people, land, and legacy.

Our heliciculture programs serve as living labs for this model—offering circular systems that create food, income, and ecological healing, especially in historically excluded communities.

Yes! 🐌🌿 We host hands-on heliciculture workshops for schools, colleges, and community organizations. These programs teach regenerative agriculture, culinary heritage, and green career pathways—planting seeds for the next generation of changemakers.

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Yes! Snails have one of the lowest ecological footprints of any animal protein. They require minimal water, space, and feed—and produce almost no methane.

Our methods take it even further: we use food waste as feed inputs, compost snail byproducts, and integrate native plants into farming systems. This supports healthy soil, pollinators, and long-term ecological balance.

Mama Kuku’s snails are raised with care in a controlled, earth-friendly environment using closed-loop systems inspired by permaculture and ancestral wisdom.

Their diet is 100% organic and allergen-free:

✅ No soy
✅ No nuts
✅ No grains

This ethical and clean approach supports both gut health and environmental regeneration—key principles of our Biocycle strategy.

Yes—we welcome curious minds, green thumbs, and culture-bearers. Internships and volunteer roles are available in farming, outreach, media, and recipe development. Get in touch to find your fit in the Biocycle.

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Absolutely! We’re always looking to collaborate with retailers, food innovators, and values-aligned distributors. If you're ready to bring climate-resilient products to your shelves, let’s grow together.

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