Storytime

What do oil painting and heliciculture have in common?
At Mama Kuku’s Homestead, the living lab behind the BioCycle Hub (U.S. patent pending), we’re finding out.

I’m Ozi Manning: artist, systems thinker, and inventor of a mobile, snail-powered composters/harvesters designed to turn food waste into soil, protein, and circular opportunities.

This is my journey . . .

🐌 Ozi 🐌 9/2/25 🐌 Ozi 🐌 9/2/25

Why are Africans in the U.S. afraid to farm snails?

I’m Ozi Manning— a Nigerian woman who invented the first patent-pending snail-harvesting/composting system in the U.S. Let’s get into it!

(Pictured: screengrab of @Princess Xena “MUKBANG| Peppered SNAILS & Asung. I did Love Prank on My Husband😅”)

🐌 Ozi 🐌 8/12/25 🐌 Ozi 🐌 8/12/25

Oh, I really don’t like this…

🐌 Ozi 🐌 7/8/25 🐌 Ozi 🐌 7/8/25

What are you going to be working on?

🐌 Ozi 🐌 6/5/25 🐌 Ozi 🐌 6/5/25

🎨✨Shaking loose, rigidity

🐌 Ozi 🐌 6/2/25 🐌 Ozi 🐌 6/2/25

Composting collapse into capacity

🐌 Ozi 🐌 5/20/25 🐌 Ozi 🐌 5/20/25

🌎EarthShare sponsorship + teeny tiny hatchlings

Patience in calcium carbonate form. 🥚🥚🥚

🐌 Ozi 🐌 4/5/25 🐌 Ozi 🐌 4/5/25

🐌 Snails as co-workers, decomposers, and slow revolutionaries

🐌 Ozi 🐌 1/28/25 🐌 Ozi 🐌 1/28/25

The story of Mama Kuku’s Homestead

Imagine this: In Amuzi, Nigeria, my paternal village, a gentle mist hangs in the air as I awaken. I’m nine years old, nestled in the warmth of my bed, slowly becoming aware of the world around me. The soft patter of rain mingles with the distant crowing of roosters.