Storytime
What do oil painting and snail farming have in common?
Apparently, more than you'd think.
At Mama Kukuβs Homestead, the living lab behind the patent-pending BioCycle Hub and EscarGrowβweβre connecting the dots between compost, culture, and the kind of design work that actually gives a damn.
Iβm Ozi Manning: artist, systems thinker, and the inventor of snail-powered composting harvesters that turn food waste into soil, escargot, and circular possibilities.
This is my journey. . .

π‘When the snails came indoorsβfor science
What started as a napkin sketch over miso soup is now a smart, sealed, snail-powered composter thatβsβ¦ well, kind of cuote. Voice-controlled. Countertop-sized. And ready to harvest.
Curious how carrot peels turn into escargot and compost, no machete required?
πPeek inside the patent-pending EscarGrow design process: